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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
2
This week offers oilcloth 2 yards wide at 30 cents per yard and 1 yard wide slightly soiled cloth from Ingram Carpet at 25 cents per yard. Wilton velvet druggets 9 by 12 priced at 18.50, value 25. druggets 9 by 12 at 11.50, value 18.00.
An old catalog note offers cloth bound boys books in large type with good paper at 115c valued 25c and other titles priced at 12c worth 20c. The ad emphasizes low prices and broad availability of affordable reading.
A playful jab at poetic failing is followed by an advertisement for Gowan's cough remedy. The verse promotes rubbing Gowan's on the chest to cure coughs and pneumonia related illnesses. It cites druggists and prices 50c and 1 dollar.
Agricultural guidance warns against feeding corn to hogs during cholera outbreaks and advises pasture grazing, pumpkin feeding, and worm medicine. It rejects cures as ineffective, urges burning carcasses, prevents scavenger access, and recommends breeding vigorous stock to build immunity, citing Wallace's Farmer.
Wholesale and retail dealers in grain and country produce report quotations. Butter spring chickens millfeed corn potatoes and meat prices listed with per hundredweight and per bushel figures.
Special agent C. Georgeson of the U S Department of Agriculture says Alaska offers 320 acre homesteads to 200000 families and has resources to support a population up to 2000000, enabling full development of its agricultural potential.
A discussion on tipping etiquette suggests women often err by following rigid male rules. It argues experience is lacking and that proper tipping requires guidance from men.
Lake Erie yields more fish per square mile than any other body of water, scientists claim, highlighting its prolific output and ecological significance for regional fisheries and markets.
Special receivers auction the estate of A W Bryan on Glenowen near Berryville. Items include 4 horses 1 cow 3 drills 2 binders 1 mower 2 harrows 3 cultivators 3 plows wagons carriages harness and various farming tools and 25 barrels of corn. Terms require cash for sums under ten and credit nine months for larger amounts with a negotiable note. Removal only after payment.
Imitation pearls are plentiful and look like real ones. They are made with a transparent glass shell glue and essence of the orient. A silvery pearly substance is created from fine scales rubbed from bleak fish. 17 000 require rubbing to make a pound.
The appendix size varies with age and person. The length averages three to three and a half inches. The male appendix is slightly larger than the female appendix.
A Georgia man sought a marriage license with a freedom attachment. He explained he wanted a paper that would make him free without going to court if the state refused the marriage.
A reflective fragment featuring a quotation from R L Stevenson on suffering sharpening the remaining pleasures, framed as a terse literary observation.
Lancaster County Pennsylvania hosts 21 Presbyterian churches with at least three congregations nearing two centuries in age. The long standing presence reflects deep roots in the local faith community and regional history.
A French invention using bulb thermometers predicts at sundown whether frost will occur. The device claims to indicate cooling conditions and possible freezing weather based on thermometer readings.
The North Market street rink will open Thursday at 7 30 p m with Albert Stone and W English directing. English, a medalist as state champion lady instructor, oversees a Pennsylvania rink music circuit and plans pro skating acts. Admission 10c skates 15c. ladies and children admitted free on select days. sessions at 10 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm.
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