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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
2
Excursion from Winchester Virginia to New York City and return via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Round trip fare 9.80 dollars, valid five days from sale. Return must be stamped by Jersey City depot agent, may stop at Washington en route, limited sleeping car space, reserve early with ticket agent.
The Eastside Sunday School will hold its Christmas Eve celebration with the public invited. Mrs. Beckie Haymaker is expected home for the holidays after a visit in Baltimore. Miss Ethel Chrismore returned from Winchester, and Miss Katie Armel is very ill.
Ex Senator Charles J. Faulkner of Martinsburg urges the Republican party to push effective anti trust laws amid large corporate consolidations. He cites railway system absorptions and says Congress should enact meaningful restraints this session.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad placed contracts for 48 consolidated locomotives with simple cylinders weighing 193 000 pounds each, two switching engines of 100 000 pounds, 25 passenger and baggage cars plus one combo car, 11 60 foot baggage cars, 1 baggage and mail car, 3 000 steel hopper cars of 100 000 pounds capacity, 1 300 box cars of 100 000 pounds capacity, and 700 40 foot flat cars of 100 000 pounds capacity. Total contracts exceed 1 000 000 dollars.
At a Front Royal Presbyterian gathering, the church called Rev Abner Hopkins of Hampton Virginia to fill the pulpit left by Rev A F Laird who moved to Mississippi. Holiday excursion rates offered by Norfolk and Western Railroad run Dec 21 25 and Dec 30 Jan 1 with sale from all stations and a January 1 1902 deadline. Miss Sallye Williams of Martinsville attended Taylor chairs and the celebrated ir at George W Kurtz's.
A local shop advertises a broad selection of vocal and instrumental sheet music at half price. Consumers are invited to choose from men and women styles with stripes polka dots and plain colors, priced from 10 to 50 cents per pair.
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