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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1910
Page
5
Sensational Christmas bargains list items with wide price ranges including horse blankets from 0 to 4.50 dollars plush robes from 2 to 6 dollars and stable blankets 1 to 125 dollars. Regular silk spools oil cloth and various fabrics offered with wholesale prices and men’s sample shoes in black and tan.
The Lynchburg Anti-Saloon League filed a petition in corporation court contesting the December 9 local option vote that kept Lynchburg wet by 85. Attorneys include George E. Caskie Thomas Whitehead and Judge A A Phelegar.
A child born in Danville had no visible eyes and only smooth eye sockets with ears attached beside the nose but is healthy. Curtis Grove near Chanceford Maryland lost a hand to a hay baler years ago and now lost the other hand in the same machine. H Jessie was sentenced to 12 years for second degree murder in the Roanoke case, a harsher term than expected.
In the wholesale market wheat was easier and closed steady. Corn was steady, closing unchanged. Oats were firm. Rye was steady. The hay market was firm. Straw was dull. Butter was steady. The market was steady on eggs. In the poultry market turkeys continued firm, with chickens quiet. A steady market was reported for vegetables and green fruits.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute offers a January start one month short course for farmers. Instructors cover fruit growing planting pruning spraying, and marketing, with equal emphasis on dairy, livestock, and general crops. Lectures include pests and diseases, all grounded in practical science. Total cost around 15 dollars for board and 10 dollars matriculation plus living expenses.
Adolph Saar twenty seven a carpenter of South Webster avenue committed death by own action by drinking two ounces of laudanum and hacking his throat with two razors after despondency over ill health. He and his wife had hosted two deaf mute guests from an oral school when he drank the poison and drove them from the house and then fell in the street.
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles A. Cotterill of Toledo to be collector of internal revenue at Honolulu Hawaii. Cotterill is a black man and his appointment was forecasted despite Honolulu protests that a resident should be named.
Walter Jackson, fourteen, drowned while skating on Twiford's pond in Laurel Del. His elder sister and younger brother also broke through ice but were saved after a human chain rescue amid difficult conditions. The incident follows a separate unrelated snippet about a child and family dialogue.
The text promotes diverse holiday merchandise from handkerchiefs and gloves to silk hosiery and damask, highlighting affordable prices and a wide selection. It advertises a store-in-store concept and urges shoppers to buy sensible presents for men women and children.
The fourth quarterly meeting for Frederick county is announced for December 25 at Relief. Preaching and communion at 11 a m on Christmas day to be conducted by Rev George C Tyler. The quarterly conference will not meet until Tuesday the 27th at 2 30 pm at the parsonage. Full attendance of the official board is requested as this is the last meeting of the conference year.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions violent killings and a confrontation involving an in law and others. The text observes a brutal scene with a husky action and a street incident. No clear names or dates are readable.
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