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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
2
The ad claims free blood circulation in the lower bowel cures piles from constipation or other causes. It promotes internal tablet remedy Hem Roid by Dr Leonhardt Co Buffalo New York. 24 days treatment priced at $1 with guarantee. Fra nk Baker and Son's offers to sell and mail booklet.
Brown puppy about eight weeks old with a white spot on the back of its neck. Libertine reward for return. Contact Fairmont Avenue, 621-3.
In Monterey Mexico a field of ten contested a 100 mile loop from Monterey to Concepcion and back. The top three finishers were all REO Roadsters led by A E Derby in the 1908 model winning the silver cup. Derby helped a stranded competitor and returned to pick up another driver.
In the district court of the United States Western District of Virginia Turner Ashby Lewis of Winchester Frederick County was adjudged bankrupt on May 21 1909 Creditors meeting scheduled June 10 1909 at 2 PM in Winchester Virginia in R E Byrd office with referee A G Weaver to prove claims appoint a trustee and inspect the bankrupt timeframe and details provided.
Mr. Virgil A. Lewis of Charles Town the state historian and librarian examined old records in the county clerk's office for data dating to the Revolutionary War period. County Clerk Gold unearthed many records long unseen and showed them to Lewis who expressed strong interest in the priceless documents.
Rev Peters of Baltimore arrives in town to deliver the lecture Faces and Falsefaces at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church tonight. He is hosted by Rev and Mrs Arthur E Slagle at the South Market Street parsonage.
North Dakota Experiment Station reports two years of trap nesting trials to record individual egg yields among Barred Plymouth Rocks. Highest year 229 eggs. study cautions against routine trap nesting due to cost and labor, yet notes value for creating heavy laying strains. Also includes flea extermination methods, fertilizer tests, cabbage cultivation tips, roup prevention, and slug control in orchards.
The notice on page six highlights a tailoring ad urging readers to review costs before payment. The Union Bank offers wage earner guidance, advising caution and budgeting before committing to purchases or services.
The passage stresses clean milking and washing cows to avoid sour milk from dirty seams and open pails. It compares feed efficiency for calves versus older cattle, noting calves may require less feed per pound of gain in Indiana experiments. It also suggests visiting young trees and removing label wires to prevent unnecessary sprouting in spring.
Magistrate Funk in Middletown yesterday ruled in favor of Dorsey St Brill in a wheat contract dispute with George Knirely. Brill claimed 150 bushels at 1.50 per bushel, alleging Knirely sold to another dealer as prices rose. Attorney H R Kern represented Brill.
A nature student explains why a cat hisses in rage and how a tail's transverse markings resemble a snake. He recounts ancient cat behavior of hissing and tail waving to deter danger, noting humans sometimes mimic this instinct.
A voter notice lists M. H. Reardon announcing candidacy for the House of Delegates representing Clarke and Warren counties subject to Democratic primary action. Another notice announces a candidate for the Frederick county and Winchester city seat also pending primary action.
Atlantic Monthly notes New York houses 1,400 people of 20 nationalities and over 800,000 Jews mainly from Russia, making it the leading Jewish city. It claims New York is a larger Italian city than Rome with 500,000 Italian colonists, and Boston has substantial native-born Irish due to Dublin. Pittsburg is described as a Babel center with Servians in notable numbers.
A famed conductor joins an English friend’s coaching party bound for Stratford-on-Avon. He shows little interest in the town’s Shakespearean memory, murmuring of Romeo and Juliet until a member hints at the librettist. The moment underscores his focus on opera over the dramatist’s lore.
Wholesale market notes show corn dull yet slightly higher while oats hay and butter hold steady. Poultry vegetables fruits steady with young chickens and potatoes priced per bushel and hay per ton reflecting market firmness.
A Monday morning magistrate questions an Irish prisoner famed for Saturday night disturbances. The judge notes it took seven policemen to detain him, and the inmate quips it would take seven to release him. The brief item captures the clash with a Celt’s wry reply.
The dining car superintendent rails against the pie served by the rail line baker calling it too good. He quips the pie costs ten cents and the cream a quarter, inflating the cream bill with every dinner as passengers demand cream with each slice.
Mr Richard L Gray and Mrs Mary Gray returned from Memphis Tenn where they attended the Confederate veterans reunion They visited Mr Walter Gray a Memphis photographer and were guests of his home Robert Striker also returned from the reunion last week James Larrick and J O Faulkner of Middletown Va spent the day in the city Pete Winchester of New York and Mr Theodore Rolling of Philadelphia registered at Hotel Evans today.
Mr R Stuart Hunter departed yesterday evening for Baltimore after a several day stay with friends in this city.
Mr. J. R. Phillips of Baltimore spends a few days here on business for his firm. Mr. J. M. Rogers, also of Baltimore, is stopping at Hotel Evans.
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