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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
2
Hellers promotes a storewide sale offering substantial reductions across every article. The promotion emphasizes significant price cuts aimed at attracting shoppers with broad discounts throughout the inventory.
Train times for Harrisonburg Staunton Harpers Hagerstown and other stations listed in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad timetable effective November 27 1910. Departures and arrivals include routes to Maryland Washington Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburg and New York with multiple daily options and Sunday exceptions.
The article traces football from Celtic beginnings in England to its rise in popularity through the Middle Ages and its revival in the eighteenth century, noting repeated opposition by authorities and its status as a major sport in English and American culture. It also mentions Asiatic Turkey and a humorous dialogue, plus a May 30 1910 rail timetable.
Mrs E A Smith of Goldsboro North Carolina recounts neuralgia and heart head and body pains that vanished after taking Cardui the woman’s tonic. The ad urges use of Cardui for female ailments and offers a free 64 page home treatment book from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
The notice lists Folk and Western Rail Road schedules for October 2 1910 with Belfast Berryville departure times on no 13 and no 1 toward Bristol Roanoke Pocahontas Welch and intermediate stations offering Pullman Sleeper and Cafe service. It also shows northbound trains no 23 no 14 and no 2 serving Hagerstown Har risburg Philadelphia New York and Washington with Pullman facilities and connections at Shenandoah Junction and Roanoke. Signed W B Bevill M F Bragg General Pass Agent Trav Pass Agt Roanoke Va.
Public notice announces private sale of the Price Mulien property at Main and Clifford Streets Winchester VA. Property includes five parcels with specific frontages and rears plus a plat on file. Terms require one fourth cash and three equal annual payments with interest, secured by deeds of trust and buildings insured. R T Barton attorney.
The will of Mary Baker G. Eddy filed in Merrimack County probate names the mother church as sole heir after providing for household members and friends. It also leaves $10,000 to her son and his children and a diamond cross to Mrs. Augusta Stetson, once a church leader.
Eight young Altoona business men vow five cent penalties for every oath to the Salvation Army. By mid day sums reach 70 cents, 45 cents, and 20 cents as a Christmas meal fund for the poor and widows grows. Five men refrain from swearing.
In Madisonville Louisiana on December 15 Mrs Annie Edwards of New Orleans was thrown into the Tchefuncte River when an automobile skidded on the river bank and overturned. The car’s occupants were knocked loose and the vehicle plunged into the water. The woman, stunned and unable to swim, was seized by an alligator and died.
In Shindle near Lewistown Pa on December 15 Bes sie and Mamie Aurand aged eight and ten found their 15 year old brother Boyd dead in a chair beside the stove with blood at his nose and mouth and a revolver nearby. The parents were away and investigators could not tell if the shooting was intentional or accidental.
Observations from 8 p m yesterday show varied conditions with mainly cloudy skies in Albany Atlantic City Buffalo New York and Philadelphia while Chicago New Orleans St Louis and Washington report clear or partly cloudy conditions A brisk southwesterly wind is forecast for today and tomorrow.
Twenty two men were killed and twenty six entombed when a blast tore through the Greene mine at Tacoma Wise county Virginia. The explosion reportedly followed by a fire and shattered draft fans at the入口 as relief teams rushed to the scene and state mine inspectors prepared a report.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania Jacob S Westheffer aged 35 fatally shoots his wife after she refuses to live with him and then kills himself in front of his mother and grandmother. Florence Hillier 19 a daughter by a former marriage witnessed the homicide. The woman dies in General hospital about thirty minutes later. Westheffer confessed at his mother's home before taking his own life.
John R. Edwards of Johnstown admitted killing his wife last June after parting in May. Testimony set to fix degree as first or second. decision due Jan. 17. Attorneys argued liquor impairment as a factor. Edwards faced in Ebensburg courtroom.
In Richmond Indiana on December 15 a 28th child arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bonner in New Castle. Twenty one children survive. Mr. Bonner is 49 and his wife is 45.
New York December 15 J L Hopkins and Co drug importers located at 100 William Street pleaded guilty in the U S circuit court to adulteration of drugs in violation of the federal pure food and drug act and were fined $400 by Judge Hough.
Describes the 450 yard long chain with 180 tons weight laid across the Hudson at West Point on May 1 1778 to deter British warships. Notes two and a half inch square links one foot long and weighed 140 pounds each. Parts of the chain remain at West Point today. Also a tiny ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
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