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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary note suggests Theodore Roosevelt departs from a meeting marked by Mons influence. The line hints at tension with Republican lawmakers and urges a cautious, measured stance amid party politics.
The Payne tariff bill is attacked as largely illusory and nominal with minimal real raises. Critics say tea, coffee, cocoa, and sugar are taxed while barley tax is cut to aid brewers, hurting farmers. Accusations claim Cannon and Browers influenced beer tax decisions, and Democrats lack time to study the bill.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot comments on a toast by Kamiral Evans, noting critics say it could be read as controversial. The piece argues wealth and moral failings, contending most malefactors come from the poor and urging focus on character over riches.
A compact excerpt presents the verse Joy and Sorrow by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The piece contrasts public laughter with private pain and notes the lonely burden of life’s gall. It hints at the idea that fame fills halls but fate ends in shared pain.
Prices here Tuesday wheat 1 25 corn 85c oats 85c potatoes 1 hay 12 wages for farm labor 50c per day. R D Billmyer and Miss Blanche Billmyer of Rio visit B B Billmyer’s family. Rev A M Smith returned from near Winchester and preached. Rev L Markwood and others left for Baltimore for the Baltimore conference. Gamble Hutler of Moorefield W Va leases Baker store room for drugs and a soda fountain. J B Highman bought the Goldlover farm for 1641 at public sale.
Clarke county prosecuting attorney William Travers Lewis has been confined at home in Berryville with grip for several days. He is out today and much improved. Charles Wrenville Sehanne of the town was in town on business. Lacy Lewis of Bethel is ill with pneumonia, under care of Dr. Boyd.
City Solicitor Williams reports on a Supreme Court ruling excluding interstate commerce tax. The council updates license taxes for contractors based on contract value up to 100000. Affected firms include Matrin Construction building Handley Library. Revenue allocations for streets lights and salaries remain largely unchanged.
Judge Thomas W. Harrison of the Circuit Court sits in Berryville this week with several chancery suits on the docket. He plans to return to his home this evening.
Mrs C S Baker and Minnie Baker visit Charles Town while Dr William Beale returns to Berkeley Springs after a visit to his son and daughter in law. Dr W M McCosmas, Frederick physician, in Winchester visiting brother C S McComas on Amherst Street. Roy Kohlhausen of the University of Virginia visits friends. Judge William M Atkinson confined at home by illness. Clifton Brill returns from Staunton and Harrisonburg. C M Eberts, Baltimore business man, spends a few days here. Laura Miller of Nineveh visits friends in the city.
An advertisement touts a one day cure for colds using BHOMO Quinine Tablets claiming refunds. It warns the product fails to cure and notes the Groves brand on each box with a 265¢ price.
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