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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1910
Page
3
It is persistently reported that former President Roosevelt will undergo a surgical operation in a New York hospital. A hospital attendant says arrangements have been made to operate on the colonel, while Mr. Roosevelt’s physician denies the report that he is to go on the operating table.
Several residents travel for visits and medical updates. Dellinger, long treated for appendicitis at Memorial Hospital, can leave and expects to resume duties soon. Powell leaves for Cleveland after visiting relatives. Mrs Snyder of Smithboro registers at the Obel Evenson. Various locals register at Hotel Means and travel to Washington Baltimore Stephens City and Charles Town for family visits and summer plans.
Mr. Arthur Henning has returned from Memorial Hospital where he was treated and is improving rapidly according to local health updates.
Dr Bowers of Philadelphia, native to Frederick County, is visiting relatives and friends in Winchester and Frederick County for the first time since earning his degree. He graduated from the University in Philadelphia this month and has two years at Jefferson Medical College. He attended John Kerr Public Schools and Shenandoah Valley Academy and recently joined the Masonic fraternity.
Miss Heath of Washington visits the Misses Weems on Fairmont avenue. Miss Gertrude Myer departed for Baltimore after visiting friends there.
The article notes the first post route in 1672 between New York and Boston with monthly service. It cites current rail transportation costs at about 45 million dollars annually and reports railway post office lines spanning 208 484 miles with over 15 000 officers and clerks.
The garden-record book is valuable as it highlights best varieties, seed cost, and the importance of a good corn stand. It notes peanuts as staple and discusses legumes for fertility and economy. It suggests keep records of each variety to choose the best, and promote self propagation to save costs.
Norwegian engineers praise the Bergen to Christiania line as the most remarkable railway, crossing inaccessible mountains 320 miles apart. The route climbs from Voss to Finse and drops toward Hallingdal, with glaciers, pine forests, and roaring waters amid dramatic fjord scenery.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt shows a Black man arrested for wandering with an invincible smile. The magistrate questions him about his name and work at a Tem hotel and about knowing Tem College students, the man denying familiarity.
At a Washington bachelors cotillion Senator Depew extolled advertising and its growth. He imagined a stormy night with March winds and a ship’s captain shouting to his mate about Punk’s Pills and Gibraltar Panta, predicting Cann’s Cod Liver Oil Light would soon appear.
A promotional testimonial from Mrs. Sara Lou Livingston of Brookfield Missouri praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving menopausal symptoms and restoring strength after years of illness. The ad asserts long experience and urges women to try the remedy to prevent health problems during the change of life.
Special Commissioner M M Lynch will sell at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Va on July 16 1910 a 2 story house with 8 rooms at 18 feet on Market Street 100 feet along Kern Street fronting the property. Terms: one third cash sale day balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust and a policy of insurance. Clerk Rich K Gray notes bond with security provided.
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