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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
4
Eminent figures discuss the Thaw trial cost to New York and to the defendant amid bankruptcy claims. Reported totals reach $600,000 with additional demands of $400,900, highlighting alleged exploitation and the high price of life in the shadow of the electric chair. Critics point to flaws in jurisprudence raised by the case.
ALEXANDRIA man Edward Grooms, jailed briefly over a dog license, traded ten days in the chain gang to spare his pet. The tale frames dog loyalty as pure love, contrasting human judgment with a dog's faithful devotion to a master who sacrificed freedom to save the animal.
Reliance Virginia community notes document visits and local moves. Prominent Oklahoma lawyer Hon Herbert Bolen visits Mr and Mrs Jacob Graver and Frances. Mrs J B Headley returns from Pennsylvania. J T Mitchell seeks a Post position in Washington. Ira K Graver improves property with repainting. John Steele moves from Norton Derflinger home to his remodeled house. C B Byrd of Staunton visits friends. C C Bowen of Sperryville visits B F Cooley.
Clarke County notes recount the Clarke Cavalry reunion at Col S S Thomas home near Berryville on August 12. Hon A Moore Jr spoke. Major S J C Moore delivered a short address. a large dinner followed. Attendees included John Bell Covington and Dr Plaster Bluemont and many local residents.
The Rev Julian Broaddus will preach at Salem Church on Sunday August 16 at 3 p m. The event invites the local community to attend the service and hear the sermon.
Camp section describes meals by campfire with bacon and eggs fish from the stream cucumbers tomatoes fried potatoes cheese and tea or coffee. It mentions dinner with succotash bacon roasting ears mashed potatoes cabbage salad tomatoes stewed and raw beans fruit and more. The narrator muses on appetite after long tramps and resting in hammocks and rocking chairs.
Hardesty Brothers purchase Cir the store from H L Miley & Company and plan to relocate to Lis, formerly the Willison store room. Mr Lawrence Whiting of South Carolina visits his father. A storm last week damaged a Iron Car area farm with fence and tree damage. Miss Hiva Wiltson appointed teacher at Swimley School house. Dr A R P Thompson notes a good peach crop this year.
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