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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
2
The Star offers mail subscriptions at one year two dollars six months one dollar three months sixty cents and one month twenty cents with prepaid postage. Advertising rates available at The Star Office Nos 17 and 19 East Water Street. Carrier delivery to all parts of the city at five cents per week.
The region endures unexplainable wet patterns as forecasters admit uncertainty. Officials note rain appears with clear spells and vice versa, marking August as exceptionally abnormal with near thirteen inches of rainfall. Winds from the Atlantic bring moist air and unsettled barometric pressures complicate predictions.
Miss Ida Sonner visits her sister Mrs. Joseph Strode in Beddington Virginia. Miss Mabel Denny of Texas visits Miss Sonner. Mrs. Mattie Willis returns home after visiting her son Henry Willis. Walters Brothers plan to move stave mill to Mountain Falls in a few days. Threshing halted by continued rains. grain in low lands inaccessible until weather clears. Mr. and Mrs. B J Albin visit friends near Ridings Chapel. Riding's Chapel yard party postponed due to wet weather. Jittie Oneila Grandalls returns to Brunswick Maryland after six months with grandmother near here. Silas and Ollie Grim spend Thursday in Front Royal. Miss Lillian M Lauck ill for several weeks. Gore Virginia Aug 31 Mr B H Potts and family of Winchester visit their parents J A Potts family. Miss Myrtle Mary Cooper Lena Potts visit Annie Anderson in the Cove. A large crowd attends yard party Tuesday night at Bethel. Good order and enjoyable time. Little Wilbur Kerns interests readers.
Mr. Kerris returns from Washington while Mr. McCuray arrives home after a visit. Mrs. Potter and children travel back to Winchester after two weeks with relatives here. Ray Potts visits the Emmert home in Clarke County. Dr. Shagogue and family from Baltimore stay with their Pugh relatives. Mrs. N F Kerns and Mrs B H Potts visit the Dunlaps near Shiloh.
At ten o'clock Monday night the Opequon neared the 1898 high water mark near Pid geon's mill. The suspension foot bridge was partly submerged and damaged. The Pidgeon family and sister Suiss E. C. Pidgeon have gone to Mountain Lake Park for a Friends conference. Helena Knight, daughter of Dr. B. M. Knight, remains at Circle Hill with friends. Charles C. Pidgeon of Washington summers with relatives in Wadesville.
Welltown notes Miss Gertrude Chamblin's return from an extended visit with relatives and friends in Keyser West Virginia. Local resident W R Richard of White Post visited on Saturday and Sunday. Alfred Baker buys a rubber tire runabout while John Baker's wife suffers sore eyes. Doctor McGuire of Winchester attends. Earl Newcome improves after illness. Yeakley sisters guest of Baker sisters on Sunday.
Marlboro notes report Mrs Edmonia Cherry has returned from Atlantic City after a month away Mr Marshall Fauver of Ohio visits Robt Cooley and relatives Briscoe Franklin son of Robt Sowers improving after illness Miss Pearl Knesseley visits Mine Bank Miss E R McDonald and Wm Rickard drive east with a flock of sheep bought in West Virginia Miss Mary Filbert Washington attorney is in Norfolk the first woman lawyer to practice there
Report of a case involving Miss Ireney and a controversial matter seeking understanding of women’s suffering. The article discusses gendered expectations and the social plan of nature, reflecting on women’s hardship and endurance.
Winchester residents are urged to take Dean's Kidney Pills to relieve kidney related pains and urinary issues before conditions worsen. Mrs. Martha Henry attests to dramatic relief after using the remedy bought at Franck Baker & Son, priced 50 cents, Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Public auction at the Hamilton home in Glearbrook on Wednesday September 12 1906. Auction items include eight head horses five milking cows eight shoats and farming implements. See big bills. 8-30-2w Cc. H. Hamilton.
An illustrated Monthly for Visitors to New York extols Coney Island and other beaches plus Dreamland Luna Park and museums. Highlights sea breezes, easy access by cars and ferries, and cheap admission to amusements. Free Tourist Bureau info offered with subscription.
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