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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
2
Books for boys in cloth bound large type and good paper sell for 15c. Poems and fiction in fine cloth bound cost 19c. Gunter's books 75c value, now 25c. Boys and girls books by Henry Alger and others 21c. Fine leather bound volumes 50c to 76c, worth up to $1.50.
Paper items include box papers 10c each up to 20c value and fifte box papers 15c to 25c up to 5c. Linen paper in 1 lb package 20c. Toilet sets 10 pieces priced 3.25 and 6 pieces 2.00. Children's fleece-lined skirts 9c outing gowns 30c outing dresses 25c. Embroidery silk best make 2c per skein two skein.
Advertises white madras and richly embroidered waists priced from 1.00 to 1.25 with value up to 2.00. Highlights odd waists in madras and wool effects made of sateen, offered at 75 cents for choice.
The agricultural column highlights the modern farmer using improved machinery and good farm management. He preserves fodder, raises livestock and crop feed, sells produce, maintains manure practice, crop rotation, tile drainage, fences, pastures, and a garden. He breeds drafts, supports a library, assists his wife, and owns a spring vehicle for church visits.
Farmers urged to save every bit of fodder and corn stalks as the value of crops lies in secure feed. Emphasis on shredding fodder, using shredders, and storing properly to maintain quality for cattle. Hay prices high, fodder may replace hay in stock feeding. advice targets farmers and farm labor.
Several Mormon elders visited the Moorefield area last week seeking a place to preach but were unable to secure a venue in town.
Mrs Carrie Nation spent most of the past week in West Virginia towns along the Western Maryland Railroad where she has stirred activity and drawn attention with her temperance campaign.
The text reports broad calls in Virginia for General Assembly relief from the surplus debate. It notes low teacher salaries in public schools and some strain from summer normal schools. It mentions funding needs for colleges hospitals and a state deaf dumb and blind school petition.
Middletown Virginia reports include Richard Larrick and two daughters visiting his parents Captain and Mrs James Larrick from Bluemont. Miss Bessie Gaver staying with brother James Gaver in Berryville. Mr and Mrs G Mitchell from Pittsburgh visiting local relatives. Mrs Herbert Rhodes and children planning Woodstock trip. Ollie Willey clerking in New Market spent weekend with parents. C R Campbell back in Pittsburgh after visiting family.
Three people killed and multiple injured when a northbound Baltimore and Ohio express crashed into a standing local at Hanover Station. The engineer claims a white signal, denied by company officials, spurred an investigation. Edna Anderson alerted others, aiding several to jump to safety.
An old advert warns coffee irritates digestion and kidneys in many cases and urges quitting coffee for a fair two week trial of Postum. It references a health book and promotes the product in packages.
Wholesale and retail quotations for grain and country produce appear in The Star this afternoon. Wheat price 25 cents per cwt or similar, corn and rye per bushel, oats per bushel, potatoes per bushel, butter and spring chickens listed with cents per unit, and various meat and millfeed figures shown.
Special Receivers will sell at public auction on Thursday December 1907 at Glenowen farm near Berryville Clarke County Va the personal property of A W Bryan including 4 horses 1 cow 3 drills 2 binders 1 mower various plows harrows and cultivators 2 wagons buggies harnesses saddles farming implements fodder and about 25 barrels of corn with other household goods and kitchen furniture on the Bryan estate.
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the office of W. Roy Teechee on Saturday December 10 at 10 o clock to elect a president and five directors. W. E. Branson, secretary.
As agent for the owners a fine slate land farm is for sale three fourths mile from Kernetown depot. The property features 300 acres and is well improved. Contact HALDEMAN for details.
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