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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1900
Page
2
The writer ridicules the Weather Bureau for predicting snow and cold that never arrives and argues public fascination with uncertain forecasts. They claim forecasts spark interest, not disappointment, and suggest the bureau’s contradictions keep people engaged while noting the agency remains a creative state function.
In Woodstock the Washington Post reports the Southern Railway seeks an appeal to suspend lower court judgment and await Supreme Court review in Staunton or Richmond. Twelve bills drafted for the appeal. Judgment suspended fifteen days to file record and petition for supersedeas while Southern challenges the State Railroad Commissioner’s power over train operations. The Baltimore and Ohio is not involved.
The play centers on a clever liar and his tangled schemes to shield a friend in Atlantic City where a flirtation tests a fiancée. Robert Lightheart, aka the prince, navigates inevitable discoveries with rapid explanations, creating a chain of comic complications. Tickets are 25, 85, and 50 cents at T. T. Walls.
Local ad touts 160 test water white coal oil at 7 cents a gallon as a cheaper, purer alternative to coal oil priced at 9 cents. Grim and Haymaker operate on South Main Street offering the product to customers seeking better value.
Snow covered the Cumberland Valley passenger train in Hagerstown this morning after a light fall observed by the trainmen. Mr and Mrs Arthur Burton of Chambersburg are visiting Ms Harry Timberlake. Mrs F G Bartlett has returned from White Post.
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