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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
3
The ad lists silk tissue at 48 cents per 27 inch, silk spot mercerixe ginghams at 20 cents, plain striped ginghams at 18 cents, A. F. C. ginghams at 94 cents, a good gingham at 74 cents, and 36 inch madras at 10 and 12 cents. New goods and choice styles urged with a showroom invitation.
A fragment lists H Haepwics General Pass Agent Washington D C L 8 Beown General Agent 705 Fifteenth Street NW Frank 8 Gannon 3d WY P and Gen Manager with roles in regional administration and management.
Winchester Virginia real estate agency Henshall McCann and Henshall operates from 296 Rouss Avenue. The listing mentions W H McCann and L McCann as partners and agents in charge of property deals and client services.
A brief ad touts Italian Confectionery as a money saver on French candy Walnut candy Peanut candy Oranges Bananas with prices listed 12 to 20 cents per item or pound and 12 to 20 cents a dozen GIULIANI.
The Baltimore and Hagerstown Railway timetable takes effect Sunday September 29 1901 with daily trains from Hagerstown to Baltimore Gettysburg Hanover Spring Grove York and connections to the Eastern Extension. Fast Mail runs Sundays. Services to Cherry Run Chambersburg and Shippensburg listed with departure and arrival times and connections at Bruce.
An advertisement in the Taz Star touts a product or service named regult promising the desired result to readers. The snippet provides limited context about availability or price.
The Metropolitan Opera houses a large hidden factory that builds scenery costumes and mechanical effects for major productions. A revival of The Magic Flute would require about 30000 dollars for the curtain. Scenic artists work from small models, coordinating with costumers and stage managers to finalize color schemes before painting on a grand scale.
A local clergyman recalls a wedding with no witnesses where the groom cried out kiss the bride, drawing laughs. The page also shares scattered science notes on radioactivity and luminescent tubes, plus comic quips about pens, dress costs, and old wooden churches in Norway.
Queen Lenora at 513 South Kent Street offers life readings for 25c 50c and 1 with office hours 9 am to 8 pm Ladies only. Public sale of New York household goods March 12 at 11 am in front of Courthouse conducted by A G Swanson auctioneer.
The notice announces new rooms on North Market Street with stock including trunks suit cases satchels harness and robes and invites customers to visit. The Union Bank of Winchester offers 3 percent interest in its savings department. An oyster offer is noted along with deliveries of wood by L E Rice.
The notice details train schedules and connections on the Harrisburg to Hagerstown line effective November 17 1901. It lists daily trains between Harrisburg and Hagers Town with late Sundays, additional local departures for Chambersburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg and intermediate stops, through cars between New York Philadelphia and Knoxville Tennessee, and Sunday Philadelphia departures.
A partial OCR fragment references an agency and a tobacco commission with names resembling Norman and Brthington. Details are unclear but indicate an authorized or accepted action related to the Troy area and a tobacco commission matter.
An ad notes OUR SAUSAGE has the largest sale in town and claims it is the best. It advertises high cash prices for hides cattle sheep poultry butter and eggs and lists D. McDonald at North Market Street.
Schedule notes show departures from Winchester to Berryville and Bluemont with return arrivals listed as 5 p m 6 00 a m 8 00 a m and 11 30 a m Winchester at.
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