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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
4
Virginia's tax system shows a 50 percent rise in taxable property from 1880 to 1902 while the rate fluctuated, exposing uneven assessments across counties. The census data indicate real property worth far exceeds assessed values, revealing unfair valuation practices that penalize counties with lower assessed figures and challenge the fairness of impartial taxation.
Welltown Virginia notes from July 1 report visits and guests across the area. Mr and Mrs Parlett from Martinsburg visited sister Mrs G H Yeakley over the weekend. Several local residents and relatives are mentioned visiting family in Brucetown Baltimore Nain Cedar Grove and nearby areas.
A well known machinist and engineer suffered serious injuries this afternoon while working at the Handley Memorial Library in Bratiaoek amr Pitta. He was taken home to East Piccadilly to recover as officials investigate the accident.
Mr McKenzie a structural age worker on the library building fell about 25 feet after handling a large steel beam. He struck a board, suffered severe gashes to the forehead and back of the head, scalp exposed, and chest pain. Dr Miller expects recovery with no complications. Bystanders say a fall would have been fatal if he had not landed on a board that blocked the cellar.
The Taft-Sherman Club of Winchester reports receiving a personal letter and bold signature from Hon. William H. Taft, the Republican presidential candidate. The letter is highly prized by Vernon B. Garton and club members, who claim it may be the first campaign letter organized in the South and note the club's growing membership.
The marriage of Miss Mary Helen Walsmith daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Walsmith of Brightwood Park DC to Rev Edgar Cordell Powers pastor of Brookland Methodist Episcopal Church was held at Brightwood Park Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev Shipley assisted by Rev Sumwalt officiated. Best man was Daniel W Lupton of Winchester. A small reception followed and the couple will reside in Brookland after their honeymoon ending in July 2053.
Burnt Factory Virginia July 1 Wheat harvest over farmers haul in crop and prepare hay and corn. Women cook and provide comfort during the busy season. Guests include Mrs William Swimley and Miss Verna Swimley of Winchester and Mr and Mrs W T Hoffman of Red Bud. Yard party dates set for July 30 and August 1. Miss Nona Ritter of Winchester visits sister Mrs Isaac Carver. Mrs Willian Terault of Winchester visits family. D W Feltner’s sprained ankle improving.
Mrs Philip Revels has been ill for three weeks but is now somewhat better. Farmers in the area are busy hauling in grain. A Dunn from near Charles Town is mentioned alongside community names Mrs Fred Carver Mrs Ward Cadwalder and Mrs Edgar W Carper in a brief oddity.
A weary governor, amid turnpike woes and pardons, suddenly confesses love to his brown-eyed stenographer Miss Brandon. She teases, then accepts a marriage proposal that would swap a state official for a wife, ending with a romantic pact and a note to push matrimony aside.
The Rome house once burdened by debt is now a small sanctuary funded largely by American care. Seventeen readers recall how a window on Trinity steps once supplied dinners for the poet, who grew ill amid tin, plates, and pigeons. Severn, then nurse and later English consul, showed the writer the window and recounted the tale.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a pretentious customer asks for Buncum's Balm for Baldness and pressure to find a substitute. The druggist counters that no exact match exists but offers a superior alternative, resisting the customer’s demand for a nearly identical product.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank will be closed Saturday July 4 a legal holiday. Paper maturing that day may be paid on Monday July 6. H D Fuller cashier announces this note and advertises in The Stage.
George W. Taylor of Winchester Virginia testifies after five years of itching piles he found relief with Doan’s Ointment. He bought it at Baker & Sons drug store and reports one application stopped the itching with no recurrence. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents remind readers to remember the name Doan’s and buy only that product.
An Atlantic City advertisement lists a Kentucky Ave location near the beach offering private baths in a first class hotel. It promotes elevator and light services, a hatstand, and weekly rates around 18 dollars with a lower quote offered by Prothero at 615-261.
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