Winchester seeks bids for fifty thousand dollars in severage bonds
The City of Winchester announces a bid for fifty thousand dollars of severage bonds in five hundred dollar denominations dated July 1 1909 with twenty year principal and four percent annual interest payable semi annually. Bids must specify bond count and price and include a one percent certified check. The Finance Committee may accept reject or adjust bids and may auction unsold bonds June 23 1909 at noon in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. Sealed bids to Shirley Carter Chairman Finance Committee are due by 10 a m June 23 1909 with details from Shirley Carter Winchester Va. 5-19-m
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Winchester
Finance Committee
County Court House
Virginia
Shirley Cartier
Shirley Carter
L. Glaize
Huntdpr H. McGuire
Memorial Address To Be Delivered At Mount Jackson
Mr. R. G. Williams of this city will deliver the memorial address at Mount Jackson on Confederate memorial day June 3. Exercises will be held under the auspices of the Confederate veterans camp of that place.
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Mount Jackson
R. G. Williams
Confederate Veterans’ Camp
Place
Stephens City High School
Odd Fellows Lodge
Middletown
Winchester
Friends Quaterly Meeting Draws Large Brucetown Crowd
A large crowd attended the Friends quarterly meeting at Hopewell on Sunday and Monday. Rev. Mr. Goodall preached to a fair sized audience on Sunday morn.
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Brucetown
Friends’ Quarterly Meeting
Hopewell
Mr. Goodall
Village News Brevity Chronicle of Visits and Family Tales
Local notices recount visits and journeys: Mrs Morrison and daughter Katherine travel to Monumental City. Miss Dove Eagans from Rippe attends cousins Gertrude Blake and Annie Coyle. Jolliffees from Charles Town and Frederick tour the village. Pauls, Snapps, Willingham family trips referenced. O Connells host and adopt a nephew orphaned by John T. O Connell death. Swimley returns from Ohio seeking work. Annie Payne visits Martinsburg. Jefferson tied to Charley. Old Virginia praised.
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Neil Jolliffe
Frederick City
Frank Paul
Red Bud
Julian Snapp
Frank Willingham
Leslie and
Viola
Washington, D. C
Jesse O'Connell
Helvestine
Berryville
O’connell
John T. O’connell
Brucetown
O'Connell
Buena Vista
Jesse O O’connell
George Swimley
Ohio
Old
Virginia
Annie Payne
Martinsburg
Charley Jefferson
Fogs Shift Tides in London and Paris This Month
The article notes a shift in urban fog patterns with overhead fogs darkening noonday skies in London and Paris seeing denser fogs along the Seine. It contrasts warm street air with cold upper air that condenses moisture, reducing ground visibility but easing street navigation.
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London
Paris
Seine
Thames
Whistler's Paris Life Told in Cavorting Finances
Whistler's early Paris life is described as frugal yet generous to friends. He reportedly replenished meager funds by visiting an American painter and returning with 300 to 400 francs after a dawn trip to secure money.
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Whistler
Paris
Mr. Tonkes
M. Oulevey
Lambert
Halles
Silent Lapses at Sanitarium Balcony Prompt Light Quarrel
A humorous Harper's Weekly note recalls a sanitarium sun balcony scene where several convalescents chat and giggle in defiance of rules. A plaintive voice from a dark room calls for quiet and sleep as voices carry over the corridor.
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Harper’s. Weekly
Improvements At Stephens City Spur New Mill Work
Workmen add a new story to the Stephens City Milling Company mill near the Baltimore and Ohio station to install improved machinery for higher quality flour and greater capacity. Other town updates note porch construction, a sick resident recovering, and several property improvements including a metal roof and enhancements to local homes and storefronts.
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Stephens City Milling Company
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Town
Light Booze A Minister's Wife Finds Help in Postum
A minister's wife recounts two years of coffee addiction during night nursing shifts. After marriage she quit coffee, switched to Postum, and claims steadier nerves and no bilious attacks for a year. The letter ends urging readers to try Postum, claiming it as a healthier breakfast beverage.
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Wellville
Plaga
Corinne Founder Recalls Westward Boom and Railroad Rivalry
An elderly California railroad veteran recounts founding Corinne in 1868 with fellow workers and speculators. He describes rapid growth to 4500 residents, ventures including a steamship line, and vast wagon trains. Rivalry between Central Pacific and Union Pacific doomed the town's fortune as lines were built away from Corinne.
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California
Corinne
Union Pacific
Bear River
Ogden
Salt Lake
Montana
Central Pacific
Promontory
Sidney Dillon
Brigham City
State ownership of railroads outlined by British commission
A British commission reports on state involvement with railroads across 41 countries, grouped by ownership and control. It notes groups including full state operation, state ownership with private lease, state aid with private ownership, and a single case in Guatemala where state built lines were privatized.
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India
Canada
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
New Zealand
Cape Colony
Natal
Transvaal
Orange River
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dermarance
Honduras
Italy
Japan
Norway
Portugal
Rumania
Russia
Servia
Siam
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Newfoundland
Nicaragua
Netherlands
Denmark
France
Greece
Luxemburg
Spain
Guatemala
Steepest Railroad Opened Near Bojen Tyrol
A new line near Bojen Tyrol claims the steepest grade in the world with sections at 70 in 100 and 66 in others. The Mendel line and the Vesuvians record 64 and 63 respectively. The line ascends to VirgIl Terrace on the Eisach using an electric wire rope system and climbs five feet per second. A four compartment car carries 32 passengers.
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Bo‘jen
Tyrol
Mendel
Virgil Terrace
Eisach
Grain Men Review New Line West of Winnipeg
Mr Frank W Morse vice president and general manager of Grand Truck Pacific led grain men over a new western line near Winnipeg. Elevator men and settlers rush to identify sites as wheat farms spread along the route ready to ship this year. In a suburban jest a speaker jokes about Goodley returning home barrelling and losing his clothes after a creek swim.
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Frank W. Morse
Grand Truck Pacific
Winnipeg
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