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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia explains advertising policies and consolidation with The News Item in 1907. It notes circulation, policy on fraudulent mining or stock ads, and subscription rates of two dollars per year, one dollar for six months, and fifty cents for three months.
The Star reminds regular county correspondents to sign their names to all communications intended for publication. It states that signing is required for credit and that anonymous submissions will not be published, whether from regular correspondents or occasional contributors.
The veteran observer Mr. Crosby Noyes cites Roosevelt's wide popularity and notes The Washington Star has alternated between praise and criticism of the President. Noyes argues newspapers should not shield the President from critique and posits papers act as ordained preachers alongside the public figure.
The writer hails Ruef and Schmitz convictions as a victory for decency and asks how long the legal system will remain clogged by remaining San Francisco grafters. The piece notes months of effort led to Ruef and Schmitz's conviction and urges harsher handling of other corrupt officials.
A Washington dispatch months ago claimed a lone bandit took an entire train and escaped with it. The piece notes irony that readers aren’t shocked when financiers like Harriman or Rockefeller are described as taking over whole railroad entities and assets.
The Richmond Dispatch obituary notes Senator John T Morgan’s death ends a 30 year U.S. Senate career with no scandal and broad respect. It highlights his principled conscience, states rights stance with Pettus, Cuba speech influence, and voters’ trust in his honorable record.
William Jackson, described as colored boot black, was struck by Mr. T J Fuqua's car on North Jonathan Street. He was bruised and treated by Dr S M Wageman. severity undetermined. Jackson had traveled from Frederick two weeks earlier. his home is said to be in West Virginia.
Frederick county farmers, truckers and fruit growers will lose thousands of dollars as continued cold and wet conditions hinder growth of garden truck. Potatoes seem least affected while other crops suffer delays and damage.
The passage notes crops like cabbages and strawberries suffering after long dormancy. It mentions many truckers replanting fields of cabbage due to cut worm destruction and predicts strawberry yields will be far below those of previous years.
A damaged early 20th century page shows prices for farm goods including corn rye and eggs and lists a chancery suit Manuel Piaintitt versus Frank Manuel seeking two divorces and general relief with publication notices in Chester Star. The defendant is nonresident of Virginia and must appear after publication. clerk Gold presides.
In Freder 1907 a chancery suit names Winchester Gas and Electric Light Co Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co Shenandoah Valley National Bank and others as defendants. It seeks to establish debt amounts priority lien debts and distribution of sale proceeds of Frank Brown property. Creditors not Virginia residents ordered to appear within fifteen days after publication.
Dispatches from Wytheville report the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in session affirming two Frederick County cases. In Kiger vs Windle guardian Windle won after Judge Harrison reviewed voluminous depositions. In Jackson vs Reese, Judge Harrison ruled Reese not liable for a sale of boom lots due to a full receipt from Miss Mary Jane Jackson despite depreciation in value.
An elderly Southern Railway worker recalls service since the Orange era and early track construction. He preserves an 1857 almanac noting a prophetic 1907 prediction of a year with no summer or winter and a divine calling on January 2.
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