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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
2
Limestone farm on Valley Pike with 109 acres and watered buildings priced at $7 per acre. 135 acre farm with red buildings and a water well listed at $4 per foot for frontage, near Wadesville 12 miles east of Winchester. Contact DOD & Co. Real Estate and M. Natl Bank for details and best results.
Delinquent real estate sale announced with details readable in the notice. It lists property involved and the authority placing the sale along with general timing and venue expectations.
The piece recalls Juanita Rush a niece of the Countess of Warwick now in America on the Herald Square Opera Company stage. Born in England educated in Rouen she rose from convent entry to London stage to New York as prima donna soprano with the Herald Square Opera Company. She appears Tuesday evening December 29 at the Auditorium.
Prices in local markets hold steady for a Christmas week with eggs abundant and baking proceeding. Turkey prices exceeded expectations though wholesale quotes show steady wheat and corn rates while butter and oats stay stable and hay and potatoes show modest ranges.
Miss Leha McDonald visits relatives in Cumberland. Reverend We WR Hardesty will preach next Sunday following the visit.
Trains depart Winchester Hagerstown Chambersburg Shippensburg and Mechanicsburg daily except Sunday with arrivals in Widenerster at 9 16 am 12 00 noon and 6 18 pm. Schedule lists multiple daily trains to Philadelphia with summarized times and operators M C Keynesy and H Tonc.
Effective February 6 1908 the Westbou Street Railway line lists daily round trips between Washington and Alexandria with numerous intermediate halts. Timings show morning departures around 8 to 10 am and afternoon arrivals through early evening at towns including Falls Church Vienna Fairfax Sterling Leesburg and Round Hill with specific station times at Connet Loudoun and nearby points.
Train timetables show departures and arrivals for Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore Martinsburg Chicago Columbus Wheeling Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and New York with multiple daily slots and lines, noting special Monday exceptions and station stops. The jumble lists times such as 600 928 a m 555 p m and arrivals around 1155 night 928 a m 7 00 p m reflecting a regional and long distance rail service.
Winchester residents discuss kidney symptoms and urge Doan's Kidney Pills to ward off Bright's disease or diabetes. S Horner of Winchester reports relief after use, praising the product and recommending it. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo is the sole U S agents. Secondhand notes mention local residents visiting relatives over Christmas in Woodson, Virginia.
Norfolk and Western announces daily southbound service with No 189 leaving at 8: a.m. for Bristol and intermediate stops, offering a Pullman Buffet sleeper to Knoxville and connections for westward routes. Additional trains serve Roanoke, Bristol, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Norton, Welch and Shenandoah area with Pullman sleepers and cafe cars. Other trains head to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction and via Parlor Cars. Information available from N and W agents in Roanoke Virginia.
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