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Winchester The Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
2
Star Guarantees Largest Circulation In City Of Winchester
The Star proclaims its prepaid mail rates and widest daily circulation in Winchester. Advertising rates available at Star Office on East Water Street. Local notices mention Hagerstown attractions drawing crowds, and authorities enforcing horse-hitching bans on the market square. Mrs Jane Ginn returns home from Clarke County visit. J E Correl returns from Harper's Ferry trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Forliseed
Winchester
Mam
Tue Star
East Water Street
Tan Evenine
North Market Street
City of
D.L. Miller
Jno
J. Williams
Corporation Court
City of Winchester
K. E. Byrd
Hagerstown Fair Faces Shrinking Profits in Declining Receipts
The Hagerstown Fair Association shows a near two thousand dollar drop in receipts this year to twenty five thousand eight hundred, while expenses rise slightly to six thousand nine hundred sixteen and 95 cents. Net profit falls to twenty two hundred sixty five dollars from eight thousand nine hundred sixty six, amid broader declines in county fair profits and rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown Fair Association
A Bonnet Fashion Battle Across Towns
A Orange woman buys no new hat, pounds her old bonnet with a rolling pin and wears it to church. Woodstock girls mock fashion by sitting on hats or on partners, while Winchester girls carry bonnets under arms to showcase casual, crushed mushroom styles at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Observer
Woodstock
Woodstock Herald
Winchester
North and South Mail Arrivals and Departures Schedule
Schedule lists arrivals and departures for north and south routes with times, including Romney Bloomery Rock Enon Springs Capon Springs Shockeysville Round Hill Marlboro Mountain Falls and general mail closing times. Mention of patient joke about Redmans Cafe and Christmas goods at E Bruce Capper describes local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney
Bloomery
Rock Enon Springs
Capon Springs
Rock Enon
Shockeysville
Round Hill
Marlboro
Mountain Falls
Suggestions for cemetery monuments and design
A brief note advises parties interested in cemetery work to consider the surroundings and select an appropriate monument. It recommends originality over duplicating neighbors, and suggests variety in design and material to add interest to a cemetery.
Theliap Sha Monument And Sarcophagus Style Described
The piece explains that Theliap Sha monuments are favored at this date with sarcophagi the most popular cemetery memorial. It notes Greek origin of the name but contrasts the local sarcophagus design with ancient coffin-shaped boxes. Markers are low, massive, and may be ornate or plain, crafted from granite or other materials.
T. J. Orndorff Granite and Marble Carloads
T. J. Orndorff offers granite and marble in carload lots to save you money. Visit or call at No. East, Water Street, Winchester, for prices and selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. East
Water Street
Winchester
Make &c
Quality over quantity in monument planning discussed
An editorials advocate a single central monument with a low marker for each grave. They urge foundations extend below the frost line to ensure permanence.
Verger Anecdotes and Notable Oddities From Newspapers
A collection of humorous and peculiar clippings recounts verger zeal at Ely cathedral, a chair bidding frenzy tied to Dunottar Castle, a bear encounter thwarted by a wooden leg, and the pardon and later thefts of Jean Perrin. The items blend London letters and city curiosities with brief crime notes.
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Edinburgh
Donald Currie
Dunottar Castle
Glasgow
Lord Currie
London
Chicago
Jean Perrin
Carnot
France
Perrin
M. Carnot
Crepy En Valois
The Editor's Breakfast Recipe from Clay Center Times
A Clay Center Times recipe praises a balanced breakfast built around half a cantaloupe, coffee, toast, oatmeal and cream, bacon, a tomato, hot wheat cakes, and a second cantaloupe half. It extols the fruit as a finished product of divine consideration and promises lasting sustenance.
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Winchester Times
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Geo. H. Heist
N. Main St
Miller’s Drugstore
Circuit Court of
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