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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
2
The Star urges contributors to write on only one side of the paper to prevent misdivision during editorial processing. Articles sent for publication are often split among several compositors, making proper handling difficult when on both sides.
Notice to Advertisers requests ad changes by 10 a m to avoid delays. Resumption of Sunset Limited service for the 1902 1903 season adds a Washington to New Orleans run and a connecting annex car to link with Sunset Limited routes to the Pacific Coast with daily trains. For details contact L S Brown at 703 Fifteenth Street Washington DC.
Corrected daily wholesale prices paid for produce and grain in the market report. Thursday figures reflect current market values and adjustments across commodities.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosts a Mystery Social and Bazaar at Mrs. John W. Bryarly's residence, 510 South Main Street, next Friday December 5 at 7 30 PM. A prize contest will be featured. Refreshments available at small cost. All welcome to attend.
Fragmentary passage notes cheap for rent cards and trespass notices with blank signature space, issued in regal form. Mentions Geo Re Bushnell and 28 East Pic, signaling a local notice item in a newspaper page.
An old Apache tale explains face painting by a hunter spared by a bear and chased by a lion. Blood marks on the face dried and peeled, leaving patterns that tribes paint today for hunting and war.
A colonial report on Dominica's Caribs outlines their ancient Mongolian appearance and isolation, mentions intermixing with a drifted Chinaman, and recalls historical cannibalism with accounts from Davis and Laborde. The text notes changing behavior from flesh-eating to settled life and cites anecdotes of preference for certain nationalities.
An author known for In a Tuscan Garden recounts Dr. Furnival a Browning society founder in a tale about a London Englishwoman renting. A relative sought bachelor chambers and the company required two householders as referees the applicant names Englishwoman and Furnival. Furnival praises the applicant then says the tenant is “a gentleman and a good fellow, but a member of the Browning society.”
The passage argues that a man's character outlives him and love fades, while only a few rare people add friendship to friendship. It suggests a man grows richer in affection as he ages, akin to a bank that increases by giving and receiving, even as life nears its end.
Russian novelist Maxim Gorki faced rough years as a day laborer and tradesman before seeking education in Kazan. He walked over 600 miles to obtain free instruction, then proved capable and thoughtful. This echoes early life themes seen in Jacob Riis.
Additional east bound local trains run daily except Sunday with departures from Carlisle Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg. Trains 8 110 operate Harrisburg to Hagerstown daily and 1 3 109 run Harrisburg to Hagerstown daily. Through coaches Philadelphia trains 2 4 east and 7 9 west. Pullman cars between New York and Knoxville on trains 1 west and 10 east. Philadelphia departure 4 30 pm on Sunday. Signed H A Biddle G P A Sup.
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