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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1902
Page
4
In Clarke county a elderly neighbor known as a philosopher rests on a rock for a pillow to avoid beds he deems disease prone. He endures cold by sleeping with minimal coverings and claims warmth from the door in winter. His brother leads a Baltimore bank.
The fragment shows a character speaking to Reasoner Robinson with a northern dialect phrase about obscurance, conveying a curious, clipped exchange. No clear event or context is provided beyond the dialogue snippet.
In a black dialect narrative, Brudder Ephraim Small admits to feeling divine wrath after a loud incident at the church. Aunt Clarissa reports a shaking service, and the sermon notes that leaders prayed for mercy as others blamed theft and misdeeds connected to church wood.
Personal mentions include L. E. Rice offering spring goods at low prices and promoting a Silent Running sewing machine. Violet and Shiner remodel A. L. Shearer's Market Street shop. Mrs. Charles Fries ill with rheumatism on National Avenue. Mrs. M. T. Reed travels to Baltimore to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Jenkins. Major Joel Flood of Appomattox visits daughter Mrs. R. E. Byrd. Mrs. Florence Denny of Winchester attends her mother ill at White Post. Oyster prices offered by Noonan at 7 North Main. William Haymaker, son of Captain James M. Haymaker, gravely ill at South Market Street. Union Bank offers 3 percent interest in savings. Mrs. Robert Denny of White Post ill with pneumonia improving. S D Estep of Boyce takes job with A. T. Stuart Plow Company. related to Mrs. William Chapman. Mrs. Frye of Middleway W Va visits sister Mrs. George Sowers at Lake View with Mrs. Stanley Harmer and Miss Frye.
Mr. Harry Cobourn formerly of the city has come back to Piedmont after weeks in New Orleans. He went there seeking a telegrapher position, but the climate did not suit his health.
The Literary Club met last night at Northampton Street to hear about Miracle Plays and their impact on modern drama presented by Mrs J Williams. The discussion focused on the influence of miracle plays on contemporary stage works and civic culture.
Miss Boothe will hold a spelling match at Deerfield school house next Friday January 17. The Confederate veterans are urged to attend the R E Lee celebration with Hon James Marshall at The Auditorium next Monday evening with no admission. Captain Richmond P Hobson lectures at The Auditorium January 30 with 25 and 35 cent tickets.
Despite an ordinance prohibiting posters on poles the sign man adapts by printing ads on cotton, attaching them to staffs like flags, and fastening them to remaining trees along business thoroughfares.
Gol A L Boyce remains indisposed and is quietly resting at his home, The Tuilleries. Friends hope he will return to his former active and useful life.
Rev. J. S. Sibiey reports to Rev. W. S. Campbell secretary of the Virginia Bible Association that the Sunday night collection for Bibles totaled 37 dollars 21 cents.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union holds its regular meeting on Thursday afternoon January 16 at three o'clock with a full attendance requested.
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