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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
2
A bold sale offers 500 regular umbrellas from the manufacturer at a hot weather bargain price of 39 cents each. The deal promises both rain and sun protection at a unusually low cost.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad promotes very low summer excursion rates to Atlantic City and new Atlantic Coast Resorts with travel dates July 16 30 August 18 27 and September 10. It lists multiple city conventions including Knights of Pythias in Boston Columbus and Denver and Mystic Shrine in St Paul with dates July to September and invites inquiries to ticket agents for rates routes sale times.
I J Harvey Canter sworn statement shows financial condition of People's Bank Stephens City Virginia as of July 15 1908. Signatures of Cashier Directors and Notary present with attestation by W H Painter C Be Cougill L A Adams and Geo A Samsell noting commission expiration October 16 1910.
Balance sheet and closing figures for Union Bank of Winchester Virginia dated July 15 1908 show assets including resources loans and discounts 251390.42 overdrafts 1622.28 bonds 12633.33 and other items with total liabilities 327704.06 capital stock 48700 undivided profits 48775.72 and deposits 228859.28 with signatures of SPAR Grim cashiar and directors GHO W Kurtz Jas B Russell E Holmes Boyd.
An advertisement outlines ice cream for yard parties and picnics with orders delivered on Sunday at $1.00 per gallon, listing OODWARDS with two phones and a Main Street address. The fragment mentions a Zurich area incident and a London Globe note about a careless car incident and a stolen infant with a future call promised.
The article notes flowers as signs of political allegiance in France, tracing red carnations to the Boulanger movement and violets to Bonapartists, with a anecdote about actress Mlle. Mars in the restoration era.
Mr. Allen Gray left today for Washington and Colonial Beach for vacation. Mrs. Charles W. Heater and son of Middletown were in Winchester today. Mrs. Droke of Deraven spent today in this city. Mr. Howard DeHaven of Light was in town on business. Mr. Lee Fisher returned to Gray and Sheetz after vacations in Clarke, Frederick, and Shenandoah counties.
A one year rise of 40000 in Vladivostok's Chinese population, all from Shantung, points to highly attractive business opportunities drawing the keen provincial merchants.
Hayfield July 23 Fremont Sunday school plans a lawn festival in the grove on Saturday evening August 1 gates open at six, close at eleven. The notice also mentions local interest in public school improvements led by trustee L H W Blosser and notes several residents visiting and returning home. Mr J J Goode, recently operated on for chronic appendicitis, is recovering well.
Gus Eberhard was captured at Lincoln Bridge suffering a fresh bullet wound to his leg. He is jailed in Patterson police station amid strong circumstantial evidence linking him to the murder of his aunt, Ottillie Eberhard, near Coalsburg New Jersey. The incident followed a manhunt that began Monday.
The size of the appendix varies with age and person. It averages three to three and a half inches in length. The male appendix is slightly larger than the female appendix.
Instructions describe steming six quarts of grapes, washing, and heating with one quart water. Bring to a slow boil, then boil hard and strain. Return juice to heat, bring to boil again, and bottle.
A French custom decorates newborn cradles with flowers and lavishly adorns graves upon death. The practice spends millions yearly, with Pere-la-Chaise Cemetery cited. The Worms de Romille family tomb reportedly costs 30 000 francs annually for fresh flowers.
Sun Umbrella bargain at 1.00 offers 26 inch ladies size with wood handles and steel frame in sun or rain. Fancy parasols prices dropped mid-season with white linen and embroidered inserts. Shirt waists reduced.
A real estate and insurance firm offers to buy or sell various properties across the country. They advertise a 6 room dwelling on N Market Street for 650 and a 5 room dwelling with a garden on Germann Street, plus farm lands and city property. They urge contacting them before any property change, promising satisfaction.
November 24, 1907 timetable shows southbound trains to Bristol Roanoke Knoxville Columbus Gary Shenandoah and northbound services to Hagerstown Washington Philadelphia New York with Pullman sleeper cars and cafe service. Information and rates available from N. & W. Ry official agents Brinks and Bragg in Roanoke.
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