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Newspaper

Winchester The Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1908

Page

3

Remains of Carson Farmer laid to rest at Rock Enon Cemetery

Rock Enon Springs Virginia August 19 The remains of Mr Carson Farmer who was killed at Piedmont on Sunday morning were brought here by Funk and Son and laid to rest at Rock Enon cemetery. Much sympathy is felt for his father brother and sister from this county. The piece notes local visitors and events including a large church gathering to pay respects to Mr Flavious Line and a severe electrical storm.

Rock Enon Springs Carson Farmer Piedmont Funk & ‘Son Rock Enon

Union Sunday School Picnic in Vaucluse woods noted

Grace Methodist Episcopal Sunday school plans to meet Stephens City and Kernstown Sunday schools with a picnic at Kline's woods in Vaucluse. Local families relocate and visit relatives, including moves by S F Rhodes, B B Parker, and H Larrick, with several residents hosting visitors from Winchester, Salem, Knoxville and Baltimore.

Phens City Kernstown Kline’s Woods Vaucluse

Warning Against Mercury Based Ointments For Nasal Currents

Public health notice warns against ointments for ailing nasal conditions containing mercury as they can destroy smell and damage the nervous system. The ad touts All's Rh Pro Cure from Toledo selling 75 cents per bottle and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Toledo. O Edo Ohio Cheney & Co Hall

Missouri Egg Eater Bets 60 To Break Record

Montgomery Missouri resident Gill known as a champion egg eater offers 60 dollars to prove he can eat 42 Missouri eggs in one sitting. He already claims a 3 egg record and has previously eaten a possum at his Iola Kansas restaurant.

Montgomery Louis Gill Frank Ryan Whiteside Gill Missouri Iola Kan J. E. O'Donnell O'Donnell

River Covers Riches Near Iron Mountain Mine

In Iron Mountain Michigan the Sturgeon river channel is being diverted to drain the Loretto mine area on the eastern Menominee range. The new ditch nearly a mile long will be over ten feet deep and 45 feet wide at the bottom, 200 feet at the surface, with over 460000 cubic yards of earth removal. Construction runs day and night and should finish weeks before August. The Loretto company plans the caving mining method and a new shaft will be sunk east of the current one as ore bodies are released for extensive operations.

Iron Mountain Mich Sturgeon River Loretto Menominee Range Loretto Company

Pepper Gag Reforms at Beaver Falls Seminary

Young women at Beaver Falls seminary spread pepper and snuff through the chapel pulpit Bible hymn books and ice water pitcher causing Dean Plowman to sneeze repeatedly. He investigates and may expel ringleaders as campus prank shocks Beaver, Pa.

Beaver Beaver Falls Seminary Dean Plowman

Worcester man patents noiseless firearm attachment

Oliver A. Smith of 2 Sumner Street Worcester has designed a pocket sized device to silence gun discharges. It differs from Hiram Percy Maxim’s prior invention and appears as a cap with a narrow bar that attaches to the muzzle, extending the bore and reducing noise.

Worcester Maass Oliver A. Smith Sumner Street Hiram Percy Maxim Smith Maxim

Fertilizer spread by wind shifts to Taggart farm

John Wohlmantizer moved onto the Joseph Taggart farm on the outskirts of Woodbury New Jersey and acquired a cheap fertilizer lot. Occupants of the Gibbs farm nearby applied several hundred dollars worth of fertilizer who winds blew it to the Taggart farm where moist soil helped distribution.

Woodbury N. J John Wohlman Tizer Joseph Taggart Gibbs Taggart

G W Rathm Wholesale and Retail at South Main St

Local notice lists G W Rathm at 1 South Main Street offering wholesale and retail goods. Details incomplete but indicates business presence and address.

G. W. Rathm South Main St

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