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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
4
The Blackstone Courier notes that Speaker Cannon faced criticism from some Democrats while others praised his handling of the House of Delegates. It cites Mr Hichara Evelyn Byrd and Uncle Joe in discussing Cannon's effectiveness and fairness in dispatching legislative business.
A tribute to Adaline Montgomery a longtime faithful servant in a Winchester household after forty years of devoted care in sickness and death. The remembrance praises her loyalty selflessness and labor of love and notes the community mourns her passing with deep sorrow.
In Newark New Jersey on May 31 the REO won its class by a clear margin defeating its nearest rival by 19 points. The REO was the only well built car in the test and the only chain drive in its class. The contest was grueling and the RBCs victory demonstrates its direct drive and staying qualities under strenuous road conditions.
Mr Walter R Abell completed an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital and left this morning to return home to Baltimore.
The minister must seek open air to guard health as he enters sick rooms of the soul. He should know sunshine beyond grayed skies and maintain even temper amid irritability. He needs vision of distant, wide adventures and shared journeys, from climbing hills to steering through rapids.
In a playful ancient vignette Cassandra claims she can foresee the future. The discussion involves Dido Elizabeth and Xanthippe as they test Cassandra on vision of distant events and Kipling, ending with a jab about copying her prophecies.
In a western state town Brown recalls Bill Wilkes a half witted man who vanished onto rail tracks for six years. His wife Bettie supported the family by washing. Bill returned and softly startled her at the kitchen door with Boo Bettie.
A minister asks a teary boy why he prefers his father’s punishment to his mother’s. The child explains the father is harsher in tone but always gives money to buy candy, while the mother punishes without such incentives. The tale appears in Harper's Weekly.
A letter to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General recounts Joshua A. Trentham on Curtis Oklahoma route No. 1 enduring a windstorm that blew his wagon and scattered mail, a prairie fire forcing a retreat, and fellow carriers carrying mail on foot when roads were blocked by debris.
Jos Orndorff is reported dead after a raid on Amherst street. She was esteemed by all who knew her and left a husband two sons Louis and Edward Montgomery and four daughters Mary Elsie Emma and Adelent Montgomery of this city. The funeral is set for 3 o clock Wednesday at the Free Will Baptist Church with Rev J P Fischer and Rev George Carter officiating. Interment follows at Orrick cemetery.
An thrifty farmer, after amassing a small fortune, orders a family carriage from a builder. The seller asks about rubber tires, but the farmer retorts that his family insists on knowing when they are riding, reflecting their practical thinking.
A young girl asks Mark Twain if he likes books for Christmas gifts. He replies that value depends on use: leather covers for razor straps, concise works for table legs, clasped old books as dog missiles, and large volumes as makeshift glass pane coverings.
A farm worker at Shavington near Market Drayton promised a live sheep to a young woman if she wheeled it in a barrow to Calverhall for a charity bazaar. In front of a crowd she completed the nearly three mile task, winning the bet with the sheep weighing 0 pounds.
Mrs Sallie Wingfield and daughter Mrs Lottie Bageant of Gore visited Mr and Mrs Kellican. Mrs T E Morrison is sick. W J Muse E L Hoeth and T E Morrison took lambs to Winchester for market. Mrs Sarah Triplett fell and injured her hip. Mrs Tom McKee is ill. M L Lockhart visited sister Mrs J H Orndorff at Capon Bridge. Eling Lafollette is ill at Mary Orndorff’s home in Capon
A lawyer presses a witness to tell the story in his own words while the witness insists he is under oath. The exchange appears in the Yonkers Statesman as part of a courtroom scene.
Special to The Star reports in Perryville Virginia on June 7 that Randolph Jones age 18 son of J C L Jones First National Bank cashier and Berkley Bowman son of Isaac Bowman were thrown from a pony cart on Main Street. Bowman was cut about the head and face while Jones was not seriously injured. The fractious pony ran off again before capture and return to the stable.
ANew concept proposes maids work in sets chosen by resemblance such as blondes on the second floor and brunettes on the first. Critics warn a maid’s death could spoil a set and replacement would be harder than replacing china.
A woman writer asks why beauty in men fades with age while nature grants equal rights to grow older. A remark suggests men should grow ugly as they age, but few men acknowledge this reality.
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