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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1909
Page
4
A historical article argues that evils oppressing the nation stem from Republican policy and Taft era actions. It cites Democratic and Republican tensions over district suffrage and the impact of African American voters on political power.
A Washington notes column argues that ongoing tariff performance proves the corrupt system cannot reform itself, since those who benefit from corruption oppose changes and block reform efforts.
The Shenandoah Valley draws visitors from Maine to California with famed scenery pure air and famed Virginia hospitality. Roadway quality improves travel esp on the Winchester Staunton turnpike and the Winchester Hagerstown leg with smooth tolls and courteous locals.
A poem fragment portrays a woman who guides a damaged man toward redemption. She steadies his shaken spirit with firm trust and compassionate love, urging him to fight on as life shifts toward a hopeful turn of tide.
A tribute poem by Everard J. Appleton honors Mrs. understanding and support. It celebrates a woman's quiet strength guiding and guarding a man through life’s storms. The rhetoric praises courage, loyalty, and the enduring influence of a devoted partner.
The weekly unclaimed letters at Winchester post office require one cent per letter. Names include Ada Butler Jas M Coburn D A Clarke S A Urebill Charles Ellinger E Mary Rogers Wilmer Russell Jennie Smith P M Bentley Kern.
Mrs Mattie Bishop formerly of this vicinity now in Harrisburg Pa was riding with Maier Sam Baldwin to the station to take train No 10 for Bunker Hill. A strap broke causing a runaway that struck the station porch and threw them to the road injuring her back and hip. Ralph Whitmore assisted and Dr Cochran treated her. The horse escaped unharmed.
Wholesale corn ease and slight decline while hay and straw hold firm. No change in produce prices and vegetables show a steady market. Quotations list Young chickens 20 to 22 cents, potatoes nine cents, oats around 65 cents, bar corn four dollars per barrel, hay bale price nine ninety to ten dollars per ton. Ritter cites Philadelphia letter praising a 20 horsepower REO car and its hills performance.
Martinsburg reports the death in Baltimore of John W. Walker a 57 year old Berkeley County native and member of a prominent family. He is survived by his widow and son who is in the ministry, and by brothers Col Stuart W. Walker of Faulkner Walker Woods in Martinsburg and A Hunter Walker a farmer and dairyman. Remains will be brought to Martinsburg for burial.
Twelve men and a ravishing woman convene in an upper room amid secret signals and death threats. Aimee conducts a drawing with white and black balls to designate killers, ending with Hans Stathoff surviving while a graybeard dies and a Bavarian fate is sealed.
A compact classified-style notice offers top cash for wool delivered in Winchester by Harry Tumberlake at 14 South Market Street and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar with a refund promise if it fails to cure coughs or prevent pneumonia. The ad notes no opiates and highlights a yellow package. Franck Baker & Son.
May 17 Ridgeway notes record J S Haldeman of Winchester planning to install a milk separator for William Huyett with farmers confident they can handle a ton of milk daily. Several local families and visitors are noted, along with illness and home repairs. Payne's Chapel to hold service next Sunday at 11 a.m. by Rev. H V Wheeler.
Prof. Hopper begins his fifty second year as mathematics instructor at Central High School in Philadelphia. At 93, he has taught for 64 years and has supervised some seventeen thousand pupils directly.
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