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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
4
Reading from a dated notice, officials warn that second class mail and advertising schemes face scrutiny. Byrd as President and General Manager asserts ads will not be accepted if deceitful or misleading. No wildcat mining or stock ads allowed. space is valuable for legitimate notices.
A fragment notes a circulation dispute affecting The Star in Winchester as of May 6 1907, signaling a notable event in local newspaper competition and publication status.
The article summarizes interviews with business leaders across banking, iron, dry goods and other sectors. They see a mixed near term with recovery expectations either delayed or gradual while collections improve and currency supply issues add disruption to activity.
Fragmentary report notes a New York dispute over women smoking in public. It mentions McClellan vetoing a bill and public attitudes to female smoking as improper, with side commentary on Pullman car company profits and taxes. The piece hints at legislative action affecting smokers and transportation workers.
The article traces Virginia’s early educational efforts from the East India School in Charles City County and the Henrico college, both lost in 1622, to Wil liam and Mary founded 1693 and Virginia’s free school legacy with the Benjamin Lyons School founded 1634. It notes Hampden-Sidney College 1774, Liberty Hall Academy 1776 later Washington and Lee, and the University of Virginia idea sparked by Jefferson. It highlights Revolutionary era growth, state help to private academies, and funds from Episcopal Church property aiding schools.
The text traces Virginia education from the 1351 local free schools to 1868’s general system. It notes advocates like St George Tucker and Henry A Wise, Ruffner’s 1841 plan, and William Henry Ruffner’s 1870 creation of a statewide common school system still evolving.
Castleman's Ferry timetable from Virginia lists steamer crossings on the Shenandoah River with connections to Berryville Bluemont and Winchester routes. The schedule notes departure and arrival times, hotel anchors such as Evans in Winchester and Bathe Inn in Berryville, and requests readers to write for a folder detailing meeting evening trains at Berryville and nearby towns.
Minor A. Haines is awarded an absolute divorce from Sarah R. Haines formerly Sarah R Wallace. The couple wed in spring 1895 and moved to Harrisonburg Virginia where they lived together until June 1906.
A rear end collision between two Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight trains near Washington Junction derailed six cars and blocked both tracks for several cars. Passenger trains were diverted around by the Adamstown cut-off as officials cleared the line. Individual notices mention visits and health updates from Martinsburg residents including Miss Norvie Kerin, Miss Pearl Fore, Miss Bessie Conrad, Miss Mollie Tanquary, and Miss Mary Jones with Hastings to Norfolk and Burns Factory.
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