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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
4
A poem portrays the telephone girl who hears every voice from gossip to secrets and life’s dramas. It hints a hidden power to reveal sins, sparking potential scandal, divorce, and public unease if she spoke aloud.
A strong indictment against flies in England urges a national crusade and favors a home remedy using weak formaldehyde in water. The method, though small in dose, reportedly attracts flies to the water and kills them, while also disinfecting the slain.
Waterloo notes dated June 8 list visits and travel within the area. Gol der Lee Stuart stays with Howard Grim. Coll Romine, Wilton Stuart, Mary and Lena Fishel travel to Winchester. Mrs E R Shenk visits Colonial Beach to see her sick brother J F Chrismore. Effie and Charlie Shenk visit Barville. D H McCormick and Mrs Hilliard visit Berryville relatives. Reid family hosts.
Mr. Philip Williams is back home following a vacation period after studying at the University of Virginia.
Advertisement claims rich red blood requires healthy digestion and lists indigestion symptoms. It promotes Mi o Na, a 50 cent stomach remedy sold by Franck Baker and Son in Winchester, promising cure or money back. It asserts eyesight effects from indigestion and urges readers to buy a large 50 cent box.
A large framed engraving of Turner Ashby the Confederate cavalryman, shown in Franck Baker & Son's window, was presented to the Turner Ashby Camp, Confederate Veterans. Mrs Emeline Wright of Baltimore donated it and Rev Dr John P Hyde, chaplain of the camp, delivered the presentation.
A Maryland elopement recounts two youths tying the knot at 2 AM in a Gretna Green style at Williamsport after a car breakdown slowed their trip. The couple secured a minister in Hagerstown for the ceremony and plan parental forgiveness as families reportedly objected only to their ages. The bride is described as pretty and the groom’s father runs a Crawford woolen mill in Martinsburg with ties to Virginia mills.
Rev Guy A Luttrell returned from Washington visiting relatives. Miss Lillie Clendening hosted a tea for Mr and Mrs E Henshaw. W S Laise spent Monday in Winchester. Howard Clendening spent weekend with friends. Mabel Bowen returned from Baltimore. Paul Clendening visiting sister Mrs Edwin Henshaw. Memorial day services attended in Winchester. J M Lamon left for home in Tiffin Ohio.
George Gross a colored man was found guilty of the murder of Horace Holmes of White Post Starke county Virginia at Hagerstown Maryland. Judge Keedy sentenced Gross to life in the penitentiary, despite defense pleas for clemency and a juror petition asking for life instead of death.
In the city clerk s office marriage licenses have been issued to Isaac Barnum of St James Md and Carrie Elizabeth Gaskins of this city and to Alexander Young and Lucy Garter both of this city all colored.
A Winchester Virginia druggist ad claims Oil of Wintergreen combined with D D D Prescription instantly relieves severe itching from eczema psoriasis and skin rashes. It markets the remedy as standard dermatology treatment endorsed by physicians and offered by Franck Baker & Son.
Mr and Mrs E F Barr of Stephens entertained at a dinner in honor of Mr Barrs fifty second birthday. Old friends and associates attended and a fine Virginia dinner was served. Mr Barr received several handsome birthday presents from friends.
Dr Leonhardt's Hem-Roid boasts a long record tested in thousands of cases with success in all but about two percent. The remedy targets the internal cause of piles, claiming ointments or surgeries cannot cure this internal issue. Sold for $1 under guarantee by Franck Baker & Son, Dr Leonhardt Co Buffalo NY. White offers a booklet.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Bessie Maud Fisher daughter of Mr and Mrs Mortimer W Fisher to Mr Theodore Ellis Parker both of Winchester. The ceremony by Rev George T Tyler of Winchester district at the Methodist Episcopal Church south. Parker a well known Winchester tailor.
Nature warns that eye strain signs such as irritability to light and twitching before age fifty indicate future trouble if neglected. The article urges supervised drilling or dancing as beneficial for boys and girls, especially outdoors, for health.
Chas. E. Seal offers plumbing electrical work and steam heating installations with specialty in electric light wiring. Located at 28 E. Pieceadily St.
The Vreeland Chemical Co offers arsenate of lead for codling moth Cuculio potato bugs and general garden use against leaf eating worms. It guarantees an average of 20 percent arsenic content. See New Jersey Experiment Station Bulletin 241 for prices and more information write to The Vreeland Chemical Co Little Falls New Jersey.
The Government Wheat Report notes spring wheat at 95.03 percent and winter wheat at 87.07 percent of a full crop. July wheat on the Baltimore market was $1.18 and spot wheat $1.60. Local dealers report no wheat to buy and markets broadly steady with minor price movement.
About 2,500 different kinds of animals are known on earth that are warm-blooded and milk-giving like our domestic animals. To avoid confusion with other creatures one ought to call them mammals meaning milk-giving animals.
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