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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
4
An Atchison man has been unconscious since 10 o'clock last night. Despite efforts today to wake him, he remains unresponsive and his friends fear he may never regain consciousness. He left home after dinner yesterday evening and returned before collapsing in the room where his wife sat.
The American Sugar Refining Company, called the sugar trust, was fined 134000 for using false scales to understate sugar weight. Officials claim vast amounts of sugar entered New York duty free, tainting tariffs and harming the public. The tariff system is seen as vulnerable to such frauds, with calls to overhaul weighing practices.
In a Maine trial from fall 1907 the Conrad Shoop Company sought 7 000 barrels at 2 90 each. The jury awarded 2 416 11 to the growers after ruling the buyer could be held to the contract when the fruit was delivered as agreed.
Rev. J Harry Smith pastor of the M Church South left Berryville Virginia for Baltimore to attend the annual conference. Citizens regret his departure as he will preach a farewell sermon on Sunday April 4 marking his last week in Berryville.
A Grand Rapids dispatch reports Bishop George D. Gillespie of the western Michigan Episcopal diocese died after a long illness at over 90. Rt. Rev. John B. McCormick, long time coadjutor, is expected to be chosen to fill the vacancy. Mrs. F. J. Russet and her daughter Ida Russell traveled from near Nain, visiting relatives before returning home.
A notice offers a free copy of a so called prescription to cure nervous debility and weakened manhood. The ad promises a quick home remedy from an old physician and urges men to write to Dr A B Robinson in Detroit for a confidential sealed envelope copy.
Misses Mary and Corrie Swimley from Brucetown spent the day with friends in the city, enjoying outings and social time.
A Maryland woman describes relief from indigestion insomnia and nervous prostration after using Grape-Nuts. She says the food restored sleep energy and appetite and notes benefits for school children as a brain booster. The letter promotes Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
George Funkhouser uncovered a lead box while tearing down a wall at Columbia Furnace. The container held coins from 1802 to 1820 and a 1779 Spanish piece, with lid engraving reading A. B. Arthur 1820. Arthur was Shenandoah County deputy clerk then clerk, dying after the Civil War.
John Mann M E Church holds Sunday services at 11 a m by Rev William Jefferson at the Free Will Baptist Church 3 p m sermon by Rev Fisher pastor Household of Ruth special sermon at 3 30 p m by Rev Le A Carter all are invited to attend.
Electric chair for White Man continued from page 1. Miss Russell, daughter of the girl's father, recounts wounds from a beating by Professor Kellar after a minor water incident in his chair. A kidnapping case involving Willie Whitla surfaces with arrests and a $100,000 reward offer from Frank H. Buhle, while Taft is guest of Yale alumni at a Waldorf banquet with 1500 attendees.
Mr Vernon B Garton is spending a few days in Frederick Maryland on business.
A 25 percent money waiting listing covers 45 acres near White Post with 12 acres of winter apples in bearing at $80 per acre plus an adjoining store room near Boyce State Bank. The sale was adjourned after an unsuccessful bid above $165 by Attorney John M. Teek. A February court decree ordered the warehouse lease sale as part of the rustégs alignment and assets included.
Trustees adjourned the sale of the Miller lease after Herbert S. Larrick and Warren Rice offered for sale at public auction the lease of J. Willian Miller on a large warne.
A freight wreck on the Southern Railway near Reetortown Virginia injures engineer Daniels and fireman Early. Train 173 from Alexandria to Strasburg derailed with track torn up about 100 yards. Transfer of passengers, baggage, mail, and express goods reported between Riverton and Manassas.
The remains of Owen Fuller were buried in the old Methodist graveyard after a brief service led by J. H. Lacy. A coroner's jury ruled his death an alcoholic poisoning, with expenses for the inquest and funeral covered by the city.
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