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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
4
Werher Swanson presented the Rid dléton editor of the Ric d Journal. Pendleton’s trenchant editorials aided public opinion shaping the repeal bill. The Journal’s courageous battle against the monopoly is praised as a decisive influence.
The Star praises Senator Ward for careful, effective work in the General Assembly. He earned the confidence of colleagues and secured a vital act establishing the right of suffrage in special and social option electronics. The paper congratulates him on his record.
Mr Copeland longtime editor of the Dispatch and Times Dispatch accepts a position on the Richmond News Leader editorial staff. He brings distinguished state affairs knowledge and literary integrity to strengthen the paper and advance administrative reform with practical Virginia insight.
Lawlessness grips Kentucky with bands of night riders torching tobacco fields and beating people. Authorities struggle as gospel of violence spreads from Lexington to rural areas, threatening the state’s tobacco industry and prompting calls for strong intervention.
An obituary style note praises the Orange as a longtime friend and contemporary of the Observer. It mentions Senator Aldrich and his currency measure being delayed by a close vote but hints the bill may still pass.
Brucetown residents share updates on visits and illnesses. Saunders returned from Forge after a pleasant stay with sister Mrs. Star ry Wheeler. Mrs. Huyett, sister of Mrs. Co., is critically ill in Washington. her nephew Sohn Wiett remains in Bowen condition. Alfred J. Clendening resumed business trips. milkman Harry Moniden moves to the Wright heirs farm on Berryville Pike. Koos relocates to Jones Farm. rural carrier Stipe heals from illness and regains duties.
Two prominent men were baptized at Wairia in Mausatind West Africa by Bishop Zugwell. Their acceptance of the Christian faith required them to endure the ordeal of public scrutiny and social consequences due to their status.
Public sale by virtue of authority as distributees of McCormick dec d and administrator of the estate Alexander McCormick will offer for public auction to the highest bidder in front of the Court House Fyville Va on a stated date and terms to be announced.
Sealed notice lists the sale of real estate and personal property of Alexander McCormick estate near Berryville Clarke County Virginia. It includes land on Shenandoah east side Blue Ridge two miles from Berry's ferry and an undivided interest in Berryville town land known as the Post Office lot with improvements. Personal items include harnesses furniture and a gold watch among many household goods. Terms require one third cash day of sale and two equal notes for the balance with interest. or all cash.
A Scots boy asks his grandmother if her spectacles magnify while packing his school lunch. She confirms a little magnification and the boy jokes about removing them to better see his bench, as told in The Reader.
A woman at Manchester police court protests she did not use bad language claiming she was well dressed and respectable. The bench imposes a fine, reflecting tensions over moral influence and conduct in public dress.
The rural Philadelphia high school marks its mathematics instructor Prof Hopper entering his 52nd consecutive year of teaching. He is 93 years old and has taught 64 years. About seventeen thousand students have studied under him.
Intending buyers should read sale advertisements in The Star. Dates, places and advertisers follow. March 17 Myene between Gaylord and Wickliffe offers horses cattle sheep hogs and farm implements. March 19 stock and agricultural implements sale on Apple Pie Ridge. March 20 W F Randolph Millwood horses sheep cattle and implements. March 21 Richard P Flowers County Hitching Yard Winchester six head horses and colts. March 18 Thompson, one-
Public auction planned in Winchester Virginia on April 4 1908 at 11 am. Three trust deeds dating 1906 1907 secure debts on a large Highland Avenue lot and adjacent smaller lots with two story frame building. Property may be sold as a whole or in parcels with one third cash and two thirds by bonds due in one and two years. SHIRGZEY CARTER, Trustee. Apply to R Gray Williams, attorney.
State Corporal Commission orders Be & O and Southern rail to appear and relieve conditions at Strasburg. Mrs. Elizabeth Minatee dies at Reynolds State Virginia. Purtlebaugh, Es ot Charles Purtlebadugh, buried after death Wed from consumption at Gourt in Lynchburg.
Dr W D Myers, a Matagttpect dentist, advertises bridge work and specialty dental services. Patient outreach notes growing demand for crown and bridge procedures in the area.
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