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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
2
A State Journal reflection notes refinement appears in patient, gentle conduct toward shopkeepers and staff. Polite buyers carry civility in all exchanges, shaping a pleasant shopping experience and easing the burden on exhausted salespeople.
The Buffalo Express argues Root should visit South America to strengthen commerce and mutual interests. A cordial, friendly trip could improve understanding, though promises would depend on Congress. The piece urges prominent public men to study South American affairs more closely.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Barbee of New York City spent Thanksgiving at Guillford and returned home. S G Page of Lexington is visiting at Sherwood this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brown spent yesterday in Front Royal. Hon. M. M. Johnson brought a fine lot of cattle from his farm near Milldale. Mr. David Kerfoot spent Saturday in Front Royal. Mr. Massey Weir attends Eastern College at Front Royal. Mr. George Sowers shipped another carload of stock from Ashby Station yesterday. Miss Margorie Macatee spent Thanksgiving at her Front Royal home. Mr. John Stickley runs a successful school at Milldale this year. Mr. Powell Jones of Culpeper visits his brother near Milldale.
Castleman's Ferry December 6 notes Maurice F. Castleman at Harrisonburg Court. Miss Alverda Osburn visiting Loudoun relatives. Samuel Thomas Jr. returns from Norfolk for several months. Estelle Castleman visiting Washington. Katie Moore teaching at home this winter. Fannie Galloway teaches Marvin Chapel school. Helen Epler Detweiler from Washington visiting Mrs. Maurice Castleman at North Hill.
Mr. John G. Sisuffer travels to Pennsylvania for part of the winter. Miss Florence Lancaster and Mr. Charles McKay of Baltimore visit the family of Mr. C. A. Ford. Mr. Robert Shearer traveling representative of Union Metallurgical Cartridge Co. spends Thanksgiving with his Aunt Mrs. Joseph Keeler.
December brings heavy clothing needs as winter weather arrives. Stores promote money saving features to attract patrons and lift cheerful spirits during the busy month.
The retailer promotes a broad selection aimed at every shopper while emphasizing money saving features to stretch dollars and deliver the best value.
Three thousand volumes offered in a December sale across genres for youths and adults. Alger titles for boys at 15 to 24 cents, Meade Carey Green wood and others for girls at 24 cents, cloth bound gilt top works by Holmes Porter Southworth and more at 24 cents, Henry booker listings 24 cents, half leather bindings from 39 to 72 cents, with marked discounts from regular prices. Specials include little ones titles from 4 cents upward and hundreds of titles at roughly half price.
The notice announces that this month every Saturday sale will continue weekly until all lots are sold. It indicates a prolonged sale period with no fixed end date, urging buyers to act promptly as stock depletes.
Special sale of sample china and cut glass advertised as the finest offering ever seen in Winchester with prices reduced to one-third to one-half off.
Opening today a display of Xmas handker chiefs for ladies children and men with a special showing of men's ties and scarfs priced 15c each.
An offer on this day for 106 sample boxes of writing paper ideal as Xmas presents priced 20 to 25 cents per box, each box worth up to 50 cents.
A local ad promotes a coat department with new cloaks in black on special bargain pricing and highlights Wright’s Health Underwear for men at 85 cents, a value claimed to be worth 550. The notice emphasizes daily availability and nationwide recognition.
Bargains include black serges and Henriettas 48c values up to 75c to $1. Heavy fleeced vests and pants for ladies 19c. Union suits for ladies and children 25c. Ladies knit skirts 19c. New lot of $5.00 Long Tan Vovert Coats for ladies received today valued at $8 to $10.
Eston advises cultivating celery on well drained fertile soil and warns clay soils need bulky manures to avoid heart injury. Emphasizes strong seed, fall growth peak in September and October, and crop rotation to restore nitrogen via manures, fertilizers, or leguminous cover crops.
The piece explains crib foundations using blocks below frost, raised floors, and drainage to deter rats, with a hinged door in the crib. It then describes the Apple Maggot life cycle from July to frost, noting it's a slow flyer, resistant to spraying, and that feeding infested fruit to animals can curb maggots.
The article explains how cream richness from hand separators depends on milk temperature, separator bowl speed, and milk flow rate, not screw adjustments. It adds tips on repurposing worn screen wire for ratproof chicken coops and suggests sowing semi hardy crops in August. An Ohio buttermaker reports improved butter flavor by adding a tablespoon of white sugar per five pounds of butter.
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