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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
2
Advertisement for Scott's Complete Handy Atlas of the World urges readers to mail paper name address and four cents to Scott and Bowne at 409 Pearl Street New York to receive the atlas. Paper name not provided.
Mr H P Whitacre learns his daughter Mrs Callahan of Lynchburg is ill. Mrs Callahan stayed here for health and improved. Mr Whitacre plans to visit soon. Mrs Sarah Hudson visits Mrs M C Holland. A C Moores fine house completed. Miss Effie Whitacre is indisposed. Fred Robinson of Winchester visits Jr R Darlington. Maggie Amick of Winchester visits Miss Leota Elliott. Maggie Lee moves into J P Duncan’s vacated house. Holmes Larrick returns to Win m hantar after visiting family.
Unclaimed letters for the week ending December 12 1908 include Bird Helen Baker Sterling W Dawley Denora Hopkins Albert Haas M 8 Jackson Miller Olive care Chas Smith Page Frank T Southard Linn Virginia Gazette. P M Bentley Kern reports several residents leaving on visits or trips including Mrs A M Baker Oscar Cornwell Leo Frenkel Major Robert W Hunter and Major Holmes Conrad returning to Washington.
A New York woman shares how indigestion from heavy meals improved after using Grape Nuts. She credits the cereal with rebuilding her digestion so she can eat anything now. The letter is presented as genuine and timely, with the slogan There’s a Reason and mentions The Road to Wellville in the packages.
Winchester express company agents prepare for the holiday rush amid Christmas festivities. They urge customers to ship early, noting deliveries a day before Christmas are preferred to avoid delays. Late packages will struggle to arrive promptly, and preparations include labeling packages sent a week ahead with Do Not Open Until Christmas.
Intelligence from Winchester reports the death of Mrs Virginia Caroline Copp at her Wheeling West Virginia home after a long illness. She leaves son Charles H Copp a public works board member and Copp Devore broker and daughter Carrie Copp both of Wheeling. sister Mrs Marvin Harvey of Broadway and many valley relatives.
Henry Boyd son of Dr and Mrs P W Boyd gains sales manager role at Armour & Company effective January 1 after leading Wallin Leather Company for three years. Previously he spent ten years with Cover Drayton Leonard and managed the Chicago store, rising with packing interests to notable progress.
Fully 50 men attended the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church South Sunday morning. Dr. J. L. Whitlock directed a lesson on the building of King Solomon's temple.
The forecast for Virginia calls for fair tonight followed by unsettled weather. Tuesday is expected to be warmer with increased chances of precipitation and clearing conditions later in the week.
The schedule lists daily trains to Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore Martinsburg Chicago Columbus Wheeling Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and major connections. Departures and arrivals shown for multiple times with Monday exceptions and special through routes.
Schedule shows westbound trains from Washington DC to Bluemont Virginia effective February 5 1908 with times via Alexandria Barcroft Glenncaryyn Torrison Fostoria Falls Church Dunn Loring Vienna Herndon Sterling Ashburn Belmont Park Leesburg Clarke's Gap Purcellville Round Hill and Bluemont with multiple daily services and various intermediate stops.
Train numbers and schedules for Norfolk and Western routes from Roanoke Virginia listing southbound No 13-9 03 am to Knoxville and intermediate stops with Pullman sleepers and cafe car, No 18 13 am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield and Gary, No 27 6 39 pm to Shenandoah, and northbound Nos 28 9 29 am to New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction and via Hagerstown Washington Philadelphia New York, plus sleeper and parlor car details and agent contact information.
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