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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
3
Every remnant and short length has been culled from the stock and marked in plain figures at Remnant Prices. The sale includes broken sizes of shoes hosiery gloves underwear and more all to be closed out quickly at the lowest prices. Sweeping reductions apply to cloaks furs blankets heavy dress goods and all winter wares.
A blue rock pigeon lay dead in the works department yard at Deal Bar racks recently. An adder two feet long was coiled around the pigeons neck and wing, with the pigeon gripping the snakes head in its beak.
GC C Georgeson special agent with the U S Department of Agriculture states Alaska offers 320 acre homesteads for up to 200000 families and has resources to support a population of about two million.
Readable fragments claim large quantities of pie material are chipped and baked nationwide. Pies are packed in barrels tubs and wooden pails with a preservative called benzoate of soda. The source notes concern from the pure food offices in Washington.
Leora Chesterfield argues that excess luxuries may be taxed to curb excess without making them unlawful while prohibiting use of items that are harmful by their nature and every degree. The notion links taxation to restriction of excess and ban on genuinely harmful goods.
A maternal voice extols the joy of a big sister who nurtures children with attentive listening, playful stories, and adventures like berry collecting and creek wading, guiding young minds and ideas with encouragement.
Fragmentary note discusses gender roles in tip etiquette and fault attribution. It argues women face scrutiny when giving or receiving tips and hints at social expectations guiding acceptable conduct. The text reflects dated views on gender and professional lines.
An article explains imitation pearls deceive experts and are made from a glass shell with glue and fish scale essence from the bleak or athlete. It notes 17 000 scales are needed to produce a pound of the substance used in the pearls.
A Iowa farmer voices concerns about mail order houses and urges local merchants to advertise in home papers. He argues home ads inform customers, prevent overcharging, and encourage in town shopping while noting that most merchants fail to clearly state prices. He acknowledges mail order often undercuts but says local shops must plainly show value.
Consul-General C E Anderson reports a belt line of rail and water transport under foreign influence encircling Brazil's productive areas. Three main lines tie southeastern São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul, Amazon-Bolivia routes, and northern rivers. a syndicate plans further Paraguayan and Bolivian links. Investments may top 150 million dollars as U S material moves to Brazil and Bolivia, driving export trade.
The Philadelphia Record describes street railways in Mam pasa East Africa using light narrow gauge tracks in streets. Cars are hired like cabs or owned by officials and wealthy residents, small four wheeled vehicles propelled by two natives, with spur tracks into private grounds for door delivery.
The Board of Directors declared a 6 percent semi annual dividend payable at the banking house on and after Jan 10 1908. All taxes paid by the bank. Jolin Wrice cashier. Dec 27 1907.
Bankers in the west recognize mail-order buying harms town business and deposits. They urge patrons to keep money at home, noting drafts sent to Chicago reduce local income. The article points to catalog houses drawing deposits and calls bankers to model home patronage for town prosperity.
A New York Press caution notes that turning the head deprives the eye of needed exercise. When eyes face forward they can see in many directions, except behind. The piece implies benefits of looking straight ahead for fuller visual awareness.
The Theater Magazine argues that pleasing women in the audience is the primary goal of the modern playwright. A successful play must also satisfy female characters, as women influence attendance. men will attend to accompany them or because she is present.
A moral note asserts that a calm mind preserves beauty with age. The irritably quarrelsome person darkens both face and mind, while maintaining temper is the safeguard against aging terrors.
A domestic scene in The Circle shows Bridget asking the master of the house for the time. All clocks differ except one which the master deems correct, signaling an odd domestic routine and authority.
The head maid of the queen dowager of Italy earns about $5,000 yearly from selling the mistress's cast-off clothes. Purchasers are mainly American tourists.
A Georgia man sought a marriage license with a freedom attachment, asking for a paper that would grant freedom without going to court if the state did not approve the marriage. The request reflects racial and legal tensions in the era.
A reflection argues that principle should regulate men's lives over expediency. It urges seeking the right rather than bending to the right or left to gain a seeming good end as stated by Platt.
A reflective line notes that wealth can mask virtues while poverty can hide vices among men, offering a terse moral perspective from Theganis.
A duchess interviews a maid and asks if she can dress her hair. The girl cheerfully says it takes about half an hour, prompting the duchess to wonder what she would do with the rest of the morning.
A Biltville farmer mocks literary writers nicknamed leadin authors calling them powerful and stubborn in a satirical remark quoted by the Atlanta Constitution in a regional column.
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