Here for Christmas Greatest Sacrifice Sale Slated
A ten day event in the Cloak Department promises the greatest sacrifice sale of the year with shoppers urged to buy before it ends and noting that late buyers are still lucky to find deals.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
A ten day event in the Cloak Department promises the greatest sacrifice sale of the year with shoppers urged to buy before it ends and noting that late buyers are still lucky to find deals.
Coat sale offers deep discounts across men women and children coats. Prices drop from eight fifty to six seventy five and from five to three thirty nine with further reductions on children’s coats to under two dollars and small tot sizes to seventy nine cents.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles claiming it corrects incontinence and painful urination stops frequent nighttime trips and offers free samples and a book by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with a reminder to mention reading the notice.
S. M. Timberlake died during a visit and is praised for his Civil War service. The account recalls Seth M. Timberlake of Company B Twelfth Cavalry who carried a wounded comrade from the field at Upperville. It notes Timberlake refused surrender at Appomattox and joined Johnston, never paroled, and mentions his church and Stoneswall Jackson Camp affiliation in Staunton.
Mountain Falls Virginia report from December 19 notes Rev. S. T. Sale of McKeesport visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Sale. Laura Lockhart and Charlies Richard spent Sunday with Laura’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lockhart. Chloe Glynn of Bloom visited Miss Henrietta Haseman last week. Quincey Ponton visited Friday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Conrad of Burn Mawr is visiting relatives in Winchester during the Christmas holidays.
Special to The Star. Students and patrons attended exercises as the flag was raised on a 35 foot pole. The program featured recitations and songs by students, a welcome by Walter Beaty, and remarks by G E Roy, Lulan Phillips, and B F Sine. Band music accompanied the event.
Richard E. Byrd Jr. from the University of Virginia came to his home today to celebrate the Christmas holidays with family.
The Star lists wholesale and retail quotations for Wheat Eggs Butter Potatoes Corn Rye Oats and more with prices per unit and notes on market activity for dealers in grain and country produce during the afternoon.
Mrs Katharine Carter widow of Thomas Carter died at her Hancock home yesterday of general debility aged 83 She recently recovered from pneumonia She was a Presbyterian Church member and mother of Dr D D Carter of Woodstock Her survivors include Garrett Carter and Eugene Carter and daughters Sadie Hollar and Lizzie Carter Funeral planned in Hancock on Friday.
The Public school Teachers' Association of Winchester and Frederick County will hold its final meeting before Christmas on Saturday at 11 AM in the Courthouse hall. Rev. J W H Beale will speak and a questions session plus a professional reading course discussion are planned. Patrons trustees and friends are invited.
Mr J S Paticake of Staunton Va and Mr ca Grant of the University of Virginia are in Winchester for several days visiting friends.
The roller skating rink on Market Street opens to the public with three daily sessions at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. Beginners skate confidently under competent instructors, and a note says only morning and afternoon hours will run.
Advertises short sessions for beginners with admission 10 cents and skates 15 cents. Reserved chairs cost 10 cents extra. Free admission for ladies and children on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Skates remain 15 cents. Welcomes all who behave as ladies and gentlemen and follow rules.
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