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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
3
The report shows steady wholesale quotations across commodities with Wheat at $4.00 per busshel and other staples such as Butter around 18 cents, Corn at $4.00 per bushel, Oats tied to market rates, Hay $10 to $13 per ton, Rye 0.75 to 0.80 per bushel, Chickens and Hens listed, Lard at 2 cents per pound, Potatoes 4 to 6 cents per bushel, Side Meat around 4 to 5 cents per pound.
A special meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Company discussed joining Shawnee Tribe of Red Men in the homecoming parade during September 14-19. The group pledged enthusiasm and formed committees to secure new uniforms, torches, fireworks, and parade trim, and to decorate the engine house.
The Cedar Lane youths four miles from Winchester on the Northwestern grade have arranged a tournament tomorrow evening followed by a dance at night. A large attendance from the city and county is expected. Rev. D. H. Kern returned from Burlington West Virginia where he attended a camp meeting and visited longtime acquaintances.
Thomas D Lupton a Winchester native and long time night watchman at Union Bank died at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness He was 88 and never married He leaves numerous nephews and nieces and was last member of his immediate family Funeral will be at 4 pm from his North Market residence with Rev Kerr officiating Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Active preparations for the big tuberculosis congress underway in Washington with sessions starting September 21. The meeting is expected to attract nearly all knowledgeable physicians. numerous Winchester and Frederick County doctors have been appointed members by Governor Swanson.
Rev N R F A Cupp former pastor of United Brethren Winchester now Rockingham County has many friends here. Churches sent a cash and groceries donation of 25 dollars. Miss Winona Cupp remains critically ill with typhoid fever. nurse Miss M P Moseley of Virginia State Hospital Richmond and Dr H D Gibner attend.
Chicago reports that every employee of the United States Sub Treasury underwent a sweat-box examination. Officials say the intensified inquiry yielded key evidence that may crack the $173,000 robbery case, leading to George W. Fitzgerald, the former teller, being detained last Saturday.
Dr and Mrs A Net of Oakland arrive at the Winchester Inn. Capt Franklin Rogers USN and Mrs Rogers of Washington are stopping there and may settle in Winchester. Mr Charles Gray left this morning for his home in St Petersburg after visiting friends in this area.
Readable text notes a meeting of all directors of the Farmers and Citizens Bank regarding bank actions or policy. Details such as date time or location are not provided in the fragment.
A misdated plea from Notre Dame Ind promises a free treatment to cure various ailments by postal correspondence. It claims the method purifies blood and improves tone, urging readers to write to Mrs M Summers for details. The story also notes Glasgow ship records showing 1130 ships sailing to the United States carrying foreign bags.
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