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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR shows train times and intermediate stations for routes to Roanoke Winston-Salem Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and Baltimore. Mentions Pullman service, intermediate stops, and connections with several termini. Includes garbled names and unreadable phrases.
Daily and local train times for the Southern Railway routes via Strasburg and Harrisonburg. Eastbound departures from Strasburg Junction include No. 218 at 6.05 am to Alexandria and Washington, No. 14 Limited at 8.27 am to Alexandria and Washington, and No. 28 at 4.56 pm to Washington. Westbound arrivals track Harrisonburg times and connections with Parlor Car No. 217 on the daily service, with No. 216 local from Harrisonburg to Strasburg arriving 8.30 pm.
Rail timetable lists connections from Hagerstown to Greencastle Chambersburg Mechanicsburg and Philadelphia with arrivals at New York and other hubs. Timings include morning departures around 9 to 11 and afternoon arrivals by 4 45. Old telegraph style timetable reflects early 20th century routes and station stops.
The following quotations were announced today by local buyers and shippers linked to wholesale markets in Raleigh Washington Baltimore and other cities. Prices listed include hay bacon flour and potatoes with ranges shown for each item.
The Star reports today’s Baltimore wholesale market prices including Wheat at 92 8-4 for spot and August, Corn nominal with no quotations, Hay No 1 timothy 18, standard timothy 17, No 1 clover mixed 16, No 1 clover 14 50, Beer Virginia and nearby firsts per dozen, Butter Fancy creamery 29, choice 28, Virginia dairy prints and rolls 20 and 21, Live poultry various, Ducks old 12, spring 8 pounds and over 14, pigeons 25c per pair.
A. Barton Hepburn, chairman of Chase National Bank, denounced the currency bill before Congress at the American Bankers Association conference in Chicago. He warned bankers would fund the proposed reserve banks yet lose real control under the measure.
A drugstore tonic named Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is promoted as a home treatment to darken gray or faded hair and stop dandruff and itching. Advertisers claim a bottle cost about 50 cents and that ready to use formula avoids messy mixing while restoring natural color and adding gloss after several applications.
J E Correll the treasurer of the fund presents a report on the disposition of money received by the Handley Trustees under the will of the late Judge John Handley. The full report is published in The Star today in another column.
Mr A W Pierce of Philadelphia is in town on firm business. Dr and Mrs Roszel Back arrive from New York aboard the President Grant and stay at Shenandoah Valley Academy before visiting Charlestown West Virginia with Mrs Roszel's parents. William Dusty leaves for Harrisonburg Virginia for several weeks. Fred Kremer of Chicago visits Mason Frye family in Odessa Missouri and others on North Kent Street. The text records several local residents and visitors and their travel plans.
H E Miles of Racine Wisconsin former chair of the tariff committee testified before the Senate lobby committee that Colonel Mulfall's claim is true Miles said he paid $500 to former Congressman James E Watson Indiana who earned 250 a week for two weeks before the Payne tariff bill passed in 1909 He also cited a poll showing five percent of manufacturers believed the 1908 Dingley tariff law was dishonest and spurred calls for a tariff commission.
Secretary of State Bryan and Secretary of Labor Wilson were informed by New York authorities that Wilson cannot act to deport Harry K. Thaw to New York state. Bryan said steps will be taken to informally present Thaw's escape to Canadian authorities.
Freckles remedy touts double strength of Othine promising to erase facial spots with night and morning application. Guaranteed money back if failed. COLORED MAN IS DEAD Henry Mason died of lung trouble at 35, funeral tomorrow at Zion Baptist Church, Rev. J W Wood. interment Gilfield cemetery. He leaves one brother and four sisters. WEATHER FORECAST for Virginia shows showers tonight or Saturday.
Local visitors and residents arrive and register at Hotel Evans. Among those seen are W Mays from Warrenton Virginia E S Baker from Philadelphia O B Austin from Parkersburg West Virginia J T McGavack from Waterford Virginia Mazie Key from Kansas City Missouri and Vance Bell from the county. Also B E and R P Roughton of Macon Georgia and E Weems back from Washington after several days away.
After days of colic diarrhoea or bowel complaints a cure with one or two doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy brings natural relief. It never fails and life may be at stake during severe attacks. Try it when in need. Sold by all druggists.
In Vacation August 11 1913 Charles Heath comp Charles K Rafferty Emily A Rafferty George H Levi Sheriff Clarke County Va Lee J Graves and John F Gouldman Trustees and Blue Ridge Heights Company Defd In Chancery object to enforce lien of complainant's judgment for 16000 dollars plus interest and to set aside deed of trust as void. Defendants not residents of this state must appear within fifteen days after publication to protect their interests. A Copy Teste George Glass Clerk F B Whiting and Marshall McCormick p 4
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