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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
1
The notice lists common desk accessories and their prices in sterling. Items include paper cutters erasers ink wells stamp boxes match boxes call bells hair curlers nail files cuticles and shoe and glove buttoners. Prices range from twenty five to sixty five pence and up to one dollar fifty cents.
The Winchester area reports higher State receipts from delinquent taxes amid the land grabbers law. City records show 1242.85 dollars turned to the State auditor by March to September, with about 200 more after, plus 300 dollars in penalties. The law spurred action among property owners and reduced overall delinquencies, though some oppose the measure as controversial.
Turner A Beall head of the Produce Exchange Trust Company of New York, suspended recently, once known as the boy president in Wall Street. He faced a 1898 arrest in Yorkville for allegedly stealing jewels but explained the loss was his own property. he befriended a girl and gave gifts. Beall, a native of Charles Town West Virginia, claims no assignment is needed and says depositors can be paid on demand. Rouss, a heavy depositor, loses nothing.
James Seabright Jr, a mason, narrowly escaped losing his left hand after a steel splinter struck him while working on a Baltimore sewer project. A swelling and blood poisoning threat prompted his transfer to Johns Hopkins Hospital where doctors removed the fragment and performed several operations. He is recovering and hopes to resume use of his hand soon.
A Richmond paper remarks on Senator L Lupton and Professor Beardsworth as leaders of a prominent orchestra. The final Beardsworth concert was at T M Bantz residence on Market Street before Beardsworth leaves for Buena Vista then Staunton to continue teaching high grade music.
Special to the Evening Star details the wedding of Mr. C. W. Caldwell and Miss Bessie M. Argenbright at the bride’s home in Stephens City on December 21. Rev. J. G. Thrasher officiated in M E Church South rite. About forty relatives and friends attended a wedding supper before the couple departed for Washington.
The Valley Female College Hall hosted an evening entertainment by the college girls. The event drew strong attendance for the season, featuring a skit with Uncle Sam presenting flour as the National Flower. Performers included Miss Mamie McDonald, Miss Hardesty, Miss Hardy, Miss Ada Huddleston, and others in roles such as judge bailiff foreman and jurors.
Readable items describe boxes for gloves and handkerchiefs made of silk and satin with matching linings and celluloid stoppers. Priced at 60 cents and up.
Exquisite creations in deli bate shades of satins. Beautifully trimmed in laces and embroidered. Ready for my fee dressing case, 75 cents up.
Readable items include pin trays puff boxes and rose bowls with some prices as low as 124c offering bargains for household decor and small giftware.
A local advertisement touts handkerchiefs with superior quality and patterns. It highlights embroidery innovations drawn nook and lace hook items priced from 8 cents to 1 dollar, and notes handkerchiefs can be personalized with names at no extra charge.
Men s Japanet initial hand kerchiefs with silk initials selling at 10 cents each. Initial silk handkerchiefs offered for ladies and gentlemen. Handsome boxes contain six all linen ladies initial handkerchiefs priced at 75 cents per box.
A catalog of purses pocket books and combination books offered in black and colored leathers plain mounted styles and priced from 5 cents to 1 dollar 50 cents each for sale to shoppers.
Hon. E. Jordan, state legislator from this city and county, has been awarded a patent for a mail sack. The invention is an improvement over prior designs, simple and substantial in construction.
A couple, Mr Bruce Dunlap and Miss Laura Shutts, asked Rev. Dr. Jno. P. Hyde to unite them at Valley Female College. Hyde officiated before faculty and students, noting he had previously married the bride’s father and brother. The ceremony drew hearty approval from the school.
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