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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1902
Page
2
Hon. R. E. Byrd will address Winchester and Frederick county citizens on the proposed new Constitution focusing on changes to voting rights. The address is set for Saturday afternoon January 18 at 10:30 in the old Court House Hall.
In Vaucouser Virginia on Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. F Estes Kline marked their second wedding anniversary at their home Oakland A large dinner followed by games and amusements and generous gifts to the hosts Attending were numerous relatives and friends including Miss Myrtle Miller and Octavia Kline who greeted guests at the door
Burra L: McDonald, chief merchant, travels to town for new goods. Harry Rickard and Herbell Borden enjoyed hunting. Ella Rickard and Frank Snapp attended a party at the Misses Ridings in Relief. Joseph Ginn and family visited Relief. Mamie Snapp stayed with Mrs Ginn in Relief. Deerfield school plans a January spelling match. Hugh Pangle visited his sister in Oranda. Mr and Mrs Selby Kitchen spent Thursday on the Marsh.
The Martinsburg dog crusade increased the city treasury by 185 dollars while Winchester could double that if taxes were collected. Only one untagged dog remains at large, nicknamed Old Rum, seen in Ohio freight train cabooses. A penny collection funded the old and feeble Sample Overcoats and Suits at 160 Main St by Sample Man.
The origin of absinthe traces to Ordinaire a French physician and druggist who at Couvet Switzerland kept a secret elixir. His death passed the formula to Mile Grand Pierre and the Henried heirs who cultivated herbs and sold the prepared liquid to peddlers. In the early 1800s a wealthy distiller bought the formula and launched the modern absinthe with alcohol content far higher than the old remedy.
A five year old's view of heaven prompts a father to describe paradise and the boy declares heaven must resemble the ten cent store. A caddie joke follows about golfers and the value of looking the other way for pay versus seeing the ball.
A line from the Detroit Free Press recalls a boy asking about being well behaved in childhood. The father responds that he was generally good but had many serious misunderstandings with his parents.
A Washington Times aphorism notes two boys start life with different tools a book and hustle. The boy with hustle tends to win the race, implying effort beats precocious advice in youth.
Bal timore Ohio Railroad offers a Tuesday January 28 excursion to New York City with stopovers allowed on return. Round trip tickets from Winchester Va. are $9.80, valid five days from sale. Return requires depot stamp and may stop in Washington. limited sleeping car space available by advance reservation.
Miss Daisy Martin resigns as clerk in the Martinsburg exchange office of the Winchester Telephone Company. Miss Rose Farrin is chosen to fill the vacancy created by the resignation.
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