Roller Skates Winner Seeks This Week's Lucky Champion
Miss Dora C White won last week's Roller Skates contest and the public now awaits the new winner this week. The event draws local skaters and spectators hoping for another top score and title.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
2
Miss Dora C White won last week's Roller Skates contest and the public now awaits the new winner this week. The event draws local skaters and spectators hoping for another top score and title.
Buying prices today from anigraim dealers show corn prices per bushel and bale prices per ton. Figures listed include rm per bushel for corn and a range from $10 to $15.50 per ton.
Readable text shows live stock weights and prices with unclear figures. Mentions weight per hundred pounds and per pound pricing fragments. Data is fragmented and partially illegible, offering limited usable pricing details for cattle or livestock.
Local turkey dealers quote live turkey prices for the country spread, with figures unclear due to damaged text. The fragment suggests price quotes for turkeys in a regional market context.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder trouble. It claims long scientific testing, offers a free sample by mail, and urges readers to mention the paper. Bottles sold by druggists under the Swamp Root brand.
Advertisement asserts oil of wintergreen, mixed with vegetable ingredients, cures eczema not present at birth. It promotes D D D Prescription as curative for genuine eczema and other non congenital skin troubles, and invites readers to visit Franck Baker & Son in Winchester Virginia for the product.
Mrs Ann Elizabeth Padgett widow of James K. Padgett died aged 74 at her Neffstown home after general debility. Funeral from the house tomorrow with Rev J H Lacy officiating and burial at Mount Lebron Cemetery. She leaves son John K E Padgett, brothers Capt James M Jenkins and Henry H Jenkins, and sister Mrs Janet Smeltser.
The article notes heirs scattered across Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Wheeling, New York, Richmond and Maryland. a Cumberland meeting named a portion of the estate at One Street in Hardy County West Virginia. The property includes 18 miles of land with bark valued at over $76,000. There are numerous old judgments in favor of the estate, some up to 600 years old.
Local items list residents visiting relatives and returning home. Names include Walton Miller and two daughters of Hagerstown, Edith Peyton, Jacob Lock, Louise Carper, Mary Barr, Lucy Jolliffe, Winter Royston and two children, and others. Mentions farm sale near Briggs and visits to Berryville Front Royal Stephensity and Martinsburg areas.
Martinsburg saw about a thousand skaters at the new rink on opening night with over fifty from Winchester. many lingered to skate. Winchester also drew a good crowd despite fewer enthusiasts, maintaining orderly behavior throughout.
The Bluemont Branch of the Southern Railway changes the midday schedule from Washington to allow the Winchester Berryville and Bluemont Stage to meet daily trains. The Berryville stop now permits leaving Winchester at 7 o clock a.m. instead of 6 to connect with morning trains for Bluemont.
The Turnpike Company and three supervisors pledge to boost patronage and toll terms. A 12 passenger, 40 horsepower steam automobile will run two daily round trips to provide better public service and fair access.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia Philip Davis sues Wesley Davis and other heirs of Otho Brent. Master Commissioner Dorsey Walter is tasked to determine property, debts and priorities, heirs, and other pertinent matters. Parties are notified to appear with claims and evidence on the date and place stated.
Old-time remedy claim touts its pleasing taste and suitability for kids. The notice invites trial with a wink of risk and a playful tone about “delightful floor renders” and a cheerful mood.
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