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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
4
An elder resident proposes a cheap method to prevent floods by sidetracking the Town Run. He recalls talk of a cavern beneath Winchester and suggests drilling near Alex Pendleton's Place to test the idea, noting the town sits on a rocky cavernous limestone bed.
A car load of beer is arriving directly from the brewery for No. 5 in Berryville for the Colt Show. The beer will be nice and cold. Visitors are invited to drop in and meet Uncle Bill.
Bunker Hill reports visitors as J T McCoy of Pittsburg Pa calls on Dave Gageby. Laura Zentemyre and her brother return from Woodside to Hagerstown while Lulu Zentemyre visits Charlestown. E E Ridgeway ships peaches. Dr Wesley Hoover Wells attends to business. Township bridges switch to iron as County Court approves. Flood recovery marching slowly with a year needed for full rebound.
Mr. Robert Barr entered trotter Virginia Girl in Harr isonburg races yesterday. She won two heats before the final heat was postponed due to rain, scheduled for today.
A police officer named McCartney suffers severe kidney pain and backache from illness. After trying remedies with little relief he uses Doan's Kidney Pills from Frank Baker & Son and reports steady improvement and renewed confidence in the remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as the remedy, with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents.
Misd Net! Brokenrough of Lac-ington Va visited Misa Marie Neill in Winchester and Charles Town Spirit. Various residents including Dr. Cox and Mrs. Cox of the U S Navy, Marshall McCormick Jr of Berryville, and Frank Taylor of Waynesboro were in town. The Ninth Virginia district Democratic convention convened in Bristol to nominate a candidate against Congressman Slemp. Five were hurt in a Southern Railway wreck. The Friendship Fire Company attends a yard party hosted by Rouss Hook and Ladder. the Sarah Zane Fire Company plans to join. The paper notes social visits, travel, and political events in the region.
Mr Bruce Worthington remains in Boston and plans a stop in St Louis before returning home. Miss Katie McCartney visits her uncle Mr Freda Anderson at the Grettoes as part of a family visit.
ad lists reduced prices for jelly glasses gum jars tin cans and other grocery items. includes 58 cts and 19 cts jelly glass prices and 22 cts per dozen for jelly glasses. notes sales on gallon prices and coffee at 46 cts per unit.
The Invincible Count faced Pittsburg with Batters including Foard Kennedy and McDonald. Cantwell pitched for the Count with 7 strikeouts while Andrews allowed 8 bases on balls. Baker and Andrews each stole bases, Judd and Orbin doubled, and Robinson to McCracken completed a double play. Game started 3:05 and ended 4:67 with Feiser as umpire.
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