This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
2
A new lot of ladies coats arrives with many bargains. A black wool coat at 3.75, normally 5.50, plus fancy plaids at 3.50 valued at 5.00. Fine tan coats 5.00, worth 7.50 and a range of black and tan coats from 6.00 to 8.60, up to 12.50. Children's coats 2.25 valued at 4.50. Bear skin coats 2.50 and up.
A North Carolina street canvass shows sixteen of seventeen households using Gowan's Pneumonia Cure. Mothers praised the remedy for inflammation relief and spoke of its repeated use, suggesting broad local support.
Advertises cloth bound books for boys and girls with large type and good paper priced 15c 19c 21c 25c 50c and 75c. Gunter’s books offered at 75c and 25c. Includes first class authors best titles and poems and fiction in fine cloth bound for 19c 21c. Leather bound volumes priced 50c and 75c.
Advertises paper and box papers at 10 to 20 cents with higher value items. Lists special linen paper 20 cents per pound, toilet sets 3.25 and 2.00, children's fleece lined skirts 9 cents, outing gowns 30 cents, outing dresses 25 cents, embroidery silk two cents per skein.
White madras and woolly waists with rich embroidery offered at discounted prices. Original values range from $1.25 to $2.00, now $1.00. A selection of odd waists in madras and sateen fabrics priced at 75 cents.
Bradstreet's tables show yields and profits for crops in 1907 with hay sugar and rice among the top values. Higher cereal prices offset smaller yields, with wheat and corn prices up 22 and 18 percent respectively since July 1907, suggesting farmers will see better money returns than 1906.
In Winchester Virginia a poor boy named Joe sells papers on Christmas Eve with five cents and a dead mother. He loves a wall hole star he calls his mother's star. After a wagon accident he heals in a clean room with a nurse who becomes his guardian. His father robs him and is arrested, but Joe forgives him. an employer helps Joe attend school and the two men live happily, the mother's star watching over them.
AS OLMES M. BARR age 12 of North Ave Winchester Virginia wins a boy's prize story award with a $3 prize.
The Weather Man forecasts snow and bad weather. Protracted services at Payne's Chapel ended after a successful meeting and a revival began there. Social mentions include visits by Mrs. Bowers of Brucetown, Miss Louise Bishop, and Miss Marie Feagans. mail carrier on Route 15 takes a needed vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wright and daughter Blanche Wright visit relatives in the area.
Miss Ethel Finfrock and Mr. John Knuckles from Martinsburg stay at Oak Shade with C C Finfrocks. Byrd Beckey returns to Grimes after two and a half years in Middletown Pa. Mrs Elieth Hubbard attends her father Hutzler's funeral in Martinsburg. D H Hensell attend George Lamp's Winchester funeral.
Albert McGinnis of Springfield Massachusetts with Lew Dockstader's minstrels spent yesterday in New Waterbury among friends. He was here three seasons in succession with Guy Brothers.
Wholesale and retail quotations from The Star list grain, butter, eggs, potatoes, corn, rye, oats, spring chickens, and side meat. Prices include millfeed per 100, butter fat, and approximate per bushel figures for potatoes and corn.
Claim describes rheumatism as a symptom from inactive kidneys and uric acid buildup. Proposes a remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, to be taken after meals and at night. Promotes safe, over-the-counter access.
Major George Deaver of North River Mills dies at about 80 after a life in county affairs and the Confederate army. Mrs. Zulemma Fr Beery of Augusta dies after a ten week typhoid illness. eleven children survive. Mrs. Eliza J. Paxton dies in Florence Colorado. telegram informs son-in-law H B Gilkeson. David R. Williams, once steward at local schools, dies in Camden S C at age 85.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.