Winchester Star announces consolidation and policy stance
The Winchester Star announces its consolidation with the News Item in 1907 and outlines circulation, rates, and editorial positions. It also notes debates on a Confederate claim and reports Indianapolis unions opposing the wood pulp white paper trust, urging tariff abolition and anti tariff Congress votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Item
Evening Star
the Star
Winchester
Indianapolis
Wood Pulp and White Paper Trust
Slaughter in Coal Mines Sparks American Outcry
The speaker laments rising coal mine deaths in the United States, claiming seven thousand killed in the past year. He compares U S fatalities to Europe and accuses American corporations of lax, money-saving methods and the nation’s indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Parliaments Comeuppance Compared Across Nations
The writer mocks a congressional leader by claiming he enforces discipline with punches and suggests the Russian Duma would suit him better. The piece paints the Duma as a place where gouging, scratching, pounding, and hair pulling are seen as normal debate tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Kansas man advertises for lost five dollar bill
A Kansas man posted an ad claiming a lost five dollar bill would bring a reward. A friend found a bill on the street and returned it, later the owner traced the bill to an old vest pocket where it had been misplaced.
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Kansas
Finaine
Three Shopping Days To Christmas
Public advisory urges early shopping to ease store crowds and clerks’ workload. Readers are told to use pre Christmas days for purchases, finish before Christmas week, shop early, and plan parcel delivery times.
Cooper's medicines praised by Nashville visitors
During L. T. Cooper's Nashville visit a Banner reporter collected reader remarks on his remedies. Statements from B B Lasater and T J Smith describe relief from stomach, rheumatic, bladder and kidney troubles after taking Cooper’s preparations, with Lasater noting improved movement and rest after two weeks and Smith reporting pain resolution after a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
Banner
B. B. Lasater
North Fourth Avenue
T. J. Smith
Hudson Street
Mr. Cooper
Gardner Kin at Refuge Share Christmas Visit Highlights
Refuge Va December reports show John Wesley Gardner of Warsaw Ohio visiting his parents Mr and Mrs John Gardner and siblings. Rev Dr G T Tyler delivers a Sunday sermon. Samuel Bates rents his farm to son Russell for another year. James Lt Gardner directs workers on an office addition for Hansbrough Carter in Winchester. Wilmott Gardner of Shenandoah Institute returns home for Christmas.
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Refuge
John Wesley Gardner
Warsaw
Ohio
John Gardner
Gardner
G. T. Tyler
Samuel Bates
Russell Bates
James Lt. Gardner
Hansbrough & Carter
Winchester
Wilmott Gardner
Shenandoah Institute
Dayton, Va
Hiett Rebounds From Illness As Mail Route Restored
Wadesville Virginia reports mail carrier Mr Hiett recovering after a sickness spell. Charles Welsch filled the route during illness. Miss Mary Pidgeon to visit from Pennsylvania for holidays. Turkey dressed and sold for Christmas at lower per pound price. Mr John Johnston also recovered from indisposition.
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Wadesville
Hiett
Charles Welsch
Mary Pidgeon
Pennsylvania
John Johnston
Hayfield Notes Highlight Local Visits and Dinner
Hayfield Virginia notes describe Mrs Annie Ramey and her sons visiting with Mr and Mrs Arthur Bayliss for a turkey dinner. The item mentions Francis McKee's illness, Carlton Hawkins building a house for William Bayliss, Laura Windle returning home to Wheatfield, and local butcherings. It also records William Bayliss Carlton Hawkins and Wesley Bayliss as guests of E K Seymour on Friday night.
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Hayfield
Annie Ramey
Wheatfield
William Bayliss
Carlton Hawkins
Wesley Bayliss
E. K. Seymour
Public sale of Washington's Headquarters property Winchester
Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Winchester Court House Virginia on a block near South Braddock and Cork streets the historic Washington's Headquarters dwelling in three lots or as a whole. Lot details show frontages on Braddock and Cork streets with depths. terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by bonds, deed of trust, and insurance. Decree confirms bond approval and sale date through December 16 1907.
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Corporation Court
Robert I. Kurtz
Harry L. Kurtz
Court House
Winchester
Washington
Cork Street
M. M. Lynch
A. G. Swanson
Richard L. Gray
Corporation Court of the
City of Winchester
Harness Maker Advertising for Horse Goods and Repairs
Production includes riding saddles collars tap-robes horse blankets fly nets whips harness and machine oils. Repairing promptly at low cash prices to close out stock of robes and horse blankets. W H Elwell Old McVicar Place Neffstown Miss Lula La luck recovering from a severe coli
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W. H. Elwell
Old McVicar Place
Neffstown
Court 10 Names Master Commissioner in Virginia West Virginia suit
Virginia and West Virginia submitted proposed decrees for appointing a master to take testimony in the U S Supreme Court. The move ends Virginia’s bid for a one third share of the preexisting debt, with双方 agreeing to the master's appointment. Major Holmes Conrad of Winchester represented Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Old Dominion
Major Holmes Conrad
Winchester
English Hounds Find Fox at Oaklands Run
The English hounds from the Middlesex Hunt Club of Boston were released near Oaklands House in Millwood and traced a fox for several miles. Led by master A Henry Higginson and huntsman Ed Cotesworth, the field included Mrs Higginson, Julian Chamberlain, A C Harmon, Mrs Preston Gibson, Mr and Mrs Eustis, and local riders.
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Millwood
Oaklands House
Middlesex Hunt Club
Boston
A. Henry Higginson
Ed. Cotesworth
Oaklaftds
Skinner Estate
Virginia Members Assigned To Sixtieth Congress
Speaker Cannon announces House assignments for the sixtieth Congress listing H. D. Flood James Hay Jones Lamb Lassiter Maynard Saunders and others for committees on finance banking currency agriculture treasury post office censuses military affairs and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
House
Cannon
Carfin
H. D. Flood
Department of Agriculture
Post Office Department
James Hay
Jones
Lamb
Treasury Department
Lassiter
Congress
Maynard
Saunders
Stray Steer Appraised at Twenty Dollars in Frederick County
Virginia new era record notes three county freeholders viewing and appraising a steer found by Tobias M. Good as an estray. The animal, dark red with a bit of white, hornless with right ear cropped, about two years old, valued at twenty dollars. Dated November 23, 1907. Clerk Phil H. Gold.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Frederick County
Said County
C. M. Snapp
John Koontz
William Brewer
James B. Snapp
Tobias M. Good
William W. Brewer
J. W. Koontz
M. Snapp
Phil
H. Gold
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Evening Star Publishing Company
H. F. Byrd
D. B. Conrad
John Hoover
the Evening Star
Cooper’s
Refuge Notes
Lula la
Uck
Castoria
Alys
What Is
Cenning Castoria
THE
CEN
FOUTZ
Jakes
Poutz
Abe
Winchester, Va
W. Ramsburg
David E. Foutz
T. H. Sprint & Son
West Water Street
D. L. Donaldson
South Main Street
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Company
Soil&®hern Railway Company
Shenandoah Valley’ Business College
Atkinson
Harrisonburg
Stalin
West Piccadilly St
Main St
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