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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
2
A Virginia commentary argues the new constitution will boost legal business by restricting legislature and delaying acts, while testing juror qualifications and emergency provisions. It notes potential constitutional challenges and predicts more court interpretation ahead.
Miss Sarah Applegarth of 920 West North Avenue Baltimore will come home after six weeks at Ocean City Maryland and soon depart to visit Miss Mary Riemann of Winchester Virginia. She will attend several parties and then proceed to Pensacola Florida for an extended period.
Wholesale market report details a summary of price ranges and trading activity for bulk goods. The note highlights wholesale demand, supply dynamics, and price movements across key commodities for merchants and buyers.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt notes that a congressman's wife may expect social access in Washington but often finds the capital small in status without money or talent. The piece contrasts such social ambitions with realities, then a New York Tribune report describes a kind stranger on a crowded elevated train who shields a boy while the mother remains indifferent to the volunteer’s seat.
The piece notes Voltaire as a heavy coffee drinker reaching fifty cups daily, and Balzac’s late night coffee habit. It also reports a large angler fish hauled near the Eddystone lighthouse, measuring 4 feet 3 inches, with the fish sometimes preying on birds like Guillemots and ducks.
A Court Journal remark on authors risking accusations of real life characters in novels and the allure of biographical society fiction. Also a Judge quip about birds and bread. Orchards in France value per acre at 400 dollars, vineyards 240, pasture 90.
Delivery report shows a postal carrier timetable with four trips. Times list departure and return moments from 7.35 a.m. to 6.40 p.m. including seven percent m sem and two carriers handling 25 letter boxes and 8 packages.
Public notice in 1902 Frederick County Court enjoins nonresident defendants from interfering with assets tied to Herbert S. Larrick as trustee. Plaintiffs seek court administered trust. publication required weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star and posting at courthouse.
Fragmentary list of places including Taunton Harrisonbita Strasburg New York Winchester Summit Point Charlestown Baltimore Philadelphia Washington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick and Philadelphia to New York. The text reads as a rough itinerary with scattered city names and junction points, lacking clear dates or events.
A scanned bank ledger lists assets including overdrafts, U S bonds, stocks, and cash items with total liabilities and capital stock. It shows notes of other banks, due from banks, specie, and a reserve fund, plus dividends unpaid and deposits totaled at 120 149 06.
Extract from the June Term 1992 decree issued by the Frederick County court. The commission announces a sale date and requests service and posting as required by law. Readers are notified that proceedings concern a matter before the court and a public action will occur after four weeks.
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