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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1907
Page
2
A national crop report flags tight corn and small grain supplies with high prices. It notes shortages in corn oats and barley totaling 601 million bushels, potential strain on meat dairy byproducts, and limited vegetable and canned goods. Hog market shifts may favor lighter weights as high priced corn sustains demand.
Miss Olive Ambrose and Miss Mazzie Ambrose, daughters of Mr and Mrs W T Ambrose of Wadesville, are spending Christmas in Washington Pennsylvania with friends and will later visit Mr and Mrs Lockhart in Pittsburg.
No rural letter carrier service on Wednesday January 1 1908 due to legal holiday. Special holiday hours will be observed at the post office. Mr W J Krouse of Washington, visiting the Misses Skull, has returned home.
The Welltown Va event at the school led by Mr C B Harloe featured a spelling bee won by Miss Lottie Groves side with recitations by Virginia Silver Mary Ebert Ada Yeakley and Isabelle Senciadiver who sang in a rich solo Mrs Fred White performed a solo and Mr C B Harlee praised as an excellent state teacher by his patrons.
Lake View Virginia notes recap a Red Bud Sunday school program with music recitations and an address by Rev. Funkhouser. Community members attend surprise party for Dr. Duvall Bromley, a surgeon with the Big Four Railroad now stationed in Indianapolis.
On Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Adams hosted a fine dinner for friends at Gainesboro Virginia. Guests included E Iu Hook and family Ada Kern L L Pool and family William Adams wife and daughter Earth Adams Ernest Adams and I T Pine. The men played mark shooting while women chatted. Mrs B V Shade recuperating at Dr J S Pine’s Lebanon Church. Mr T C Adams butchered porkers about 310 pounds each. The village lit with firecrackers and great balloons observed by boys.
Mr. H. G. Huff of Strasburg Junction, a former Frederick County resident, spent today visiting old acquaintances and renewing acquaintances from his past.
Major Joel Flood of Appomattox Virginia spent Christmas at his daughter Mrs. Richard E Byrd’s home and returned to his residence today.
Mr James W Good longtime resident of Rockport township died at his home in his eighty first year. Funeral held this afternoon with interment at Shiloh. He leaves eight children including A R Good of Lafollettsville West Virginia and S D James M F D G L and J F A Good in the county with two daughters Catherine Larrick and Alberna S McKelfer.
Thomas Fitzgerald will not remain with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He declined a possible reshaping of his duties, though management values his railroad experience and would place him elsewhere if he desired. Good will toward Fitzgerald and Potter is noted.
Announcement that A H Newman manager of the Winchester Bell Telephone branch resigns effective January 1 and will return to Atlanta headquarters. He will be replaced by Garland Hansbrough son of S H Hansbrough president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank, taking charge January 1.
Market reports show local grain dealers quoting prices for cereals. Wheat per bushel around 2.4, corn per bushel near 64 to 65 cents, hay bale price per ton listed.
Prices prevailing here today for live stock are listed with beef price per hundredweight. The text contains garbled OCR data making exact figures unclear.
Local merchants list prices for country produce and retail items. Potatoes per bushel six cents, apples five cents, side meat per pound four to five cents, dressed chickens and turkeys priced, millfeed per 200 pounds, corn per bushel around six cents to seven cents, notes contain OCR errors but show general market rates.
An official list of alleged habitual drunkards in Cumberland has been distributed among saloon keepers for guidance and protection. The list, posted by several saloonkeepers, includes about 25 names, some once prominent in Cumberland's business life. It has caused a sensation and many feel others belong on the list.
William E Grayson of Chester Street Front Royal Virginia endorses Doan's Ointment as a reliable cure for hemorrhoids and itching. He reports quick relief after starting use four years ago with occasional minor recurrences, and recommends the product sold nationwide by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents.
The theater notice announces Thomas Jefferson appearing at the Audi torium next Friday January 3 in Rip Van Winkle drawing Winchester and surrounding county audiences. The piece praises the play's lasting appeal across genres and asserts the unique fit of Jefferson to the role.
PAZO OINTMENT guarantees to cure any case of itching burning bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. Road The Evening Star.
Mayor Baker grants permission for masked persons to skate or travel to and from the rink. Skating hours run from 7.30 to 10.00 p m with unmasked riders barred until 9. Admission 10 cents skates 15 cents. Reserved seats 5 cents extra children under 10 five cents. Weekly tickets available.
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