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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
4
An editorial reflection on the sorrow of losing a child, contrasting birth and death, and noting the enduring love of parents. It explores the impact on a mother and father, the broken heart, and the enduring hope that time may ease the grief.
A man recalls a well shooter in the oil field who catches a torpedo when gas blasts back, risking death to prevent a derrick explosion. The tale prompts reflection that courage exists in many forms from fearless work at gas sites to stopping a runaway horse or harming a mad dog in the street.
Richmond Journal opines on a southern girl and the Abruzzi in a proposed royal union. It praises Abruzzi as a brave, industrious officer and explorer while noting a $2,000,000 sum as the duke’s price in the international compact between blood and bullion.
Colonel John Walter Fairfax, a famed Longstreet staff officer known as Longstreet's fighting aid, died in Prince William County at age unknown. He rose in 1864 to command staff duties, entertained many antebellum notables at his estates Belgrove near Sneads or Leesylvania, and hailed from the Fairfax family of Dumfries, Virginia.
A brief wedding note records R Fairfax of New and Missy Rensselaar of New as a recently married couple. Details are limited in the fragmentary OCR text.
Obituary notice from Brucetown Virginia reports the death of Mrs. E L Hayett widow of Eugene Hayett a native of the village. It notes the death occurred on March 1 and mentions surviving relatives and community connections including local clergy and neighbors.
The earliest authoritative England windmill is noted at Bury St Edmunds in 1191, marking the oldest known wind powered grain mill in the realm.
Treasury officials in Washington informed The Star that the government would purchase the W. W. Hodges property at the Braddock and Piccadilly streets corner for a new post office, at a consideration of $16,000. The remains of Mrs. Fannie V. Frank were brought from Baltimore for burial at Shiloh Church. A Cir Court commission found jail conditions deplorable and urged immediate repairs, which were adopted. James S. Walters, suspected of stealing whiskey from Woodstock freight station, was captured. Arthur M. Shenk died in Baltimore and was buried in Boyée at 32. Arrangements were made for Winchester Summer Normal School. s.
A testimonial from Franck Baker and Son in Thi¢agzo extols Cooper medicines. August Wittmer of Rockwell Court recounts severe prior illness and exhaustion, claiming recovery after using the remedies and urging others to learn about them. The letter praises the products as the greatest sensation of their kind.
Middletown Virginia, March 4, 1906. Mrs C W Willey tells of a remarkable external wash that cured her husband's severe eczema. She used a sample then the bottle of D D D Prescription, noting swift relief and near complete cure. The letter urges others to try D D D Soap and Prescription, with a free booklet available at Franck Baker & Son in Winchester.
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