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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
4
A censored excerpt reports a brutal murder of a man and a woman in Powhatan County blamed on a gang described as negroes. The text reflects violent racial panic and claims of ancestral barbarism linked to African Americans across parts of the country.
A critical view of Theodore Roosevelt as a master politician using a Africa trip for publicity. The writer accuses him of orchestrated scenes with cameras and special correspondents, funded by the Smithsonian Institution, promising sensational dispatches.
The consumer will pay. The Payne tariff bill is developing with sinister purposes. It will not reduce the cost of living but will increase it. It attacks the food supply of the station and burdens it with excessive taxation. It places some material on the free list but keeps tariffs on manufactured goods consumed by the ultimate consumer.
The Richmond Times Dispatch questions Hon. William Atkinson Jones over his vote on a ship subsidy bill. Jones claims the bill was not a subsidy, but the paper argues the measure functioned as subsidy by granting excessive compensation to ship owners for mail transport.
Washington March 24 The Payne tariff bans coupons and premiums on tobacco products. Provisions forbid any gift offers attached to tobacco packages or stamps beyond the required internal revenue tax. The rule does not fully prohibit manufacturers from premiums but tightens the practice.
The article discusses the necessity for devising a method to distribute coupons beyond distributing them in cigarette or tobacco packages. It outlines challenges in reaching consumers and suggests alternative delivery schemes to widen coupon reach and impact.
Bliss VA March 25 A meeting at Paxton's school house discussed consolidating Opequon Paxton's and Mt Airy into a graded central school with wagons for transport A district committee from each school will assess support and funding A follow up session is set for April 3 to report progress local residents noted moves and changes
In Stephens City Virginia on Tuesday night girls and friends from Winchester attended a regular dancing class. Mischievous boys seized the lunch carried in the carriage and held a feast. Local updates note property purchases, new construction plans, and changes in town housing and schooling. The piece also records people traveling to Baltimore, occupations, and minor civic notes.
On March 25 at Bunker Hill West Virginia the article lists farm changes with James Henson moving his farm Hampton taking Henson place H B Hinton to Stobart and Hunter Whittington to Hinton place I N Sumption to Bishop farm Cooper to Sumption farm Milton Triggs to Cooper place and Stuckey Boltz moving to Martinsburg. Also notes social visits from Orlie Tabb and wife Will McKown and wife of Welltown and Harry Clendening and wife from Washington visiting relatives and Emma Moore of Duffields visiting her mother.
In Staunton this court day, Tom Tillman serves 15 days for stealing three chickens. Bernay Westcott receives 30 days for stealing a pair of trousers. Charles Roberts pays 52.85 and bonds 500 for 12 months after violating the Byrd law by buying whiskey for youths. Ed Knicely fined 21.20 for carrying a gun. Will Brooks leaves wagon, pays 3.30 to the mayor. Bill Henderson fined 6.85 for drunk and disorderly conduct.
Mrs Lizzie Lolland of Noah Kentucky praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from headaches nervous prostration and other female ailments during the Change of Life. The ad touts a 30 year track record of helping women through common disorders with confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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