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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1907
Page
2
A local retailer advertises dramatic coat discounts. Adult coats priced from $8.50 to $10.00 drop to $6.75 and $6.00, with $5.00 to $3.39 and $2.75 for mid ranges. Children's coats shrink to $1.98 and $2.98 with totals ending in marked reductions.
An old sale listing offers cloth bound volumes by Southworth Dickens Eliott Doyle Holmes and others at 12 1 2 to 25 cents. Leather bound books with gold dies by Go fic Cooper Alger Burne Reid and others priced 85 cents to 7 1 2 cents. Poems and fictions by top writers 19 cents.
A veteran farmer, Ernest Noteboom, argues fathers should tailor farming lessons to sons using practical work and quiet guidance. He recalls his boyhood, contrasts labor with brain work, and urges letting boys manage small sums and plow duties to foster responsibility and love of farming.
The article outlines methods used by marketmen to kill and dress poultry for sale, including head removal, French killing knife, bleeding, dry plucking capons and ducks, scalding other fowls, singeing, plumping in hot and cold water, and proper cooling before packing. It warns against wrapping dressed birds in printed paper and recommends clean packing materials, plus consulting commission merchants for official circulars on dressing and shipping.
White Hall Virginia notes recount visits and arrivals for December including Dr and Mrs Ward from Hedgesville attending Thelma Barrett's funeral, Dr and Mrs Smoke returning from Baltimore and Washington, Mrs Mattie J Lewis and Miss Neva Lewis visiting, Lester Anderson visiting his brother A L Anderson, Johnson Brown going to Clear Brook, Mamie Hubbard planning a Christmas program, Emma Robinson visiting Mrs Susan Garrett, and James Hancher and families with Dr Smoke at the Taylors' home.
Theater managers in Baltimore sign an agreement to stop using window lithographs after January 6 and to focus publicity on newspaper ads and large leased billboard displays. They claim newspapers yield the best returns.
The Roller Skating Rink on Market Street has opened to the public with beginner sessions and competent instructors. Three daily sessions at 10 am, 2 pm, and 7 30 pm run for a short period to accommodate newcomers. admission 10c, skates 15c, chair rental 10c. Free admission for ladies and children Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. rules emphasized.
Wholesale and retail quotations reported for items such as chickens eggs butter corn oats rye millfeed side meat and hog and dairy products. Prices listed per bushel or per hundredweight with figures and units, reflecting market conditions and local dealer quotes.
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