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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
2
An advertorial claims thin people fail to gain due to poor digestion and promotes Mi o na tablets as a quick cure. It asserts Mi o na digests food properly, tones the stomach, relieves sour stomach belching and heaviness, and guarantees relief with a money back offer from Franck Baker & Son at 50 cents a large box.
The Shenandoah Valley visitors spoke warmly of the history and tradition, with eight to ten thousand typically attending the August gathering. They speculated President Taft might attend, though Mr Tatt said his own attendance is uncertain but would be greatly enjoyed and he would try to arrange it.
A committee will confer with Harrisonburg authorities on maintaining the turnpike through the town. The board urges the president to instruct the superintendent to repair the road bed promptly by usual methods if no timely agreement is reached.
A wedding reception at the Hughes home in Brucetown Virginia honors Mr and Mrs W W Tanquary Miss Saunders Pearl Hughes and others. Guests from Winchester Clarke County Nineveh and Richmond praised the event as thoroughly delightful and charming. The groom Mr Hughes is a prominent Charles Town business man and the bride comes from a Virginia family.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a leading figure and publicist, died in Jackson Mississippi at age sixty after falling ill on a trip from Nashville. He had attended the annual bishops conference and developed pneumonia in one lung, leading to rapid decline and a final period of unconsciousness.
A year ago in the Star Miss Emma Carroll Boden wed Dr. Alexander P. Rowe of Dephler Ohio in the city. Mrs. Sarah Geld widow of Thomas Geld of Clarke county died at age 63. Arrangements set for Shenandoah Valley Academy finals. Catholics of Virginia urged Bishop Van de Vyver to stay in the diocese at a large mass meeting.
In 1842 Andrew Stevenson of Albermarle County Virginia represented the United States at the English court and presented barrels of Albemarle pippins to Queen Victoria. The pippin became the court’s preferred apple and remains popular in England. Richmond fruit expert E Sydnor reported orders in 1907 for 20,000 barrels to a London merchant and 5,000 barrels to Copenhagen.
A letter dated April 29 1909 reports the governor David Holmes portrait arriving in good condition for display in the Mississippi state estate hall of fame. Dunbar Rowiland writes appreciation to Burwell McGuire and Miss McGuire, noting plans to use collected biographical data in future historical works.
Mr and Mrs B H Gruver left Reliance for Ganton Ohio to attend the quadrennial United Brethren Church conference as Virginia conference delegates. They will also attend the Columbus Ohio electrical convention before returning. Fred Rinker has recovered from an injury suffered in Shenandoah College versus Strasburg baseball game. Davs Cooley high school principal Boyce visits parents. J W Steele completes foundation for new residence.
The piece notes Clipperton Island in the Pacific, mislaid by France and found by Mexico. A French warship periodically visits, with soldiers in Mexican uniforms and flags reportedly on the island. It lies east of the Panama Canal. the matter sits with the French foreign office as communications proceed.
M C Kennedy vice president and general superintendent states the Cumberland Valley Railroad will not adopt the Ifrall signal system. He confirms rumors are baseless while noting gradual expansion of automatic signals on new lines, similar to the Pennsylvania system. Over 11000 dollars spent last year on signals with a similar estimate planned for this year.
An American extols George Washington’s honesty claiming he confessed to chopping the cherry tree. An Englishman questions the deed and asks whether Washington paid the driver for the damage. The exchange ends with a pause over the missing payoff.
A dialogue about becoming a psychic researcher. A skeptical person asks what is required. The other answers that belief in what you see and seeing what you believe are essential virtues for the field.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles opened in Roanoke as part of a state expansion. Sixteen auxiliary posts now exist in Virginia with new lodges planned for Charlottesville on May 19 and later Fredericksburg. State officers will elect at Roanoke and choose the next convention site between Lynchburg and Newport News. Richmond members will visit Charlottesville after Roanoke for lodge installation led by Captain Cunningham and State Organizer E. R. Fuller with a twenty‑member degree team.
A playful exchange between a squirrel and a rabbit opens with quips about cowardice and tale bearing. The piece then reports a French newspaper charging a French bookseller Bernardeau as the inventor of picture postals during the Franco German war. Bernardeau’s cards depicted the Sarthe camp with the inscription Souvenir of the National Defense.
The passage recalls a teacher guiding pupils to interpret a poem about dew moistening flowers. A child, Little Jane, asks about the meaning while a story of Tommy Green and Sissy Pratt on a dock ends with Tommy falling into a river and getting moistened. A separate line notes a young man in love ready to show his affection.
An obscure ad promotes Leonhardt's Hen-Reid as the only internal tablet for piles claiming to cure by freeing circulation in the lower bowel. It markets a 24 days treatment for $1 at Franck Baker & Son's and mentions a Buffalo Ohio address for the supplier.
Mr and Mrs Warren Rice of Vaucluse are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs John W Rice on North Brad dock street.
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