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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
4
The piece lauds Mr Marshell McCormick as the likely next president of the State Bar Association praising his legal standing. It notes Winchester gains Mr George H Kinzel as treasurer for four years praising Kinzel as alert and thoroughly honest.
A moral exhortation urges conservative promises and true action over grand declarations. It argues that genuine reliability comes from making good on vows, and that performance earns lasting credit with society and strengthens personal success.
Excerpt from a private memoir recounts Elizabeth Stribling Milton born 1800 in Clarke County. It sketches Betsey’s youth, dances in the Battletown inn assembly room, Hayti refugee teachers, and Winchester social life with families like Milton, Stribling, Nelson, and Byrd. notes a coming of age in a social center era.
An excerpt recalls early 19th century Clarke County society from Miss Betsey and Miss Milton’s white mul dress to Bushrod Taylor’s 1817 marriage, Winchester hotel era, and the Valley road project. It notes Bishop Meade’s influence, slave welfare ideas, and families lingering in postwar ruin at Appomattox, with Aunt Bet as a tender matriarch.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve pain, smarting, bunions, sweating, and tired feet. It claims instant comfort for shoes and promises easy purchase through general stores and mail order, with a free tracking offer and a price of 2 cents postage.
The passage reflects on a long life near Berryville with old family servants, noting Mrs. Taylor's death in New York in 1884 and her biographer Miss Hammond's burial in Mount Hebron. It laments fading memories, and a later, pointed piece questions why locals do not champion a sensational cause to gain attention.
The piece discusses women loving warm homes and good food and a plan to house a thousand cats on ten acres with government support for staff. It praises Miss Ida Lewis, 68, who has saved 25 lives and tended a lighthouse for thirty years, calling her a noble woman.
Good and Co advertise large farm and orchard bargains today while Gray and Sheetz promote their fall opening. The notices emphasize seasonal sales and new offerings for farmers and orchardists with local shop details.
Mrs Massie and child visit sister Miss Sara Walker in Alexandria Virginia. Mrs Oscar Barr and daughter Rebecca Barr return from Woodstock friends visit. Miss Annie Russell of Fairmont West Virginia stays with Miss Mary R Hack at Willow Lawn near town. Miss Katharine Sullivan and Ida Russell stay with Mr and Mrs F J Russell at Gift Hin.
A prison visitor quips with a convict about ambition and pockets as other characters tease about the cold shoulder and a bird metaphor. The note mentions Mr and Mrs John Hood of Baltimore visiting relatives at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage on South Market Street.
Caution against ointments for catarrh containing mercury as it damages smell and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claims no mercury and is taken internally. Genuine product warnings and testimonials offered. available at drug stores.
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