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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
2
The notice lists sale prices on home goods including porch shades, linens, belts, rubber belts, silk mull fabric, embroidery, nainsook embroideries, corsets, and skirts with marked worths and sale figures. Items feature modest discounts and price points such as 1.00 for porch shades and 10c to 50c ranges for textiles and accessories.
A local event announces a July souvenir giveaway offering attractive keepsakes to attendees. Details on eligibility and exact items are not listed.
Linen thread carpet pattern mattings 17 4 yard. Fifty remnants mattings all lengths 6 yards to 24 yards at less than cost.
A catalog snippet shows thousands of rolls of wall paper offered at low prices. Items list various discounts from 4c to 10c per roll and as low as 5c per piece in a clearance sale.
Special silk colors priced at 42 cents each, valued at 50 cents, offered for purchase. Quantity and exact shades not specified.
The Winchester city tax ordinance for 1908 09 outlines charges for water use including ten dollars for continuous soda fountain water, five dollars for drug stores, five fifty for a one horse engine, and tiered hydrant taxes. It details street railway water tanks, outside limits meters at ten cents per thousand gallons, and penalties with enforcement by the water works superintendent.
Bere notes from Gore dated July 1 list visits and social calls. Mr Morgan Schmucker of Toms Brook Virginia visits son Rev Roy Schmucker. Ada Kerns from Trone spends Monday with aunt Mrs D F Kerns. Mr and Mrs D A Brodie return to Washington after time with parents. N F Kerns and daughter Marie visit Mrs Roy Schmucker. Bertha Scrivener and Pauline Parish call on Monday. Residents attend basket meeting at Ebenezer. Roy Potts of Winchester visits locals. Leonard Purtlebaugh enjoys a short Friday drive. friends wish him speedy recovery.
Dr and Mrs G A Davis have returned from Chicago. Mr James Ware has not improved since last writing, suffering typhoid fever. Miss Birtie Roberts has returned to Washington DC. Ed Clip and wife visited Mrs Wash Brady. Farmers near harvest finish. L G Whitacre had a bad scaffold fall injuring his right leg. Dr C C Lucas of Kearneysville attended. J H Myers and wife spent Sunday evening with James Marshall family.
Market reports show local grail dealers buying cereals at 2 ruoted today. The note lists brisk activity across shops and hints at price stability amid supply changes.
Reading shows market notes with grain prices including oats at 3 75 per bushel and ear corn at 6 0 Fesenereny per DDI context. Also mentions baled hay or feed at about 10 to 13 per ton with 60 day terms?
Merchants quote today’s prices for country produce including butter at 3.00 per unit, lard at 0.15, potatoes per bushel at 0.65, side meat per pound at 0.09, and other items with similar rates. Prices indicate frequent small changes in daily market quotes.
Schedules list departures from Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Hagerstown Frederick and other hubs to Chicago Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York with multiple daily times and arrival windows for each route. Specific times include morning noon and night service with several stations and exceptions noted.
Capt James M Haymaker chairman of the city fire committee announced that secretary reports detailing yearly expenditures of fire companies funded by the Common Council must be submitted to the council at the next meeting. He has the Friendship Fire Company report for the year ending June 30 and urges all secretaries to complete theirs for simultaneous presentation.
A Manchester woman told the police court she used bad language by mischief not malice and claimed she was well dressed and respectable. The bench imposed a fine, suggesting little regard for the moral impact of attire.
An OCR fragment touts Allen's Foot-Ease claiming women can wear smaller shoes after use. It promises instant relief for swollen feet, blisters, calluses, and sweating and mentions availability in stores and mail order.
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