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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
2
Special display announces spring wallpaper over 30 000 rolls with new Gestens and col ings for parlor and bedroom use and prices from 5 cents. Indigo blue calicoes priced at 64 cents and mourning calicoes cotton patterns. February Home Journal pattern sheets offered free.
The report lists buying prices for cereals at the grain market with wheat around eight dollars per bushel and baleable prices for hay and straw per ton. Live stock prices are given by live weight per hundredweight and meat prices per pound.
The gathering featured Prof Thornton praising Mr Rouss for benefaction to the University of Virginia and the state, plus remarks on Virginian pride. Capt Gray joked about mining stock schemes and journalism fixes, while Hon Harry Tucker celebrated Virginia’s history and future potential. Congressman Jones discussed U.S. Philippines policy.
The United States Mr Folin praised the audience for their sincerity and left a favorable impression. Dr Lacy spoke for the ladies and noted the lateness of the hour as his excuse. He affirmed the beauty and nobility of Virginia women and their enduring supremacy. Committee members listed include Reed Kinzel Kern Hoover Seal Bourr Griffith and others. Judge A. closed with plans for a banquet on February 11, 1909.
In the early 17th century doctors noted medicinal elements in cod liver oil but found the oil objectionable. French chemists Marques and Gautier developed a process to separate the healing components from the oil and create Vinol, enhanced with iron peptonate. Franck Baker & Son, Winchester Va. offer Vinol with a money back guarantee for pulmonary and wasting diseases or after-sickness.
Advertisements in The Star publish upcoming public sales with dates, advertisers, and items. Entries list buyers near Berryville Winchester Wadesville Rippon and nearby Virginia and West Virginia towns, detailing stock farming equipment horses cattle hogs sheep and household goods, with sale dates from February 13 to March 24.
The report notes a family welcomed a girl to the Crinum household during a recent visit while Miss Lee Dodd of Martinsburg spent Sunday with her father.
In the morning after a heavy night, stomach upset and dull headache are common. The ad touts Mi O Na stomach tablets as a reliable cure with a money back guarantee from Franck Baker and Son as local agents. The coating of the tongue is cited as a sign of trouble and urging readers to use Mi O Na for relief.
Mrs Lena Cregg and son Frank Cregg return to Loudoun after visiting The Highlands. Miss Mary Buckner of Harpers Ferry visits aunt Mrs Charles Funkhouser. Miss Bryan Stuart visits grandmother Mrs Mary Stuart. William Richard and daughter Bessie Richard visit Mrs Irvin Bierer in Cedarville. Edward Brown of Clearbrook visits brother John Brown. John Foster and Ward Stuart travel to Winchester on business. Reuben Clark and wife visit Mrs John Gardiner. William Reid and George Iltyard of Waterloo visit Greenway on Sunday. Messrs Turner and Stator Fries of Macedonia call Tuesday evening.
A regular monthly gospel meeting under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held Sunday at the county jail starting at five o'clock. Services were led by Mr. Stokes and organized by the ladies of the W C T U with connection to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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