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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
3
Baltimore markets report prices for wheat, corn, hay, butter and poultry. Wheat No 2 red and June $1.00. corn $3.90 per barrel for carloads prime near by yellow. hay No 1 Timothy $19, standard Timothy $18.50, No 1 clover mixed $17, No 1 clover $16. Butter fancy creamery 29, choice 27, Virginia and nearby dairy prints 18.5, rolls 19. Pigeons 300 per pair.
Quotations announced by local buyers and shippers in touch with Philadelphia wholesale markets list prices for barley flour middlings millfeed spring chickens eggs wheat yellow and white corn hams shoulders pork potatoes and related goods. Advertisement notes fair bank gas and a quick buyer.
Katharine Baker, granddaughter of Isaac Baker of Winchester and Mrs Josiah Davisson Wilson of San Louis Potosi Mexico, will marry Colonel David Spencer Bill of Spencer Virginia this month at the old Wilson home in Spencer. Colonel Bill hails from Virginia lines and plans to reside at Homestead after a brief honeymoon.
Cross Junction notes report local visits with J Vance Bell returning from Chicago to J S Braithwaite home. Gainesboro guests include Mr and Mrs For rest Bageant. Funkhouser family from Capon Bridge visits Braithwaite, Elsie Funkhouser returns home. Luttrells return from Dayton to manage Reynolds Store area. DeHaven improving after illness in Washington. Crops suffer due to current drought.
Mr J H Gayhart of Baltimore has been in the city on business for his firm. Mr Haywood Jefferies of Washington DC visits his cousin Miss Taylor. Miss Annie Smith and Miss Kathryn Steel of Purcellville return from a visit to Miss Lelia Shiner on Kent Street. Mr R T Barton Jr returns from the University of Virginia and will spend summer with his parents on South Washington Street. Mr D R Showalter returns to Harrisonburg VA after a short stay. Mr H V Weems and Mr Lawrence Weems depart for Washington for several days of business. Mr W C Cooley of Pittsburgh has returned home after visiting in town. Messrs N R Keeling and W B McGroarty of Baltimore were in town yesterday.
Mir W A Rogers of Washington spends several days in town on business. Daniel F Slattery of Washington arrived last evening for a business visit.
Interporkon's Jestie of The Star publishes a hidden page with advertisements. Extra letters form a sentence revealing where a two dollar check is hidden and when to retrieve it. Mr. A. Moore of the Berryville bar spent the day in the city on business.
A pupil’s written answer to a classroom riddle explains that a biped differs from a quadruped by two legs. The humorous solution notes a biped has two legs and a quadruped has four.
The Harrisonburg State Normal School closed with 56 graduates as President Julian Burrus awarded diplomas. Joseph D. Eggleston of Virginia Polytechnic Institute gave the annual address. Florence Esther Allen and Anna Rachel Allen, daughters of Slater W. and wife, received diplomas in industrial arts and household arts respectively.
Incomplete OCR fragment references opportunity appreciation and a board of trustees. It mentions virtue foresight and a reward, suggesting an incoming board and less arduous tasks, but the text is garbled and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Harrisonburg News Record reports Rev Joh Jackson plans departure from Virginia after serving as rector of St Pauls Ontirery and influencing both his parish and the public. Details refer to his education at a Virginia seminary and residence in Bak.
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