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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
1
Banks in Winchester expect a strong year end with higher yearly totals than 1908. Experts note steady operations despite early 1909 money stringency and no rate cuts, with deposits rising and construction activity boosting funds in circulation.
Miss Anne Douglas Williams hosted a musicale at her mother Mrs Shirley Carter’s Water Street home last night. Performers included Mrs Peter Vredenburg Miss Virginia Fuller and many others with a guests list featuring Mrs W P McGuire Miss Eleanor Hamlin and Mr R Gray Williams. A buffet supper was served.
Attorney advertises a 112 acre farm for sale near Bruce town Virginia. Residence described as comfortable and well watered with learning noted. Interested parties should apply for particulars to R Gray Williams Winchester Va. 23-1p-21. Headley's Candies Nuts and Fruits for Christmas. 20-1p-41. J M Orndorff. Headley's Chocolate Candy excellent quality at low prices. Call McIlwee's Livery for prompt service. Both phones. 3-1p-2t Tuck's port cards Huntsberry's ip-st.
The Christmas rush largely ends as shoppers flood stores and rail lines bring in holiday traffic. Many firms will close tomorrow with families gathering, charity distributions planned, and banks and post office hours adjusted. The Star will not publish tomorrow.
Steck's apples are offered in boxes at John S Miller and Brothers with display on exhibition. The apples are described as the finest grown in this section and neatly packed in boxes. Prices available on application.
The official Weather Bureau forecast for Virginia covers the next 24 hours. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Saturday will be cloudy and warmer with rain or snow in the western portion and by afternoon or night in the eastern portion.
Badger Feeds touted as superior to brand and middlings and cheaper than corn made from brewers grains and alfalfa. Sold by Winchester feed men or P. M. Funkhouser on 22-1p-tf.
The piece reflects on Christmas as a unifying season that renews fellowship and mercy. It traces the holiday’s roots from Druid traditions to modern gratitude, cites Tennyson Hallam’s tragedy, and praises Dickens’s Christmas Tales as sermons of love, forgiveness, and aid to the needy.
David J H Patterson formerly of Winchester resigns as manager of United Boxboard and Paper Mill and United Coating mill at Webash to take charge of two independent mills at Hartford City and Eaton Indiana. He and his family will move to Wartford as he accepts a promotion with larger salary and greater possibilities.
Manager Hable selects top films to be shown Christmas Day in the Wonderful Pictures Auditorium. Matinee 7 to 5 p m and evening show 7 15 until 1 o'clock feature titles include Clown's Xmas Eve The Life of Jesus Agriculture in Hungary and Western Courtship with additional fine pictures tonight.
An advertisement highlights Rufus Waterhouse and Co. offerings in neckwear and hosiery including 2 and 3 set combinations. Horsey and Co. appears with a cryptic listing, 12-20-tf.
Special services will be held at 11 o clock tomorrow morning in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church followed by holy communion. The vested choir will present a musical program including several solos with Rev. W D Smith conducting and Miss Estie G Main directing the organ music.
Sprint Produce Co will load a car of turkeys for New Year on Monday and Tuesday at St. Paul A M BE Church on North Main Street. A special Christmas service is planned there tomorrow and all are invited.
Florida oranges priced at 20 cents a dozen advertised at T. M. Barr’s store. Limited stock listed in a brief retailer notice.
Mrs Haines and her four daughters at 1 No 624 Braddock Street received Christmas aid after a Star editor appeal. Provisions fruits and cash arrived from local supporters including Mrs A M Batter Rev Luke RR Larwood and others. Santa never visits them so the town stepped in to bring gifts and money.
Attorney advertises private sale of a fine suburb Hawthorne near Old TownSpring in Frederick County Virginia on advantageous terms. For particulars see reference 23-1p-21. Winchester Virginia.
The Washington Star reports on Christmas observances at the national capital and major cities worldwide with details on public cheer, decorations, and holiday events. The Sunday edition highlights scenes from the capital and beyond.
A lost pin with a leaf design and embedded diamonds and pearls is reported missing in the area around Amherst on Main and South Main Streets. The notice offers a reward for its return to Star Tonight at the Rink and mentions holiday racing and attractions on Christmas night at Hagerstown and Chester.
An attractive musical and literary program has been prepared for the Christmas celebration of the Sunday school of Grace Lutheran Church. The event will be held this evening at o'clock.
Fragmentary notice offers reward for a lost item on Washington Water Street with a four dollar claim and a plea to remit there is economy in bovine. The message includes jumbled phrases about solid meat and Christmas orders.
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