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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
2
Clarkesburg special reports Congressman Thomas B. Davis of the Second West Virginia district emphatically denies he will seek re nomination. He also says his brother Ex Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, the Democratic candidate for vice president, will not consent to run.
Unusually rainy weather and frequent storms have caused widespread damage to crops and livelihoods. Oat crops in shocks deteriorate, tomatoes rot, peaches in West Virginia belt blown from vines, hay left in shocks declines. No improvement forecast yet, though hope rests on eventual fair weather.
Costs to live higher in the North Atlantic States than other regions based on 1905 Bureau of Labor Statistics data from 2 667 working families. Food expenditures averaged 349.27 for the year with regional totals from 315.68 in the South Atlantic to 362 in the North Atlantic, while nationwide costs rose 17.7 percent over the last decade.
Policeman G E McCartney reports kidney troubles from police work and pain across the back. He used Doan's Kidney Pills from Franck Baker & Son and says daily relief followed, with full confidence in the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co New York agents. Remember the name Doans.
Daily adjustments to streetcar and train runs announced by H B Spencer general manager and officials. Nos 125 and 1 S to be taken of Nos 129 130 on Sundays. No 127 to run daily. No 119 to be Sunday only removed. No 124 from Bluemont at 5 25 9 am to 9 55 pm daily. arrival Washington at 7 20 pm instead of 7 00 pm.
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