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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
6
The Cumberland Valley Railroad will provide special connections for the Grangers Picnic at Williams Grove from August 24 to 29. A Thursday special departs Winch at 6 15 a m and returns from the Grove at 5 15 p m. Excursion tickets are on sale with reduced two day round trips at 1 50.
Parties desiring toll by the year on the Valley Turnpike at gates 1 2 and 3 may call at the Hansbrough Carter office to obtain receipts for a year starting September 1. The offer extends through August.
Gainesboro notes mention C. Moore near completion of his remodeled residence awaiting painting. Miss Mary Good of Martinsburg West Virginia is visiting friends in and around Gainesboro. Eugene Garrett and his Indiana family are visiting his aunt Mrs Hattie Adams near this place.
Miss Mary E. Barr of Baggers town and Miss Erma Gesell of Clearspring Md are spending several days with Mrs E A Smith near town.
A mail pouch from Front Royal and a Berryville pouch were rifled at Charles Town station after being thrown from a northbound Norfolk and Western train. Cash was taken from letters addressed to banks and liquor dealers. checks remained inside. The pouch was found in a nearby stream. Tramps were sighted near the station and tracked to Shenandoah Junction, where they were arrested and returned.
During the past week Rev. L. Fox and Rev. T. Swan preached earnest sermons to good congregations in the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Carpers Valley. The meetings will continue the coming week with hope of much good and many souls saved.
Glaize and Brother of Winchester win contracts to erect the Citizens' Fire Insurance Company office building in Charles Town and to build a dwelling for Rev. Dr. A. C. Hopkins in the same town. Miss Georgia Flemister visits Clarke county relatives. Berryville hosts a prize horse show with 3000 dollars in prizes on August 18 19 20.
Public sale of the late Mrs. Marie A. Burwell household furnishings at Millwood Va includes beds, mattresses, blankets, dining and living room furniture, a large range and a mahogany desk. Terms: cash five dollars and a six month negotiable note bearing interest. no removal until terms are met. Nathaniel Burwell Millwood Va. August 10.
Range horses will be sold at R. R. Stockhoe in Wil on June 15 1908 at 10 o clock a m. Sale rain or shine. Buyers may inspect horses prior to sale. FOBES & FORNEY announce the sale.
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