Winchester store closes for stock reduction sale
An announcement to friends and customers states after 35 years in Winchester the store will close December 26 and reopen after January 5 to 10 for a full stock review. All items will be marked down, many at half or less, with remaining stock auctioned by June 1 if not sold.
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Winchester
Clifford Street
R. T. Barton
Duffy
Moore
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. C
Feast of Bargains in One Lump Sale at Winchester
A local dealer announces a final sale offering all stock in one lump. The notice urges customers to buy only what they need before doors open for the sale and warns a party may purchase the entire stock.
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Winchester
Slaughter of Merchants Sale Ad Promises Low Prices
An advertisement proclaims a coming sale with heavily reduced books and booklets and china offered at substantial discounts. It promises savings of 25¢ to 50¢ on books, 15¢ booklets at 7¢, four for 25¢, and all china at less than cost.
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China
Norfolk and Western Train Schedule October 1910
The document lists October 2 1910 Norfolk and Western trains from Berryville to Bristol Roanoke and intermediate stations with various services such as Pullman sleepers cafe cars and connections at Roanoke Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown. It notes arrival times at Winchester and situational daily service details with agents Bevil Bragg Riddt and Tower.
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Berryville
Bristol
Pullman Buffet
Roanoke
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Norton
Welch
Pullman Sleeper
Gary
Shenandoah
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
W. B. Bevill
M. F. Bragg
Trav. Pass
Winchester
A. A. Riddt J. Tower
Miss Vivian Gould to Wed Railroad Magnate's Daughter to Marry Lord Decies
London announces the engagement of Lord Decies to Miss Vivian Gould, daughter of George J. Gould of New York. Miss Gould is nineteen, Lord Decies is forty four, and he serves as lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Hussars.
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Lord Decies
London
Vivian Gould
Miss Gould
George J. Gould
New York
Ilussars
TO HUNT SOUTH POLE Harry Whitney to Take Peary's Skip
New Orleans telegram confirms Harry Whitney of New Haven plans to start a polar expedition next year with Bartlett aboard a coast land quest. Bartlett commanded the Roosevelt on Peary’s North Pole voyage.
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Harry Whitney
Peary
New Haven
Conn
South Pole
Whitney
New Orleans
Journal-Courier
Bartlett
Roosevelt
North Pole
Ashes of Lover Ring Stolen in Jewelry Theft
In St. Louis Miss Cora Evelyn reports a robbery stealing $250 in jewelry including a ring. The ring held the ashes of her former sweetheart Charles Patterson who died in Binghamton New York about a year ago. The ashes were set behind a transparent film in the ring.
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St. Louis
Cora Evelyn
Swetheart
Charles Patterson
Binghamton
N. Y
Bandit at Paradise Bank Robbery Ends in Suicide
Ira Ward held up the State bank at Paradise Kansas and stole 2500 dollars. Surrounded by farmers he killed himself after tying up the cashier and four others. He bought a rifle at a hardware store before fleeing north on horseback.
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Salina
Kan
Paradise
Ira Ward
O’brien
Bear shot near Linglestown ends nine mile chase
A 250 pound black bear raiding fields was killed on the Goho farm near Linglestown nine miles from Harrisburg by Frank Smith and his son. The bear charged when pursued and both men fired. The son hit it in the eye to finish the hunt.
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Harrisburg
Goho
Linglestown
Frank Smith
Smith
Morgan buys Aldenham Abbey for Wah Hall renaming
London reports financier J. P. Morgan Jr purchases Aldenham Abbey in Hartfordshire from Dugald Stuart. Morgan plans to rename the estate Wah Hall, reviving its historic name.
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London
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Aldenham Abbey
Hartfordshire
Dugald Stuart
Congressman Joel Cook Dies in Philadelphia
Congressman Joel Cook of Philadelphia died after being stricken with apoplexy in Washington. He was moved to his home in Philadelphia after the attack on Saturday.
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Joel Cook
Philadelphia
Washington
Xmas Box for Taft from Aunt Delia in Hillbury
President Taft received a Christmas box of jams and jellies from Aunt Delia Torrey of Hillbury Massachusetts famed for apple pies. The items, once kept for the president’s boyhood table, will be placed on the White House Christmas menu.
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Delia
White House
Washington
Taft
Delia Torrey
Miss Torrey
Hillbury
Mass
Ellis declines judgeship from Taft in customs court
Wade H. Ellis of Ohio declined the offer of a judgeship in the customs court of appeals. He thanked President Taft but said he preferred to continue in his law practice. The vacancy arose from Judge William H. Hunt's promotion to the commerce court.
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Washington
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Customs Court of Appeals
Taft
William H. Hunt
Commerce Court
Mr. Ellis
Weather observations and forecast across major cities
Observations from weather bureaus at 8 p m show varied temps from Albany to Washington with conditions including snow clear and cloudy. Forecast calls for fair and colder today and tomorrow with high northwesterly winds.
Roll of Bills Made Boy a Murderer
Clarence Perry seventeen confessed to killing Lemke Cohen an elderly shoemaker found dead in his shop Perry said Cohen displayed a large roll of bills and the boy struck him in a sudden impulse in Wichita Kansas on December 16
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Wichita
Kan
Clarence Perry
Lemke Cohen
Pery
Cohen
Candy for Children of Employes in Connellsville Area
The Frick Coal and Coke company a United States Steel subsidiary purchased fifty thousand pounds of candy for distribution among thirty thousand children of its employees in the Connellsville and Klondyke regions.
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Uniontown
Frick Coal and Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Connellsville
Klondyke
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Mothers of America
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Henry Clarke Moore
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Berry and Whitmore CO
Ernest C. Sloat
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Washington, D.C
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