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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
2
The Farmville Herald laments the Constitutional Convention's shifting stance on prohibition in 1905. It notes the body's frequent reversals, the paper's limited capacity as a weekly, and the difficulty of faithfully recording ongoing changes as the convention moves toward a final decision.
A Winchester Star squib mislabels a fleeing bar keeper as a wine clerk and notes debts to a washer-lady and a tassorial artist. The Virginia dispute over barroom English contrasts with a local grocery ad for Eiders Grocery at 118 South Braddock Street offering fresh fish and greens.
Last week’s blizzard blocked roads in this section. Fred Yeakley cleared the road from his house to the pike with his four horse team. Dora Polhamus returned from county visit. Mrs. John Goff recovers at home. Gertrude Polhamus visits Grimes friends.
Marlboro Virginia on March 11 reports two days without mail due to snow drifts. Norton Clagett travels to Orange county for business. Ralph Rinker visits Miss Virginia Clagett. Elizabeth Calahay visits Daisy Stickley, who is ill. Mrs. H E Shull spent time with her mother H N Clagett. Mrs. Ruffner has been sick but improving.
Lake View Virginia reports scant news amid mud and snow with social notes on visits by Mrs. Benj Byers and Misses Davis and Clevenger, guests at Wrights, and other family visits. Mention of Duvall McDonald wedding and changes in residents, plus a note on Stan brand paint advertising and a local return to Baltimore.
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