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Winchester The Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1908

Page

4

Months in Advance Phrases Note Incomplete Fragments

The readable fragment mentions timing related to months in advance and a three month lead time. It lacks clear entities or events to identify a full news item.

Ways of Hurting a Town

An exchange suggests how to damage a town and its economy by discouraging investment, opposing improvements, discrediting public figures, and spreading negativity. It urges locals to berate strangers, avoid ads, resist employment, and undermine newspapers and officials to keep the town in a rut.

Christendom

Brutality in Norfolk Child Fire Ordeal Sparks Outrage

Report details John Lambeth accused of seizing an 11 month old, throwing the child into an open fire and beating a mother trying to intervene. The infant required above knee amputations to survive and Lambeth faced fines for exhibiting the maimed child to solicit alms as townsmen call for severe punishment amid threats of lynching.

Nero John Lambeth Anne Lambeth Norfolk City Norfolk

Edison the Wizard Improves after Operation

Edison the wizard and famed inventor Thomas A. Edison is reported getting better after a recent head surgery at the Manhattan Eye Hat and Throat Hospital. His physician says he is on the road to recovery as the world awaits his continued scientific contributions.

Thomas A. Edison Mr. Edison Manhattan Hat and Throat Hospital

Sunday church services and schedules

Sunday in the churches lists services at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Market St led by Rev. J. W. H. Beale with 11 am and 7:30 pm sermons, Sunday school at 9:45 am. M. E. Church features 11 am and 7:30 pm sermons by the pastor, 2:15 pm Sunday school, Epworth League at 6:45 pm. Presbyterian Church led by Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy with 11 am and 7:30 pm services and Sunday school at 9:30 am.

Market St. M. EK J. W. H. Beale Epworth League Presbyterian Church J. H. Lacy Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Forry Hagerstown Frederick Baltimore Martinsburg Nwago Columbus Wheeling Pittsburg Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Washington Philelphia New York Isondeys

Grace Lutheran Church Services and Prayer Meeting

Grace Lutheran Church led by Rev. Geo. 3. Bowers holds a young people's prayer meeting at 9.45 a.m. Worship services are at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Sunday school begins at 2 p.m.

Grace Lutheran Church Geo Bowers

Braddock Street Methodist Church Service Schedule

Braddock Street M E Church South led by Rev D H Kern announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m and 730 p m Epworth League at 630 p m and a prayer meeting Wednesday at 730 p m.

Braddock BE. Church South D. H. Kern Epworth League

Church Services and Sunday Schedules Across Local Congregations

Centenary Reformed Church led by Rev J K Cromer holds services at 11 a.m and 7 30 p m with a sermon by the pastor and Sunday school at 7 30 p m. Church of the Sacred Heart led by Rev John MccVerry has first mass at 7 30 a m high mass 1 30 p m Sunday school 2 50 p m and vespers at 7 50 p m. First Baptist Church with Rev B K E Northen offers divine service and sermon at 11 a m and Sunday school at 9 a m. Valley Ave Union Sunday school (old Adventist Church) meets Sunday school at 2 30 p m followed by preaching at 3 30 p m.

Centenary Reformed Church J. K. Cromer Church of the Sacred Heart John MccVerry First Baptist Church BK. E. Northen Valley Ave Union Sunday School Old Adventist Church

Dentist W C Myers Visited by Miss Lillian Talcott

Miss Lillian Talcott of Charles Town spent last night at the Hotel Vans in this city. Dr W C Myers, dentist, practices Crowitt and bridge work at 158 N Matin Street Inchester Virginia.

W. C. Myers Crowitt Matin Street Lillian Talcott Charles Town

United Brethren Church Sunday services and meeting times

Communion service at 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. A. P. Funkhouser at 7 30 p.m. Sunday school at 2 30 p.m. and Young People's meeting at 6 45 p.m. All in the normal Sunday schedule.

United Brethren Church A. P. Funkhouser

Communion services at Red Bud invite all Christians

The report notes 3 p m communion services at Red Bud and invites all Christians to attend. It also announces the United Brethren Church fourth quarterly conference at the local church on Monday morning March 9 at 1 o clock.

Red Bud United Brethren Church

Notes From Reliance Count Friendly Visits

Reliance Virginia notes dated February 29 report Miss Ethel Whip from Shenandoah College visiting Miss Kyate Evans. Mrs. Samuel Rinker returns from Washington. Jasper Hunt of Fairfax County visits George Brown and family. Lena and Nannie Branner of Relief visit sister Mrs. D. N. Gruver. Vergte Derflinger, formerly ill, shows improvement. Frances DeFrees of Shenandoah College visits Miss Bertha on Sunday.

Reliance Ethel Whip Shenandoah College Kyate Evans Samuel Rinker Washington Jasper Hunt Fairfax County George Brown Lena Nannie Branner D. N. Gruver Vergte Derflinger Frances DeFrees Bertha

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Relief Claim

A historic note claims Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup relieves colds by expelling the illness through a copious bodily action. The advertisement emphasizes a strong laxative effect as the main remedy.

Kennedy

Clarke County Courier Praised For Honest Local Road Debate

The Clarke County Courier earns praise for fearless editorials opposing a road law seen as hindering Clarke from progress in the good roads movement. The Richmond News Leader commends weekly papers for standing with taxpayers and guiding public thought forward.

Clarke Courier Virginia Clarke County Richmond -News-Leader

New Bee Disease Threatens Isle of Wight Bees

Report describes a singular paralysis like disease spreading among Isle of Wight bees. All efforts to combat it have failed so far and experts fear extinction of the island bee colonies within a year unless a remedy is found.

Isle of Wight

Musical South Africa Market for Instruments Noted

A fragment notes South Africa as a major market for musical instruments. It states the country spends about $1,000,000 annually, with roughly $500,000 allocated to a certain purpose, though details are incomplete.

Musical South Africa

Canned Corn and Tomatoes Method

A recipe describes boiling two dozen ears of corn until tender. Kernels are cut from the cobs and mixed with eighteen peeled chopped tomatoes. Salt is added, the mixture is boiled hard, cooked a minute, then jars are filled and sealed immediately.

Self Destruction Notes Highlight Student Pressures in Germany

The report cites self inflicted deaths among youths in Germany linked to personal crises. It notes school failure examinations and overapplication to study as common causes assigned to acts of self destruction.

Germany

Local Social News and Illness Report

Mrs T K Beatty and Mrs Geo W Martin visited Wheatfield on Tuesday. Forest Line of Shenandoah College, ill with typhoid fever, shows signs of improvement. George Ash returns from Martinsburg visit. B F Grover cut timber on his land. Jennie Garettson and Widmire of Washington visited A B McDermott. George W Steele travels to North Carolina. Howard Robertson ill with pneumonia. Mrs Harry H Coffman of Wytheboro visits her mother Mrs HH Gruver.

A. B. McDermott George W. Steele North Carolina Howard Robertson Harry H. Coffman Wyiesboro HH. Gruver

Fashionably Clad Dinner Reveal

A bachelor after dining at a fashionable house tells a relative he did not see what a lady guest wore because he did not look under the table.

Japs Learning English

English becomes compulsory in all Japanese schools as education officials push language study nationwide. The policy aims to improve international communication and prepare students for global business and diplomacy.

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