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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
2
The Industrial edition of the Hampton Monitor highlights R. Houston as a capable House of Delegates member and praises the paper as bright and newsworthy throughout the state. The issue distributes notices across six city parts and marks Saturday August 11 for delivery.
Mr Albert Dooley and Miss Emily Dooley, guests of Mr and Mrs Maluim Diffenderfer on East Leicester street, left for Philadelphia after praising Winchester. They were entertained last evening as guests of Miss Blanche Dumenderfer, also of East Leicester street, and Mr Dooley spoke highly of the town.
A letter from Middletown lists social visits including Jol lettercher from Loudoun with B B Parker, Mrs Frank Clark and Miss Helen, and visits by Rev W S Hammond from the District Conference in Summit Point. Several locals travel or host relatives and church events are announced.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of BF J Cheney & Co declares as trustees in Toledo that one hundred dollars is paid for each uncurable camel catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Witness A W Gleason notarizes December 6 1886. The nostrum claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials free.
Visitors and family visits populate the week with Eva Ginn from Deerind staying with Emma Shull. Mrs. Shull hosted friends at Lebanon and B. C. Shull's household shared time with Harry Calphin from Washington. Charley Whittington and brother transported cattle through the village to Pennsylvania. B. C. Shull and Godfrey Shull depart for Capon Springs for several days and Wardensville Camp Meeting. A recently repaired bridge over the creek eases travel after heavy rains.
The report details a tense incident at Mills Creek ford where Robert Hayslett nearly toppled his wagon. Ave Jackson aided the crossing while Hayslett grabbed the horse to prevent a fall. A touring car also stalled mid ford before passengers escaped to shore. Mrs Hiram Bowen and son planned a ten day Atlantic City visit.
Policeman G H McCartney reports kidney trouble from police patrols. He tried remedies without relief until using Doan's Kidney Pills from Franck Baker & Son. He notes steady improvement and urges others to use Doan's, priced 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. sole US agents in Buffalo New York. Remember the name Doan's.
A military inquiry reports that soldiers often drink moderately when beer and light wines are available at a regulated canteen. It concludes the anti canteen law raises saloon numbers near forts and worsens the treat ing evil while not reducing desertions.
A physician recalls a man with faulty dental metal used to fix false teeth creating a tiny battery in saliva that shocked the tongue. painting the metals with varnish stopped the shocks. The piece also notes Chinese beliefs about boy babies and earrings and reports on a dying gorilla from Graf Waldersee and the Bronx Zoo.
A fragment discusses difficulties for American-born children to secure work as child models in New York studios. It notes that young Yankee children during shoots may resist poses, prompted by parent influence, threatening earnings for studios and agents.
A cyclist on a European road felt a sudden impact and found a strange object impaled on her bicycle frame. The item, described with unusual spelling, appeared to be a metallic or mechanical component that had pierced the alpin and remained protruding from the scene.
An odd little stick-pin features a common house fly as its head with gauze like crystal wings and enameled metal wire limbs. The eyes and body appear remarkably realistic though the piece delivers a quiet moral about the golden rule being for others.
Numerous dresses, children's gowns and drawers priced from 12c to 88c with many items at half price. Ladies skirts and gowns offered up to 90c. Fine plaids, muslins and lace items described as special bargains. White and dress goods plus wall papers half price. Saturday jelly glasses at 18c per dozen, large size 28c.
An OCR fragment advertises a dubious remedy for women, promising cures for all ages and claiming it can relieve pain and suffering. It names Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana and urges readers to write for a free sample and “scare” of the product.
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