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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
2
Speaker Byrd vows to remain in control of proceedings and avoid debate on the floor. He says the Speaker should not influence votes or push through legislation, preferring to introduce a few bills and let colleagues manage the rest. He is described as brisk, liberal minded, and focused on concise action.
The Washington Times notes that in a wealth driven era fortunes fail to purchase essential wellbeing and inner peace. It argues that moral restraint and self-identity matter more than riches for a well ordered, happy life.
A curious old note suggests using a stirred egg yolk mixture to counter insect bites and a rattlesnake encounter. The text presents a strange remedy, naming Covaletoncy as a place and implying practical or folkloric belief.
A compact list of worship options with times and pastors across multiple denominations. Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Rev W D Smith 11 and 7 30 pm. Market Street M E Church Rev J W H Beale 11 and 7 30 pm. Presbyterian Church Rev Dr J H Lacy 11 and 7 30 pm. Grace Lutheran Church Rev Geo S Bowers 11 and 7 30 pm. Braddock Street M E Church South Rev D H Kern 11 and 7 30 pm. Centenary Reformed Church Rev T K Cromer 11 and 7 30 pm. Valley Ave Union Sunday School 2 20 pm with preaching at 3 30 pm. Church of the Sacred Heart Rev John McVerry 7 50 am first mass 1 20 pm high mass 2 30 pm Sunday school 7 30 pm vespers.
The Rev. A. P. Funkhouser will preach tomorrow at 11 o clock in the morning and again at 7.30 p m with a 6 45 p m Sunday meeting. The public is invited to attend all services.
Waterloo Virginia notes list residents visiting relatives and friends in Piedmont Culpeper Riverton Boyce Winchester and Whitfield. It mentions Frank Stuart Clarence Thompson Mary Stuart Shenk Effie Shenk Eva Ginn Effie Bryan Stuart and John Yowell among others visiting or traveling.
Refuge Virginia residents report Algernon Orndorff and wife moved to a new home near the Double Churches. Kate Headley and Annie Ross visit sister Mrs Luther Williams near Friendship Chapel while Earl Ross of Pennsylvania joins. Rev William Stevens leads meetings in Stephens City as Tulip relatives visit. Sleighing is fine and locals, especially youth, enjoy the winter travel.
Mr. J. C. Price of Martinsburg West Virginia received a surprise dinner on January 5 from friends in his honor. The pleasant day included a bountiful 1 o clock meal with guests from Martinsburg Gerrardstown Shepherdstown and Green Spring Virginia.
Special to The Star reports a runaway horse incident in Capon Springs W Va last Friday when Edgar Fletcher pursued his sister a schoolteacher. The pair were thrown but not seriously hurt. the buggy was wrecked and the horse found near Capon Springs with no shafts between two trees. The column notes social visits quilting party a river visit church service a dance and winter snows plus impaired mail delivery and townspeople traveling between Capon Roads Mount Airy Fisher's Hill Newark N J and local homes.
A railroader suffers five years of indigestion and starvation dieting until a friend recommends Grape-Nuts. He reports rapid appetite return, seven pound gain, and no indigestion after starting the cereal marketed as Perfect Food by Postum Co., Battle Creek Michigan, with the slogan There’s a Reason.
Local grain dealers list corn oats and ear corn prices with ranges from 10 to 15 dollars per ton for hay and a bushel price for corn and oats. Beef veal and pork show modest live weights at several cents per pound. Produce quotes include lard butter potatoes apples and poultry with varied per pound or per bushel rates. Retail prices cover side meat millfeed and other staples in the local market.
Medical men report concern over rising catarrh rates and ineffective stomach dosing. Hyomei, inhaled via pocket device, claims instant relief and lasting cure, priced at $1.00 with a refund guarantee from Frank Baker & Son.
Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment with full instructions claiming to cure bed-wetting and related urine difficulties in children, adults and the elderly. She asks mothers to write today and omit money, asserting the method works day or night.
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