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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
2
This week offers a 2 yard wide oilcloth for 30 cents per yard a slightly soiled running yard. Ingram Carpet priced at 25 cents per yard. 9 by 12 Wilton Velvet Druggets offered at 18.50 dollars down from 25 dollars. 9 by 12 Druggets on sale for 11.50 dollars down from 18 dollars.
Bargain cold weather coats offered at extreme low prices. Children’s coats priced at 2.25 and 3.75 for ladies items ranging from 4.00 to 7.50. Ladies coats marked at 3.19 3.75 5.00 and 6.50 or higher in value. Hurry while stock lasts.
A sample box paper promotion offers 500 boxes at 10 cents each, advertised as less than half price. The deal emphasizes using paper for Christmas cards and bulk quantities, aiming at buyers stocking up for holiday crafts.
A dubious claim from a Zulu chief about life pleasure precedes an advertisement praising Gowan's Pneumonia Car. The copy urges readers to ask neighbors about its effectiveness for coughs colds croup and inflammation and warns mothers to keep a bottle at home at fifty cents.
The article weighs the profitability of selling hogs at different weights, noting feed efficiency favoring smaller gains and that 160 to 175 pounds is a practical market weight. It warns about market demand for 250 to 350 pound hogs and the impact of continuing to feed if corn is affordable, while contrasting market hogs with those fed for waste utilization.
Notice from Stephens City Middletown and vicinities announces price increases for smithing and wheelwright work effective December 16. The group cites higher material and living costs and lists representatives from Stephens City Middletown Vaucluse Station Reliance areas including Adams B. T. Argenbright S. A. Rust G. W. Gibson A. W. Doggett C. T. Parker J. P. Favirly Barton Burkholder Joe C. Rinker.
A compact ad extols Pillsbury's Best Flour for natural economy yielding top edible results with no material waste. Orndoff & Mc Vicar are named as sole agents and the notice invites advertisers to place winter goods ads.
Be ryville today reports attorney Whiting and Smith may ask Judge Harrison for a new trial for Lillie Robinson the colored woman convicted of forgery in Berryville Circuit Court and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Grounds unknown.
The Star lists wholesale and retail quotations for Wheat Rye Oats and Corn with prices per bushel and per 100 for millfeed. Butter spring chickens potatoes and side meat are shown in retail figures with price per unit or per pound.
The Roller Skating Rink on North Market Street opens Thursday at 7 30 pm with Albert Stone and other instructors led by H W English proprietor of Casino Rink Brooksville PA and a Pennsylvanian rink music circuit by North Tonawanda Military Band. The venture plans three daily sessions 10 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm with free admissions for ladies and children on select afternoons.
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