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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
4
PERSONALS listing numerous residents and visitors in Winchester including Mr. Frank Woodward rheumatism and various travelers from New York Baltimore and Charles Town. Also notes changes in church service hours and health concerns of Miss Addie Smith with family in the South.
The piece recalls Jamestown’s destruction in 1776 during Dunmore’s rebellion and Williamsburg as the colonial capital. It notes Washington’s reception, Patrick Henry’s stamp act resolutions, Raleigh Tavern, the committee of safety, the Powder Magazine, and the 1776 convention that formed Virginia’s rights declaration. It draws ties to Massachusetts and Kentucky in shared revolutionary memory.
At the Zirkle Hotel a reputed palmist invites callers to be convinced of satisfaction before payment. Readings cost 25 cents as the ad notes. Also a May 7 Rouss Hook and Ladder Company meeting calls for full turnout in uniform at their hall. Engagement announced: Miss Della Grace Gruver to William Gordon Irvin with a June wedding planned in Willow Hill, Pennsylvania.
Local markets show steady trading as prices for butter and poultry are listed. Readable figures include roosters and turkeys, with sparse, inconsistent OCR data but confirm ongoing commerce in butter and chicken products.
Mrs McNeil and Miss Jennie Strottler travel to Richmond for a May 9 sidedee with Miss McCarthy. Mrs John J Ridenour of Baltimore visits Riverton after time with Miss Kemper in Alexandria. Charles Conner and son from Oklahoma stay with aunt Mrs Wilbur Carey. Rev W Eugene Smith visits from Elk Garden. Tom Moore at Auditorium Winchester and Majestic Theatre Washington with new film and songs "Mama's Boy" and "Picnic for Two" priced 10 20 30 cents.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad offers one fare round trip from all stations for the Firemen's Convention at Chambersburg on May 9 to 11. Tickets on sale May 9 to 11, return by May 12. A special train from Chambersburg to Hagerstown Martinsburg Winchester and intermediate stations runs May 10 at 10 p.m. for the parade.
Frank Baker and Son offer readers a no cure no pay deal for Hyomei to treat catarrh in Winchester. If Hyomei does not cure, the treatment costs nothing. The outfit costs one dollar and includes a pocket inhaler a dropper and a bottle of Hyomei with extra bottles at fifty cents.
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