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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
2
Read about deep discounts on ladies garments including corset covers 15c skirts lic and 25c value. misses drawers and trimmed gowns with embroidery. New lot arrives featuring special ladies skirts at 93c and savings up to 1.75.
Messrs G H and H Longerbeam of Cumberland registered at a hotel last night. J H Terault of Mountain Paris toured town on business. W Bowles, Clarke County horseman, traveled from Win Ster to New Market and Harrisonburg. Dick Woodward heads to Washington for spring training and visiting friends before baseball season. Mrs Clendening of Bunker Hill and Misses Swimley spent the day in the city. Schlack of Clarke County and others moved between Hagerstown, Shippensburg, and Lexington Va for several weeks with friends.
Fragmentary text references a paint mixture and zinc content with mentions of linseed oil and three quarts. The readable items imply a discussion of coating materials and purity concerns, including brand-like or chemical notes in a historical catalog or advertisement fragment.
A retrospective piece recalls poet Cooke born in Clarke County dying there in 1850 and buried at Old Chapel churchyard. It notes his poems in Graham's Magazine and praise from Poe and Tucker, and links to Evelyn Thaw's scandalous marriage and public sympathy debates about fidelity and love across troubled lives.
A Star correction praises Winchester public school officials for changing outward opening doors after an interview with Mr. G G Baker. The piece commends the board for safety minded actions that could avert disasters in crowded buildings and notes their quiet effectiveness.
Sworn testimony claims Hall's Catarra Cure will be sold in Toledo for one hundred dollars per age. The document notes a notary public Seerson and promises by oath to pay the sum for each age level. The ad urges sale by druggists and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Star prints upcoming sale notices with dates and bidders. March 16 lists J. F. Royston 222 miles east of Berryville with horses cattle hogs and implements. March 17 4 T D Myers between Gaylord and Wickliffe offering horses cattle sheep hogs farm implements.
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