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Fragmentary OCR mentions Harpers Ferry and Winchester with unclear context. No identifiable people, organizations, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1903
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR mentions Harpers Ferry and Winchester with unclear context. No identifiable people, organizations, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
Additional east pound local trains run daily except Sunday with listed departures from Carlisle Mechanicburg Dillsburg and connections between Hagerstown Harrisburg and Philadelphia and Knoxville via through coaches and Pullman sleeping cars on certain trains.
timetable snippet lists No 1 daily 2 39 am from Bluefield to Cincinnati with several intermediate stations and Pullman to Welch. No 27 daily 6 31 pm to Elktor and intermediates. No 28 daily 9 33 am to Shenandoah area with connections at Hagerstown to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York. No 2 daily 2 19 pm to destination unspecified.
In Berryville a cakewalk is announced at Winston Hall on Tuesday night December 29 at 7 30. The event is led by a group of top cakewalkers and dancers with music by the Charlestown Band. The regent of the business men and Tom with a company spearhead the grans.
In the November term 1908 the Frederick circuit court decreed sale of two tracts in Winchester area. First, 197 acres near Cedar Creek Grade with timber and a barn and house. Second, 135 acres along Little North Mountain with a forebay barn, dwelling, and timber. Terms call for payment on day of sale and balance in one and two years via bonds, secured by deed of trust. The current tenant may harvest matured crops from 1904. Special Commissioner John M. Steck handles the sale. Bond provided.
In Frederick Circuit Court Belle Johnson sues Moses Hicks estate to pay debts and partition lands. Unknown heirs of Moses Hicks must appear within fifteen days of notice. publication in Winchester Evening Star for four weeks. posting at Court House door. Clerk records show order by M Sieor and Phil Gold.
Schedule effective Nov 1 1908 lists westbound trains from Washington to Front Royal Woodstock Woodstock area New Market Timberville Linville and nearby towns via route 218 200 and connections to Alexandria Strasburg Harrisonburg and Waynesboro with arrival and departure times.
The article explains grafting fruit trees, noting grafting unites cuttings with old stock and describes cleft and crown grafts. It covers selecting cions, packing, and wax sealing, and adds a caution about horse gnawing with a protective hitching strap illustration.
The device uses a two foot by inches board with holes near ends to guide a tie rein and keep a horse from biting. A reporter from Indiana Farmer recounts the Zebra Cross project under Consul General Guenther in Frankfurt to cross horses with zebras. The cross is said to be livelier, with strong hooves and good intelligence, with Berlin gardens housing many specimens. The sebrula stands about fourteen hands with a sixty to sixty five inch girth and may replace the mule later this century.
A brief notice invites readers to donate or contribute during the Xmas holidays to help the recovery or relief efforts for Prince Tait. The appeal emphasizes using spare time to assist.
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