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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
3
A shop advertises that it offers dress fabrics and a full range of trimmings including four patterns to cut by shown in the north window.
Mr Jesse OConnell and family left Brucetown for relief from heart trouble. An Odd Fellows yard party netted about 87 dollars despite rain. The Opequon rise exceeded expectations and the new suspension bridge suffered minor damage from floating timbers. Rev C H Buchanan travels to White Pog for special district addresses. Miss Smithey visits nephew Charles Smithey. Preaching is set for Sunday September 2 at 11 a.m.
Effective October 9 1905 Southern Railway implements newBluemont Branch schedule including revised arrival and departure times for trains serving the line. The changes affect daily service patterns and connection options for passengers traveling along the Bluemont corridor.
Burnt Factory notes visitors from Ohio Washington and Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. William Swimley host son John Swimley and Mrs. Morgan Swimley with her son and daughter and friend Mr. Taylor from Washington. Mr. Walter Talbott and Mr. Ernest Ely of Ohio visit D. T. Wood, who mourned his brother D. T. Wood Jr. last Saturday. Raymond Duvall and family from Washington stay with his mother and brother Roy Duvall. H. J. Benner sees his daughter Mrs. Harry Swimley who is ill at Gaylord. Annie Shipe of Darkesville visits Mrs. Swimley. Annie Griffith of West Chester PA stays with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wright.
Mrs M C Pincett leaves for Washington to visit her daughter Mrs B V Shade. Clyde Elliott remains ill. Mrs Harry Rogers travels to Pittsburg with niece Louie Rogers for winter schooling. Ethel Melliwee returns from Washington visit with Mrs Shade and J W Mellwee. Isaac DeHaven is ill. Gainesboro Sunday School plans a Back Creek picnic on Saturday September 1 if weather allows.
Aug 30 Lee Kerns returns from Miller's orchard in Paw Paw too ill to work. Elder Power will preach at the Primitive Baptist Church next Saturday at 3 and Sunday at 10. Mr David Boswell and his wife and daughter, camping on Capon, visit sister Mrs H C Whitacre.
A Winchester citizen endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney ailments. The testimonial from Mrs. Martha Henry cites back pain irregular secretions and relief after using the pills bought at Franck Baker & Son. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sells Doan's Kidney Pills nationwide at 50 cents.
City libraries report quirky discoveries in returned books including spectacles scissors letters and even endorsed checks. A bookmark cherished by one owner appears in circulation repeatedly while two checks left by distressed borrowers were found in fiction volumes. Letters are forwarded or destroyed, and occasionally requests lead to purchases such as Monologues of the Dead.
A French paper reports eight million dollars in antiquated artillery and many gun models in use by the navy. Projectiles are hard to supply and the powder is so unstable that it must be changed yearly. On ships it lasts five years, and only two years in hot climates.
A collage of comic sketches and letters from Harper's Weekly and Atlanta Constitution recount humorous exchanges. Mrs. Washington Aunt Euphrasia entertains tradesmen with spicy talk while English officers joke about Uncle Tom's Cabin. A New York lawyer hopeful debates law crowding, and ministers discuss smoking reform. Georgia and Brer Williams bits end with mischief and faith.
A Cleveland News snippet recounts a quarrel between a wife and husband over a letter found in his pocket from another woman. The wife accuses him of infidelity while the husband pleads ignorance, highlighting domestic tensions and public gossip.
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