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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
2
The notice lists prepaid rates: one year two dollars, six months one dollar, one month two cents, with public vetting rates available on application. Office is at Nos. 17 and 19 Fast Water, with Star served by carriers citywide at five cents per week.
A Washington Star poem greets readers with a playful yet pointed jab at society figures. It parodies a financial scare creator, coal manipulator, a boastful trust, a flirt, and a loud vocalist, urging reform and restraint in the new year.
A parrot imitates human resolve to be good this new year but learns honesty from children misbehaving. The nursery scene shows quarrels, crying, and the parrot mimicking scolding phrases until everyone tires of noise. St. Nicholas provides the tale with playful framing.
Notice asks contributors to write on one side of the paper only to aid the type setting process. It explains that articles often split among several compositors when written on both sides, hindering publication.
Advertisers in Ine Star must submit ad changes by 10 am for prompt publication and neat advertising. Late submissions delay the paper and hinder service for both the Star and its advertisers. A curious snippet follows describing a walnut threading trick using a hair to pass through a walnut shell’s tiny crevices with patience.
The notice outlines two mid winter Washington excursions by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on January 22 and February 19, 1903, with low round trip rates and a ten day return limit. It also announces resumption of Sunset Limited Service between New York Washington and the Pacific Coast for the 1902 1903 season, including a Sunset Limited Annex Pullman car and connecting options to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Train timetable lists stations from Washington to Winchester including Alexandria Strasburg Woodstock Mount Jackson New Market and Front Royal with arrival times and flag stops Bowmans and Heverly Mills noted as non-timed stops. It covers daily and Sunday variations plus through connections to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York.
Farm for sale six miles from Winchester on the North Frederick pike. Contains 155 acres of good land with spring water, timber, and fruit farm. Convenient to schools and churches with other facilities. References M. L. axp D. F Fries. Admis.) No.2 1St.NEB. 28 tf Washington, D.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers Winter Tourist Tickets at reduced rates to Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi New Mexico North Carolina Texas Havana Cuba Nassau N P and other destinations. Booklets describe a West Coast Florida region below the frost line. For copies contact Seaboard Air Line Railway agents or C B Ryan Portsmouth Virginia.
All persons having claims against the estate of Benjamin T Harper deceased are requested to present them properly authenticated. All persons indebted to the estate should call and settle. Thomas P Conner Administrator de bonis non of B T Harper deceased
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