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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
4
The city council named Dr. William P. McGuire to the Handley Trustees after the death of Grr Madsbrough. The choice is praised for high character, ability, and business judgment to fill the vacancy and strengthen the board’s personnel.
Walt Mason in the New York Globe mocks athletic heroes and critics. He asks readers to judge his worth while alive, contrasting praise with the empty pomp of posthumous adulation.
Injuries from a fall beneath a Big Four excursion train in Veedersburg Ind led to the death of Markell who had just left Peoria Ill to visit his newborn baby. He was thrown under the rear coach while trying to reach the front steps after a sandwich break. He died at the hospital after the long journey to Indianapolis where his wife and children were en route. Sisters at St Vincent's Hospital will care for the family.
An advertisement promotes Hem-Roid internal tablets with a guarantee to cure piles of any severity. Dr J S Leonhardt claims a internal cause for piles and offers a trial priced at $1 for 24 days. The promotion names Franck Baker & Son and mentions correspondence with Mr Kell’s tobacco employer and Mrs Kell’s Virginia relatives. Coroner Blackwell handles the husband’s body.
Baltimory News correspondent M S Reynolds reports from Grafton West Virginia on the new gas lights that plunge rural homes into bright illumination for 15 cents per thousand cubic feet. He notes Standard Oil controls many wells with idle output and that markets lie beyond West Virginia, toward Washington and Baltimore. Gas is sold locally at 45 cents per thousand, competing with coal for industry and powering the town’s street railway and electric plant.
In a memoir style tale a narrator recalls meeting Mons. LeBlanc, a Frenchman in a rough vaudeville troupe called the Juggling Germans. The two form a close bond as LeBlanc reveals a grave secret linked to a distinctive whip and life on the road between Omaha Frisco and Chicago.
Market report notes steady to lower prices for fruit and vegetables with free receipts. Strawberries easier, peas and potatoes steady, Asparagus plentiful, butter and cheese steady, poultry firmer with moderate receipts. Also mentions Lt. Com. Louis McCoy Nation transfer and cyclone tornado definitions and Tenement Death Rate in New York districts.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Fase powder to relieve pain smarting nerves feet and ingrown nails while easing tight shoes. It claims instant sting relief for corns bunions and sweaty calloused swollen tired feet with a trial package offer and mail order in New York.
The city of Winchester proposes selling bonds in five hundred dollar denominations dated July 1 1909 with thirty year principal and a right to redeem after twenty years interest four percent per year payable semi annually bids must be accompanied by a certified check for one percent of the bid and bids close June 23 1909 Shirley Carter chairman of the finance committee invites inquiries and details at Winchester Va
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