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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
4
The essay argues teachers should join a Teachers Association to share methods, raise standards, and boost discipline at home and school. It urges inquiry based teaching, constant education, parental cooperation, and united effort for higher educational aims, honoring the Superintendent and advocating patriotic collaboration.
Gore Va December 24. A Gore correspondence reports growing interest in the local debating society and school recitations. Ira Whitacre receives praise from The Star. Howard Halley’s illness alarms friends as Mrs Gore summons his sister from Washington to his bedside.
A week of prayer crowds the calendar with services at Baptist Church on Saturday January 11 at 7 30 p m and Market Street M E Church on Sunday January 12 at 7 30 p m Rev Jno E Bushnell leads The Coming of the Kingdom with prayers for gods kingdom and obedience to the Golden Rule Rev T K Cromer at the Market Street venue collects for the Virginia Bible Society.
A tongue in cheek verse contemplates whether a man should let his wife choose neckwear or select attire himself while strolling past window displays. It muses on harmony of color, fashionable cuts, and the rising costs of goods as a measure of the man’s taste.
Wholesale prices paid for produce and grain in this market are listed. Data reflect corrected daily figures as of Tuesday December 24. The report includes various commodity prices and compares values to prior sessions.
Mr. Thomas Cover returns home from Giles county while Mr. Jackson Ashton heads to Martinsburg for several days. Mr. Charles McVicar of Norfolk comes home for the holidays and Mr. George Jolliffe has a letter from Cairo Michigan. The Lutheran Sunday School plans a 6 o’clock celebration and Rev. W L Seabrook will conduct a Christmas service tomorrow at 11. Mr. William Wood, local Washington florist agent, sold a rose for $1 50 to a young man who will wear it as a boutonniere. Mr. F M Winter of Lancaster Pennsylvania and Mr A F Cook of Altoona Pennsylvania are at Taylor House. Cook will be best man at Winter and Bessie McCarty’s wedding next Thursday. John Walker of Mill Creek West Virginia injured his arms in a sawmill accident, one arm amputated and recovery possible.
County Clerk Cartmell issued a marriage license today to William Carter and Laura Singleton. Special sale notes list heavy walking skirts in grey blue and black priced at $1.19 from the American Stock Co.
Shewando ra Valley National Bank and Bank of Winchester announce December 25, 1901 is a legal holiday. paper maturities due that day may be paid December 26, 1901. Cashiers Jno W Ricz and M H G Willus note the holiday closing and postponed payments.
Shelandoah Valley National Bank and Union Bank of Winchester in Winchester Virginia announce closure on New Year’s Day January 1 1902 a legal holiday. Maturing paper may be paid January 2 1902. Jno W Rice and M H G Wiis sign off as cashiers.
An A No. 1 fresh cow with calf by her side is offered for sale in Gainsboro Virginia. Also listed are two dozen rhino tro fruit knife sets and a note about returning to a date. Contact D. F. Hinkins for details and a local sale listing.
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