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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1906
Page
2
Staunton Dispatch notes Hon. R. E. Byrd of Frederick County declines to sponsor a sewer bonds bill, stating it is improper to push measures without his approval. The piece argues representatives should oppose such bills and not yield to constituent pressure.
The hospital seeks annual city funding for indigent patients as physicians donate care. A $1,650 debt remains on the building with six to seven hundred dollars monthly maintenance. The board urges endowments for private rooms, a horses' home, and dormitory upgrades, praising the amateur dramatic association that funds patient care through two annual entertainments raising $625 over three years.
The Winchester Memorial Hospital operates without state, city, or county funding for indigent care yet provides extensive charity services. About half of treated patients pay nothing, with private rooms sometimes needed for charity cases. The staff, led by Superintendent Trunner H. McGuire, is lauded for dedication, efficiency, and life-saving care, while donors and contributions support ongoing maintenance.
Ohio and Toledo notice states a $100 reward for catarrh cure failure and describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. A. W. Gleason notarizes December 6 1886. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio advertise testimonials and 75 cent price plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
I will sell at public auction all stock and farming implements at my residence 610 South Kent Street near Oyler's lime kilns starting 10 a.m. Thursday March 8 1906. Includes 25 milch cows, 100 bbls corn, 2 500 lbs meat, horses, hogs, two two horse wagons, a rubber-tire runabout and more. Terms: under $10 cash, $10+ credit 9 months on notes with bank security. Readier buyers urged. bring teams to hitching yard. GEO. H. EAGLE.
Special commissioners announce a public auction of two limestone farms near Welltown six miles north of Winchester. The parcels include a farm with a frame house and stream, and an adjoining farm with a dwelling, both in a prime apple belt area close to churches and schools. Sale March 17 1906 at 11 a.m. at the courthouse in Winchester. One third cash, balance in two annual installments with interest and security.
The Winchester Berryville Bluemont line says baggage under 100 pounds travels free with passenger fare of 50 cents Winchester to Berryville 75 cents to Castleman's Ferry and 1.26 to Bluemont with some return rates. Hess Company of Hagerstown builds a new stage coach to be in use soon. Information fed to Hotel Evans Winchester and Virginia House. John Pifer, Driver. Maurice F. Castleman, Proprietor.
A ten year old runs off at daybreak to fight Indians leaving a note but returns hungry and homesick under cover of darkness. The family greets him coolly as the boy asks the family cat if it is still the same feline companion from before his departure.
An enterprising salesman tried to sell an incubator to a farmer in a rural community. The farmer dismissed the pitch by asking what time matters to a setting hen, preferring no up-to-date device. No incubator was sold.
A jumble of dialog snippets about luck wealth and last chances. It mentions Jim Johnson Sam Maybe Pete-Dey Phillips Brooks Ingersoll a bishop and a crusade of argument plus a boast about wealth changing a bet.
A Freethinker youth asks a Quaker if a stone from David could sink Goliath. The Quaker replies the giant’s head might be as soft as the youth’s, noting no surprise if the feat occurred.
A household recalls hosting a famous actor who amused himself for hours by looking at a stack of photographs, including his own. The exchange reflects light humor about social offers and proposals amid gossip in the era.
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