Carrier Year in Advance Billing Note
A fragmented notice refers to charges for a carrier year in advance with a period of three months in advance mentioned. No clear names, dates, or entities are readable beyond the generic terms.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
4
A fragmented notice refers to charges for a carrier year in advance with a period of three months in advance mentioned. No clear names, dates, or entities are readable beyond the generic terms.
Governor Hughes wins passage of anti betting laws after extraordinary session. Seven New York racetracks under American Jocal Club faced a one year prison penalty for betting. Turfmen consider moving bets to Maryland as Pimlico races loom on the national stage.
The Richmond Evening Journal led by Ed mund Pendleton celebrates its third anniversary, succeeding the News Leader edited by Al fred B. Williams in Richmond. The Journal is praised for alert news columns and trenchant editorials, with wishes for continued usefulness and success.
The record notes the deaths of Geo F Payne, James C Jeffers, and Frank Irvine linked to graft scandals in Pennsylvania and New York era insurance exposures. It suggests mental strain from graft pressures contributed to Payne's death and mentions indictments involving Architect Houston. The piece frames ongoing financial crime as a deadly burden on officials and contractors.
A Norfolk Virginian Pilot clipping notes an official who fled the law and died early after a mental and physical breakdown following disgrace from the Armstrong investigation. The piece remarks on the repetitive moral lesson that wrongdoing brings inevitable consequences, without moralizing beyond the text.
Haworth League at Market Street Church prepares to host the nineteenth annual Frederick district Epworth League convention on June 17 and 18. Officials, speakers from Baltimore Hagerstown and Cumberland will lead sessions on personal surrender temperance and world study with reports and officer elections. Over 100 delegates are expected from all sections.
At the commencement exercises of Richmond College this week the general athletics gold medal was awarded to Norman Cooper, son of Capt and Mrs Lewis F Cooper of this city. Cooper is regarded as one of the college's most expert athletes and earned the medal after brisk merit based competition.
Mr. Herbert S. Warrick left this afternoon for Hagerstown Maryland where he will deliver an address tomorrow afternoon before the Confederate Memorial Association in the Academy of Music. His theme centers on the Confederate soldier and the achievements of the Confederate Army.
Mr. Thomas B. Byrd returned from Charlottesville where he had been visiting the University of Virginia and campus events.
Personal mentions list Mrs. Harry Hardy traveling to Staunton to visit relatives. L K Dellinger of Dodson Maryland visits his brother W W Dellinger on North Braddock street. Mrs G N Sewell and daughter Mabel travel to Woodstock after visiting Winchester. Miss Louise Bargett returns home to Woodstock. Miss Miriam Couden from Washington arrives to spend a month at Winchester Inn. Mr and Mrs Maurice Winner of Norfolk visit Winchester. Julian Williams of Alexandria visits friends in Winchester. Mrs W S Cowles and children, from Washington, stay with J W Whetzel at Clearbrook.
A quotation from John T. McCutcheon in Appleton's Magazine extols baseball's staying power and compares its cultural pull to government and family. The piece notes cheers and jibes toward umpires as a central facet of the game.
Occasional showers expected tonight and Sunday across Virginia. Southeast portions may see drier gaps and lighter rain periods.
Mr. and Mrs. David Ambach and their children from Baltimore arrive to spend most of the summer with Mrs. Ambach’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Heller, at their home.
Notes from Brucetown report a school lawn party organized by the Junior League Society with new dates moved from July 9 and 10 to August 6 and 7. Dakota Best visits family in town and plans to return to Washington. Raymond Owens injured his hand while preparing the party setup.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baetjer have returned from an extended trip to Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Adams of Gainesboro spent today in this city.
A young son of Mr. Frank Martin living at Nain in this county fell from a tree yesterday and broke one leg. He endured considerable pain but is resting as well as could be expected today.
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