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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
2
Advertises porch shades at 1.00 and fabric items with wholesale and sale prices. India linens, rubber belts, silk malls, wainsook insertings, nainsook embroidery, corset cover embroideries, and skirts offered at reduced prices with stated values and discounts. Includes various fabric names and price points for quick purchase.
Readers are invited to receive a set of attractive souvenirs in a special July promotion. Offers include limited quantities and selection details to be announced.
Mattings offered in linen thread pattern at 17 cents per yard. Fifty remnants available in all lengths from 6 to 24 yards at less than cost.
Thousands of rolls of wall paper offered at six to ten cents per piece, discounted from ten to fifteen cents. Local merchants advertise significant savings on home decor materials.
The document outlines numerous water taxes for Winchester for 1908 09. It covers private hydrants and pumps, baths, water closets, sprinkling, horse watering, breweries, bakeries, hotels, laundries, and plant growth, with varied rates and penalties. It also sets rules on testing jets and limits on hydrant proximity to stock, plus specific fees for street washing and pavements.
Bunker Hill notes record Miss M Ward visiting Mrs J T Stewart in Rockville Maryland and Mr Harry Clendenming with wife visiting the farmer's father Mrs E R Henson. A daughter spent Sunday with Mrs Waldo Thatcher on Tuscarara. Farmers finished harvest and are now cutting grass. Samuel Wilson visits Charles Town today. Roy Nadenbousch of Martinsburg was in here on Monday.
Greenway notes list visits and gatherings among residents and families. Names include Funkhouser Lee Bowen Orndorff Grubbs Chamblin Perry Jenkins Williams Gardiner and others visiting in White Post Winchester Mt. Zion and Cedarville.
White Post Virginia June 30 Rev Mr Fitzhugh and daughter of Curtis Bay spend a few days here. Mr Glass of Berryville spent Sunday here. Miss Mildred Miller left for Stephens City after visiting Miss Vivian Meade at Gunston Hall. Rev Thomas Carter Page here for a day. Dr Thomas M Lewis indisposed at home. Messrs I A Crisman and R S Bryarly spent Sunday in Washington. Rev Mr Fox of Front Royal delivered a sermon in the Methodist Church.
Market report lists wheat at 3.15 per bushel and corn at 3.15 per bushel with oats at 0.50 per bushel and baled hay priced 10 to 13 dollars per ton. Grain prices shown include cereal crops and oats in the latest local dealer quotations.
Local merchants today list buy prices for country produce including butter, eggs, lard, potatoes and side meat. Prices shown per unit or per pound vary, with noted rates such as butter and eggs per unspecified units and potatoes per bushel.
Mr. George Leys of Berryville was here yesterday on business. Miss Cecelia and Herbert Grimm of Winchester have been visiting relatives here. Miss Ethel Milliner spent Sunday with Mrs. Marshall Denny. Mr. Joseph Denny of Stoughton VA is staying a few weeks at White Hall.
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