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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
3
The Star offers a ladies watch to the best lady correspondent and a 20 year gold watch to the best gentleman correspondent. Prizes on display at E. Bruce Capper. Eligibility requires at least eighteen communications from May 1 to September 1. Sign names. selection based on news quality, frequency, and neatness.
Rev H Strickler and Rev Aubrey Lynch led meetings at Macedonia adding new members to the church. Several locals and visitors, including Miss Susie Edmunds and Miss Cora Carper, were noted in community visits and trips to Philadelphia Atlantic City. Fifteen were baptized at Opequon Parkins mill by Jubilee Church last Thursday. The Macedonia Ladies hosted a yard party on the 14th to benefit the Sunday School.
Canterbury August reports Mrs Tiér tha Martin and son returning to Atlanta after summer with Mrs Martin's father Mr Jas Canter. Dr James F Porter of Front Royal visits Dr Boyd A Wise. Mrs W N Wagner and daughter Mattie of Franklin WV visit relatives here. Dr Howard V Wanter of Missouri University spent part of last week with his father James H Canter. H A Wise regained health after illness. Many residents travel to Fisher's Hill Saturday including Porter Wise and Misses Myrtie and Lillian Wise.
A Middletown social roundup lists Mr. and Mrs. R. Barr on honeymoon in Ohio visiting relatives. Miss Frankie Venable of Winchester and several local residents are noted as visiting or returning from trips, including Miss Stella Hensell from Pittsburg and Miss Lucile Faulkner from Winchester. Multiple residents and visitors are mentioned with everyday greetings and brief travels around the area.
Market report notes steady conditions for local wholesale items with poultry and eggs mentioned. Fragments reference butter and poultry such as hens roosters and eggs. no clear prices or sources are identifiable in the text.
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