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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
2
The Cumberland Valley Railroad began its winter timetable last Sunday with potential alterations. It affects Winchester with southbound trains Nos 1 at 9 10 a m Nos 8 at 11 55 a m and 7 at 7 15 p m and northbound trains Nos 4 at 7 30 a m 8 at 2 15 p m and 10 at 6 50 p m.
Special Correspondence from Fawcetts Gap reports Rev. Mr. Strickler of Stephens City will preach at St. Pauls Lutheran Church at 11 a m and Rev. S K Wine will preach at Mt Zion A B Church at 3 p m next Sunday. Loring Funkhouser and family visitors from Texas Md visited Luray Caverns last Saturday. Mrs Joseph Stephenson is improved after illness. Rosa Spitser returned home after visiting Edinburg relatives. Blanche Parks also back from time with the Funkhouser family.
Mrs. R. V. Heironimus grew a pumpkin vine from one seed yielding 390 pounds across 31 pumpkins. The vines extended 35 to 40 feet. Local social notes mention people like Mr. Carson Whitacre selling neckties, and visits among Berkeley and Frederick counties. Reverend John A. Shockey preached at Howards Chapel.
President Roosevelt tells Congress that publicity is the only sure remedy against evils of combinations while opposing tariff changes. He supports reciprocity and urges duty on Cuban imports, signaling a broader push for regulation and trade adjustments.
A Chambers' Journal item laments Portuguese clocks that strike twice and up to twenty four at midnight, creating a maddening chorus in hotels. It describes sleepy guests calling for a Gallego or Portuguese servant, who may doubt the clock’s accuracy and rouse the landlord to resolve the commotion.
A collage of short wits and anecdotes from diverse papers. A Washington post office prank ends with the line Thou art the man. Notes on odors of metals and uranium. A regional dialect bit about Brother Dickey. A Dutch royal anecdote claims bran replaces soap for inkstains.
Ancient Rome banned gladiatorial games by Emperor Constantine in 325 but the edict faded. In 404 monk Telemachus halted a veld fight in the Coliseum, provoking public outrage yet inspiring an imperial order abolishing gladiatorial sports across the empire. The arena is now linked to Telemachus and Christian martyrs.
The annual report of the superintendent shows net earnings from all sources for the year ending in September of 43 053 71. The State farm records a net loss of 108 05 due mainly to crop damage from a freshet. The board cites overcrowding and unsanitary conditions and urges enlarged cell space and more farmland.
Notice offers a 30 day sale at cost and below cost on a line of first class goods including fancy and plain lamps, china, wooden and tin ware, brooms, and related items. Customers urged to come quickly before bargains end.
Herbert Fairfax of Brown Brothers New York, twelfth Lord Fairfax, and other English peers are summoned by King Edward to attend the coronation next June. In the House, Representative Swanson of Virginia plans a rule change to curb the power of the rules committee. He seeks a majority vote on petitions to bring any bill up for action after one week in committee without a report.
Martinsburg businessmen organize the Berkeley County Orchard and Mining Company to cultivate apples on 469 acres in Back Creek Valley, signaling a new agricultural venture in the region.
A dated short notice lists a dentist at No.7 West Water Street Winchester VA with an address for Geo H. Bist and a separate entry for Orrion at 105 North Main Street over Miller's Drug Store. It also mentions an article about a Remington typewriter and the Sras-Toms Job Office offering to execute any job work. location 17 19 East Water Street.
Trains 3 and 4 include Pullman sleeping cars New York and Knox. Train 28 departs Berryville except Sunday at 9 05 a m for Washington Baltimore and New York. Write for rates maps time tables sleeping car reservations and descriptive pamphlet Bragg IV Pas gt W B RES.
Classified notice for a seven room house for rent. All rooms newly papered and painted in perfect repair. Includes a cellar. Apply to Monmouth Street number 9.
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