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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
2
Bargain prices clear items by the pound and pack quantity. Envelopes and paper offered in bundles with discounts. ink tablets and shirt waist sale featured. Fine lawns and linen remnants listed with yard prices and discounts.
An old ad promotes June wallpaper selections priced 8 to 12 cents per piece for 660 Worsted Fringes for Bugs 3. It notes ongoing reductions on untrimmed hats from 10 cents up and trimmed Merry Widow Sailors at 39 cents, originally 65 cents.
Specials highlight porch shades from $1.00 and bleached Turkish bath towels at 12c. Other items include 100 yard sewing silks at 8c, Jap linen matting sets, pearl buttons, taffeta ribbons, and broadcloth ribbons. Free fashion sheets and plates offered with purchases, one plate per $1.00.
Readable flyer advertises yardage and fabric items with deep discounts. Naincook Embroidery offers 5c to 30c per yard goods, bed sheets at 45c, white spreads 60c, extra heavy oil cloth 25c, remnant tables 10c, 10 piece toilet sets 1.60, extra wash bowls 35c, half price books and heavily discounted literature.
Memorial Day reflections speak to the sacrifice of Civil War soldiers, and a discussion on duty and legacy. The piece argues for wiser leadership past, honors Confederate and Union soldiers, and notes Margarete Barton’s tenacious repayment of her father’s city debts.
White Post Virginia notes detail Miss Mary Basham of New York visiting, Mrs. J H Skinker at Greenway Court, Sam Fritts of Washington staying with B F Turner, and Meade and Sowers in Stephens City. New York and Denver travelers, fishing trip reports, real estate sale of Medea homestead to W A Dearmont, and residents returning from Virginia trips.
Electric desk fan with cord and plug to fit any incandescent lamp socket. Used very little in perfect condition. A real bargain. See at 6 5 w Snapp's Foundry.
An advertisement touts L and M Pure Paint semi mixed at 1.65 per gallon and Linseed oil at 60 cents per gallon. By buying four gallons of paint and eight gallons of oil and mixing, you obtain seven gallons of paint for 120 per gallon in two minutes. City names cited include Winchester Trussell Samsell and Middletown.
All trains run daily except Sunday with departures to Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Martinsburg Chicago Columbus Wheeling Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and major stops. Arrival times listed for each destination and multiple daily slots include morning midday and evening services.
Train notes list Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman Buffet sleeper to Knoxville and connections to St. Louis Express. Includes Roanoke to Columbus, Cincinnati sleeper with cafe car to Williamson, and a Roanoke Gary service with cafe car. Evening RK train serves Shenandoah and local stations.
Timetables detail connections at Shenandoah Junction to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Trains 28 14 and 2 list stops at Hagerstown with via lines to Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York. Pullman and Buffet Sleepers noted. Rates and schedules available from N and W Railway agents W B Bevill M F Bragg in Roanoke Virginia.
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