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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1909
Page
4
The passage quotes Gifford Pinchot asserting that free lumber would not lower consumer prices or curb deforestation. The critique argues the tariff on lumber does affect price and questions why the lumber trust fights to keep the tax. It accuses Republican office holders of defending the Dingley bill with flawed logic.
Virginia Magazine for March notes demand for improved Valley transportation. Mayors from Lexington Staunton Harrisonburg Forestville New Market Mount Jackson Stephens City and Winchester met in Harrisonburg to protest unsatisfactory service by the Southern and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. other towns endorsed the movement. Transportation facilities are particularly uncomfortable for passengers in rural Virginia.
The notice chronicles the death of Mrs Addison Carter in her eighty seventh year. It praises her character as a devoted mother and reflects on the enduring influence of a good woman whose memory shapes the hearts of her children and loved ones.
Defense lawyers argue Editor Carmack deserved poisoning in anger over his editorials and apply unwritten law to editors, urging scrutiny of anti editor rhetoric used by Col Cooper and supporters in the Coopers and Sharp trial. The claim questions consistency when lawyers on the defense side are involved.
The Petersburg Index Appeal argues that public opinion would have backed a killing if an editor had printed the lawyers’ utterances against the defendant. It condemns vilifying private or public men while questioning the divinity a lawyer uses to shield acts that damn the editor.
News from Grimes Virginia reports the death of Mr Robert Likens at his Waynesboro Pennsylvania home. He spent part of his youth in this area and long-time resident Bruce town with his parents. He was the son of Mrs William Miller of Welltown and later married to Mr Miller.
White Post Virginia March 15 The Greenway District teachers held their meeting here Saturday. Several residents including Mrs Lucy Meade and her son Custis returned from Washington where they attended the inauguration. Students are back from mumps and many locals are visiting relatives in Washington and Winchester.
In the wholesale market wheat stayed quiet and closed firm while corn eased and oats and rye held steady. The straw market showed firmness and poultry prices remained steady with fish prices fair.
Grain and feed items quoted include oats at per bushel and ear corn per barrel. Prices are given for butter, hay, and potatoes with other items partially readable in this damaged OCR.
The Stuck On A Reef ship may be abandoned and her cargo littered if floatation attempts fail. The Logan carries Brigadier Generals Carter Brush and Davis with over 800 Thirteenth Cavalry officers and enlisted men to Manila. They departed San Francisco on March 6 from Fort Myer Fort Sheridan and Fort Leavenworth.
A large gathering at Bunker Hill Council No. 67 Junior Order United American Mechanics celebrated the third anniversary with a delightful banquet and supper. Mrs L C Hoffman and Mrs Sue Henson, visiting and staying with relatives, were among the attendees. Mrs Katie Underbank visited her sister Mrs Cora Laise in Darkesville.
Damaged OCR text discusses painting costs and home maintenance choixes, mentioning paint types and brands, prices per gallon, and contractor notes. It references Larrick & Larrick and Trussell & Samachiam in a local city context with garbled details.
A Brooklyn man kept a rooster with remarkable time sense, crowing at 3 15 am at a Bensonhurst summer hotel. Guests woke believing it foretold dawn but the clock proved the bird wrong, prompting locals to joke about nature vs man made time.
The Paris edition notes Basques in Bilbao and Eibar maintain language poetry and music despite modernization pressures. Basque pride centers on tradition with quests to preserve customs, while regions like Saint Sebastian remain cosmopolitan yet retain distinct habits and identity.
A wild two mile chase ends when three youths bolt from a car at Wissahickon mansion and steal the sword from the statue of Bismarck. Policeman Wild pursues in another vehicle but breaks down. the trio escapes after a punctured tire slows the pursuers.
The article mocks Queen Ena known as Queen Victoria of England and jokes that tuberculosis sufferers may focus on preventing adipose tissue buildup. It notes a comparison to Victoria and suggests scientists should study ways to stop fat formation after illness.
A compact preview of upcoming public sales advertised in The Star. The notices list dates from March to April in various towns such as Oakland Berryville and Ashby Station with items including horses cattle hogs implements harness household goods and farm properties. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn are contracted for the sales.
Mlle Marie Rutowska, a ballet dancer at a Warsaw opera house, has just earned a law degree. She plans to practice law by day and dance by night, likely increasing her overall earnings.
A damaged OCR reads a fragmentary exchange about a girl named Ella and a character Stella. The text hints at appearance and a joke about kissed lips and copyright, with no verifiable event or factual detail.
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