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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
2
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Brucetown Va February 25 Our woolen mill suffered a breakdown Friday as the water wheel halted for years. Mrs Best visits Falls Church to see daughter. Miss Kate Shaul of Winchester hails Mrs Hesseltine. S J Swimley improving. Mrs H E Jobe and Miss Gertrude recovering from a severe attack but much better now. Citizens attend the quarterly meeting of the...
The ome Musical and Literary Society was delightfully entertained at the residence of F. Hugh Pierce on February 21. An opening address by Noble Co. Pierce, piano and vocal solos by several members, and voluntary recitations followed, with supper served afterward. Attendees included numerous local residents and families.
A Friday evening gathering at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beckey in Grimes Virginia featured a delightful surprise party. Guests included George Miller and wife W. H. Hampton and wife Miss Margaret Williams Brook Taylor John McKeown Lee Beckey C. R. Randall and wife A Hubbard and wife O W Hubbard Albert Miller and wife B F Hubbard and wife R H Beckey and wife Mr. Bageant and wife Mrs. S M McCormac Miss Doshia Slaton and others.
Cedar Grove Virginia residents report visits by Mrs. Ollie Busy and Miss Angie Fries with Mr. and Mrs. John M. Fries. Mrs. Busy returned to Blairsville. Whitacre men E Carpenter and C Sletcher visited on business. Shade hosted a Friday spelling bee with music and recitations. Luther Nesmith and wife visited his father. Clarence Miller and John Anderson traveled to Reliance to visit the school.
The weekly list for the ending February 22 1908 shows unclaimed letters at the Winchester post office. Recipients must pay one cent per letter to receive them, including Belfrage Geo. T Cane E Grandstaff May Long Maggie May Smallwood L Merchant Mfg. Co Natlan Charles L Bentley Kern P. M.
Due to slack times the Cumberland Valley Railroad has twisted assignments to keep work flowing. Passenger firemen switch to freight, freight engineers take passenger runs, and freight crews handle extra duties with brakemen and flagmen on the line.
Mrs. Milton Rouss of Jefferson county West Virginia traveled through Winchester yesterday afternoon en route to Warm Springs Bath county to join her husband. He is a brother of the late Charles Broadway Rouss.
Local market quotes show corn at 4 per bushel and hay up to 13 per ton. Live cattle beef pork veal prices and country produce include lard potatoes apples side meat chickens dressed and turkeys. Retail prices list butter side meat millfeed and cornmeal per hundred weight measures.
The Star publishes forthcoming auctions with dates from February 26 to March 24. Advertisers include W. T. Ambrose James Cather Vance Pierce H P Tabb Charles Frye Charles O Writt David Grim K P Royston William Pannett W W McDonald E F Hoff man J A Sommers Harry Bell Sr J F Royston T D Myers R L Thompson and R C Carter. Listings show horses cattle hogs sheep farm implements and household goods.
Reports say L. Cooper and his New Discovery Medicine have become a city-wide topic of interest during a second week in Boston. Crowds visit his headquarters daily as testimonials from residents like John S Keen recount relief from indigestion and stomach trouble after trying the remedy, with many noting renewed appetite and strength.
Engine only used 80 days, paid $240 for it. Will take $125. Want a larger one. Apply W. Scott Davison, 2 W. Ungers Store, W. Vat.
Whitacre Virginia notes Messrs D W and R S Dick returning from Sir John s Run West Virginia after attending their sister Mrs Bahrer who was thought near death but has rallied. Mr and Mrs Dolan visited Mrs Mary M Dolan near Whitacre then went to Strasburg. The Whitacre couple visited George Strother on Sunday. Rev C J Racey conducts meetings at Laurel Hill each night.
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