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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
3
The Star reports firmer wheat with gains in futures and higher corn by 3 to 8 cents. Oats rise modestly, rye and hay hold steady while straw remains dull. Prices list No 1 Timothy at about 19 to 19.50 dollars and No 1 clover at around 19 to 20 dollars.
Listings show prices for ducks geese pigeons turkeys and rabbits with various weights and qualities. Calves sheep and lambs also listed with per head and per pound rates reflecting fatness age and condition.
Wednesday apple prices quoted for Ben Davis York Imperial Jonathan and Baldwin include Firsts and Seconds. Ben Davis Firsts 2.00 seconds 1.50 York Imperial Firsts 2.50 seconds 1.50 Jonathan Firsts 3.75 seconds 2.50 Baldwin Firsts 2.50 seconds 1.75.
The Star lists daily quotations with Wheat at Stephenson and various corn, hay, grain, poultry, and produce prices. Several lines show missing or unclear figures, but prices include Yellow corn at 3.60, White corn at 3.75 to 4.00, Timothy hay 19, oats and barley unspecified, and beeswax per pound quoted.
A quirky, archaic line ponders that a creature named Thatgs has legs used for meals but their greatest value lies in aiding fog to leap and shift. The odd riddle blends humor with surreal imagery and wordplay.
Crowds flocked to Winchester shops as heavy holiday mail volume surged. Stores reported record late shopping while post office workers handled a flood of parcels and many customers carried bundles in baskets to mail them. Red Cross Christmas seals were being distributed.
Lord Roberts discusses campaigns of Jackson and Napoleon and the idea of fighting on Sundays. Northcliffe recalls fights in India and the value of study in military education, with Roberts helping bring Jackson’s campaigns into Sandhurst curriculum. A light note on fashion and a call to read the Star ends.
A testimonial recalls relief from kidney and urinary ailment after using Whitney Kidney Pills. The speaker credits the remedy for restoring activity and endorses it for sale at all dealers citing Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Allied armies press in the west while German units advance in Poland and Galicia. Russian forces withdraw near Cracow as German troops reach near Warsaw, and heavy losses mount on all sides. Galicia sees German and Austrian pressures, with Russian counterattacks along the Prussian front and belated Allied advances along Belgian coastal sectors.
Invitation notes a Bible class at M E Church South every Sunday morning at 9 30 with a welcoming welcome. The text is an informal invitation fragment likely from a local church notice.
A wartime memoir recounts Stiggins a Winslow post veteran describing a Civil War prison escape. A plan to break out using a bar and a knife leads to four days of sawing and singing, with Carroty later revealed as a feared pursuer and a tense confrontation at the end.
The article traces the origins of German mail routes from the 16th century, noting the first act of postal postings and the 1516 Vienna to Brussels line. It highlights the Thurn and Taxis family holding rights to postal networks separate from royal crown posts through 1806.
An international exhibition for the book industry and graphic arts will be held in Leipzig from May to October 1914. The event celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Royal Academy for Graphic Arts and the book industry in Leipzig and will feature paper manufacture newspaper development and worker welfare measures.
Public service and industrial corporations are said to be called on to meet 200 million dollars in short term notes before 1914. The report highlights impending financial pressures and possible bond or note maturities affecting major firms and the public utilities sector.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret C. Herrell wife of John L. Herrell who died yesterday of pneumonia will be from the family residence No North Braddock street at 11 o’clock on Saturday morning Rev W J Walters pastor of Ruddock Street Methodist Church South and Rev Geo W Stover pastor of United Brethren Church officiate Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers are Meders Charles Gray L C Jannie M Toler Capper EB Bruce Capper C H Huntsbertry and M M Lynch
Sunday School To Aid the Belgians will hold a Christmas celebration at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church in the main auditorium tomorrow evening at 7 46 oclock. Members assemble at 7 30 in the lecture room and march in to the church. The program is described as the most attractive in years with a large offering for Belgian war sufferers and the public is welcome.
Mr Francis Mérion Sparr, son of Mr and Mrs Williamh Spurr, and Miss Susie J Herman daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Herman, were married at One o'clock yesterday afternoon at the First Baptist Church South. The bride wore a dark suit with hat and gloves. reception followed at the groom’s grandparents home. The couple will live with the grandparents in Southam Kent Street after the ceremony.
A vintage advertisement touts Bly's Cream Balm as quick relief for catarrh cold in head and stuffed nostrils. It claims the balm dissolves discharges and stops a runny nose, providing relief by morning. The ad urges readers to buy a small bottle at a drugstore and apply a little to open nasal passages.
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