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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
6
The piece examines a stenographer who reads incoming letters and notes, assessing honesty and efficiency. It reflects on how a clear-eyed witness judges tone, deviousness, and loyalty, with attention to voice during phone conversations and timeliness.
The Virginian-Pilot questions Colonel Roosevelt's promises and future forecasts in a critical editorial note. It argues his past and present statements may mislead, calling for cautious scrutiny of his liberal discounts and anticipated fulfillments.
Col David Du Rose Gaillard, an engineer who worked on the Culebra Cut project, died in Baltimore aged 64. He reportedly succumbed to the strain of his labors while overseeing excavation. The associates recall his pursuit of high professional achievement and his role on the army corps.
The Staunton News notes the marriage of The Hon. Henry D. Flood on January 7. It offers congratulations to the distinguished representative and hopes for similar success in governing the United States as in his state leadership.
A humorous verse where an uncle finds cheer in misfortune and hardship. The speaker notes rain, ice, and hardship while the uncle insists such trials benefit wheat, roads, and the undertaker’s trade, ending with reflections on graft and resilience. The tone is light, satirical, and period voice.
A didactic poem urges personal virtue and self improvement. It promotes straight motives and clean thoughts and ties personal wisdom to public good by spreading kindness and knowledge. The author BLUA Wheeler Wilcox signs off the moral verse.
Mrs. Lewis G M Miller and her daughter Miss Mary Miller leave Winchester for Columbia to join Rev Dr Miller for the rest of winter. They are accompanied to Washington by Mrs Miller's son Rev Lewis S G Miller.
Mr. Fred Hable, manager and lessee of the City Hall Auditorium in Washington, is staying several days with his mother Mrs. S. H. Hable on East Water Street.
The eighteenth annual convention of the Virginia State Horticultural Society will convene January 21 in Richmond. Sessions, exhibits, and excursions will feature prizes including the Parsons Challenge Cup and a National Apple Shippers Association silver cup. William A. Spratt presides. Governor-elect Henry C. Stuart to speak. sessions include joint meetings with the State Farmers Institute and the Virginia Rice Institute.
Advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as instant relief for blocked nostrils and head catarrh. The copy claims a small bottle clears air passages, stops nasal discharge, and ends cold in head or sore throat by morning. It urges purchase at any drug store and promises swift, lasting comfort.
Baltimore wholesale prices listed for December 9 include wheat spot and December at 95 1 4 cents, corn at 3.35 per barrel, hay prices from 17 to 19, butter at 34 to 88 cents, cheese and dairy prints around 21 cents, fowl and poultry with mixed rates, and geese at 16 cents. Also notes trespass cards for sale at The Star.
The message cites TB deaths, yellow fever history, and the impact of poverty on disease. It emphasizes prevention like closed windows and public health, urging purchases of Red Cross Seals to aid the war against tuberculosis and support local merchants promoting the cause.
A Middleton Georgia parent reports Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gives prompt relief and cures croup in susceptible children. The ad states the product is kept in the house to prevent croup and is for sale by all druggists.
Public auction of a two story frame dwelling and lot in Trent, Virginia at noon on Wednesday December 27. The property fronts West Clifford Street, 35 feet by 100 feet, improved with a new two story house, near Judge T. Washington Street and Herbert Haines' former home. Sale under multiple trust deeds with debts secured. terms require one third cash and balance in two promissory notes due one and two years later at 6 percent interest, insured by fire policy. Trustees: R Gray Williams, James P. Reardon, T. R. Cather.
By deed of trust dated January 29 1913 the holder of overdue notes requires sale. At noon December 14 1918 at Market street in front of Winchester City Hall one Eclipse 9 x 10 traction engine No 11444 20 horsepower. See at Mr. Co W Allamong Winchester Va. Sale for cash. Byerley Trustee Williams Att’y.
Court orders in 1912 Frederick Circuit Court suit to determine lien priorities on Harriet E Ferguson and E Scott Ferguson real estate. Edwin A Mayers must appear within 15 days. notice published weekly in Evening Star Winchester and posted at courthouse by November 4, 1913 rule day. Copy-Teste J W Baker Jr deputy clerk.
A brief, odd exchange features a patron asking about eggs and a waiter apologizing for a delay as the scene shifts to a judge. The fragment hints at a mislaid order and a legal setting without further details.
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