Local Markets Steady with Mixed Prices
Local markets show steady activity with prices paid today. Readable lines list a few items and prices though the text is garbled and hard to decipher.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1906
Page
4
Local markets show steady activity with prices paid today. Readable lines list a few items and prices though the text is garbled and hard to decipher.
The council debated water revenue projections noting a $470.92 increase this year and considered total water funding rising toward 2500. Officials discussed fire protection requests on Braddock Street, street improvements with a 1000 appropriation, and votes on guttering and insurance costs as the meeting adjourned with legal clarifications on poll tax and voter registration procedures.
Public Indian lands totaling 505000 acres in Southwest Oklahoma are opened for settlement following a Congress act. For a complete map with land information and descriptions, send 60 cents to J M Bellamy & Company.
Miss Nan Eewin of Woodstock is the guest of her aunt Mrs William. The snippet notes a social visit within a family gathering context.
The court held the demurrer must be sustained and the petition dismissed with costs, noting that the petitioners know the name of each alleged illegal voter.
The annual commencement exercises at Eastern College in Front Royal Virginia concluded yesterday after starting Saturday. The baccalaureate sermon was given Sunday by Rev. W F Gruver of Martinsburg presiding elder of the United Brethren Church. There were 25 graduates.
A small morning blaze in the packing room at Crawford Woolen Mill Martinsburg created slight excitement but caused no major damage. The fire was extinguished with minimal disruption and no employee injuries reported.
H A Logue is appointed passenger trainmaster at Chambersburg and will supervise telephone and telegraph lines and electric signals of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. The promotion will lead to oversight of all trolley lines controlled by the Cumberland Valley.
The Episcopal council of the diocese of West Virginia meets today in Charlestown and will stay in session for three days. Bishop Peterkin is expected to attend the sessions.
An advertisement urges readers to protect vitality by strengthening digestion with Mi-o-na stomach tablets. The copy claims stomach health powers overall wellbeing and warns of headaches and fatigue if digestion falters, citing Baker & Son as sellers and guaranteeing cures for stomach troubles except cancer.
A nostalgic ode to veterans marching with dim eyes yet hopeful hearts. The lyric evokes the Confederate flag and Dixieland imagery, praising fallen heroes and relic banners as immortal symbols of glory and sacrifice.
Complete line of paint now available at Miller Supply Co. Locals: Mr. E P Lewis of Capon Bridge visits Mr. George Clem. Mrs. Virginia Arnold of Keyser W Va visits sister Mrs. James Kirkpatrick in South Market Street. Capt H A Herrell of Washington attends Sixth event hosted by brother J Th Herrell. Mr and Mrs Charles Mullikin of Pagebrook visit Miss Crown at 825 St Paul Street. Mrs William Dieffenderfer of Martinsburg visits brother C H Forsythe and cousin Miss Emma Bush in Stephens City. Also an advertisement notes qualities of Kentucky liquor sold by Ritrode.
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