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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
2
The market for wheat and flour was quiet with indifferent demand. Oats and rye showed mixed activity while butter and eggs stayed unchanged. Poultry remained firm with good demand for choice fat young chickens and wholesale quotes varied by item.
Floyd Baker eleven year old son of W A Baker died near Strasburg from blood poisoning caused by a shoe rubbing his heel. His parents and several brothers and sisters live. He was born in Warren county Virginia.
Advertisement for a cold cure claiming to fix a cold in one day using laxative bromo quinine tablets. Promises refund if it fails. Mentions E. W. Grove and a 25 cent price per box. Wording reflects vintage patent medicine style and marketing claims.
Rev. Henry C. Rose of Newark claims the Emmanuel movement can cure faults by suggestion during sleep. The Richmond Christian Advocate mocks the idea as impractical, absurd, and unsafe, arguing sleepers cannot engage moral deliberation and questioning the method’s effectiveness.
An advertisement touts Gowan's Preparation as a remedy for croup colds pneumonia and inflammations with external causes. It claims rapid congestion relief and offers bottles priced 25 50 and 100 cents, directing readers to buy at all druggists today.
An advertisement promotes L. and M. Pure Paint semi mixed at 1.45 per gallon and linseed oil at 0.60 per gallon. Buying 4 gallons of paint and adding 3 gallons of oil yields 7 gallons of paint at 1.20 per gallon, claimed to take two minutes. Cooper Bros Winchester and Lar rick and Larrick Middletown advertise.
The Wailboat Schedule effective November 22 1908 shows daily trains except Sunday to Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore Martinsburg and beyond. Departures include 600 928 am 555 pm to multiple points with various arrival times. Services cover Chicago Columbus Wheel ing Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and New York routes with multiple daily slots.
Norfork and Western Route announces southbound and northbound trains for November 24 1907 with multiple connections. Details include Pullman sleepers to Knoxville Roanoke Columbus Cincinnati William son Gary and Philadelphia options. Northbound services run to Hagerstown Washington Philadelphia New York with additional sleeper cars and parlor cars. Rates and timetables available via agents.
The notice lists multiple cities Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown Greencastle Chambersburg Shippensburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg Harrisburg and Philadelphia and New York trains with morning and evening departure times. It notes daily arrivals at specific stations and references Kennedy, a timetable official, with morning and afternoon timings including a Sunday schedule.
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