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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
4
A holiday note explains The Bier will be closed on Christmas Day all printers pause and silence replaces the usual machine roar. It urges readers to share peace, kindness, and unselfish acts, helping others and easing suffering as Christmas spirit.
The Valley of Virginia is praised for thrift and intelligence but the Baltimore and Ohio and Southern Railway are harshly criticized for poor, overpriced service. Old engines and cars, unsafe roadbeds, and overcrowded platforms at Harrisonburg endanger passengers, with management cited as arrogant and unresponsive.
A Winchester Frederick and Clark Counties business thanks the public for patronage during the holiday season. The note wishes a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year and pledges to offer an up-to-date stationery line in 1909 with best market products from the country and Europe.
A writer states that the energy and power to correct long standing wrongs do not exist in the state. The railing targets railroad management, not conductors, brakemen, engineers, or workers. The piece hopes management will be compelled to perform their duty to the public under difficult conditions.
The Star predicted John R. Crown would boost the Washington Herald. The event has proven our forecast with enhanced Virginia news and overall journal value. The Herald is described as superior in quality and quantity of Virginia coverage, a great newspaper for Virginians and others.
A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown Maryland to William Hyatt Trimble of White Hall and Virginia V Herbert of Williamsport.
Sunday school celebration at Centenary Reformed Church will be at 6 o clock on Christmas day evening. A special prayer service led by Rev. T. K. Cromer will be at 6 18 o'clock on Christmas morning.
Hon. Richard E. Byrd came home to Amherst Street last night after a stay in Richmond Virginia for professional business and will spend the Christmas holidays there.
Agricultural writing warns milk should be kept at 50 degrees or below, stored in clean glass bottles, and kept cold until use. It stresses high consumer standards and sanitary bottle practices to prevent illness and infant deaths from spoiled milk and dirty baby bottles.
Louis T. Moreland son of Town send Moreland and Miss Effie Baxter daughter of William Baxter were married at Berryville yesterday evening. They will reside in Loudoun County.
Grace Lutheran Church presents a 6 pm Christmas program with processional Angels Herald Aim and choruses The Light of the Star The City of David is Bethlehem The Christ of Bethlehem While Shepherds Watch(ed) Glory in the Highest Can We Behold and other elements including a scripture reading and gift return.
Prof. Alexander, principal of the Morrisville High School, Va, has arrived to spend Christmas holidays with relatives and friends. He praises his school and notes progress among the pupils under his charge.
Plans for a Christmas German program by the Winchester young men are rapidly maturing. The event will be chaperoned by married ladies, begins at 9 PM, with music by the Winchester orchestra, and invites have been sent to many out of town guests.
Miss Emma Heflin of Baltimore arrived in the city today to spend the holidays with her mother Mrs. Fannie Heflin on South Market Street.
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