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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
The article argues Judge Mann, if alive, would likely become Virginia's next governor. It claims most Democrats who ran in the primary will back him and most who did not run will back the Democratic nominees. It notes Virginia as a Democratic-leaning state with a 20k to 30k normal majority.
Harrisonburg editor A H Snyder announces candidacy for the House of Delegates at the Democratic convention on September 4. Report says he will represent Rockingham County, praised for character, ability, and conservative views, aiming to influence state affairs and bolster Virginia’s public leadership.
Poem fragment contrasts nightly dreams with morning reality. Speaker notes repeated pattern of high hopes at night followed by disappointing, diminished outcomes in the day. Recurrent line asks why such disparity persists, citing dancing, writing plans, and art as examples.
The note cautions readers not to pay money to unknown individuals promising jobs by mail. It warns that honest employers do not ask for upfront payments or guarantees and advises verifying the job first before any payment. It labels such mailers as swindlers and stresses that legitimate jobs do not hunt people by mail.
The article warns readers against paying deposits to advertisement agents seen in papers or magazines. It urges reading samples on approval, reporting dishonest advertisers to publishers, and notes most victims report to labor or prison labor as a remedy. It cites Collier's Weekly on scammers thriving on printed ink.
Personal notes from Hayfield highlight visits across the area. Mrs Katie Larrick and daughters Bessie and Virginia joined Mr and Mrs Robert Worsley for a Sunday gathering. Additional guests included Mrs Mattie Cooper with son Lawrencé and Miss Mary Sherman at the Cooper residence on Tuesday.
Mrs. George Carter Crampton, wife of W. O. Crampton and daughter of John Carter, died at home in Summit Point West Virginia after a relapse from typhoid fever aged 29. She leaves a husband, parents, one brother, one sister and a 17 month old child. Mr. Crampton is nephew of A. L. Shearer and Mrs. J. C. Van Fossen of Summit Point.
The article discusses wedding ring symbolism with the left hand and third finger linking to the heart. It also notes a new maid idea where maids are grouped in sets by resemblance, such as blondes on one floor and brunettes on another, with concerns about replacement if a maid dies.
Warning against mercury containing Vintmerts for catarrh and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Claims merury destroys smell and deranges the system while Hall's cure is mercury free and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold at drug stores for 50 cents per bottle.
A household tip notes that hair combs can be cleaned by soaking in gasoline for thirty minutes to cut grease. Tie silk threads at one end of a table, stretch them, and sweep the combs over the threads to remove dust, a simple method for both coarse and fine combs.
An amateur hunts a supposed first trophy in the north woods telling an old man he will send him a trophy. The friend mishears cannibal as can nibal and jokes about not being able to eat guides. The exchange ends with a pun on cannibal.
Byker recalls a successful sleight-of-hand show last night. Pyker questions it, and Byker claims he lent the conjurer a counterfeit dollar who returned a good one.
Bleeker recalls a widow’s remark that married life would be one sweet song with variations. Block responds with a weary sigh, joking about having heard the same variations. The exchange hints at past relationships and lingering humor in a domestic vignette.
In a tense scene a customer demands lump sugar while inspecting packages. The grocer’s boy quips that she can “lump it” if she dislikes the product, prompting a sharp exchange as he steps toward the door.
A New Hampshire woman recounts severe indigestion and pain until switching to Grape Nuts. She reports pain relief, improved digestion, cleared tongue coating, revived energy, and renewed strength, concluding she is a "new woman" with mind and body restored by the natural food.
Raymond Riggs, a rich bachelor fleeing the city’s oppressiveness, encounters a seaside flock of fortune hunters. A lone message from "Aline Eliot" leads him to correspondence with an innocent, Madonna-like girl, and he eventually leaves to marry her. By next summer he returns with a plain wife, shielding him from would-be suitors.
A fragment notes services including dry cleaning repairing altering and pressing offered by Winchester Steam Cleaning Works at 128 S Main St with a contact through Burch.
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