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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1909
Page
5
A Woodstock Virginia dispute over blue laws ends with the town council allowing Sunday sales of newspapers fresh meat and ice cream while deliveries in Winchester remain barred. Citizens press to amend or repeal the law, claiming it conflicts with personal liberties and constitutional rights.
Rev. Dr. George T. Tyler, presiding elder of the Winchester district, returned from Middleburg Loudoun County Va where he spent a week at quarterly conference. The Baltimore annual conference enlarged Winchester district by a dozen or more churches from Washington district, prompting unsettled responses among Loudoun church members over the Blue Ridge split.
The Virginia Classis of the Reformed Church will hold its annual meeting in Shepherdstown West Virginia beginning May 18 1910. Rev T K Cromer of Centennary Winchester and Mr W O Zinn of Clearbrook attended the Harrisonburg session and returned home. The finance committee reported year allocations with Winchester receiving 126 dollars. The statistical report lists congregations 30 Sunday schools 30 communicants 2819 officers and teachers 326 communicants 23875 scholars 2618 unconfirmed 962 students for the ministry 7 baptized 314 confirmed 412 received by certificate 47 deaths 56 marriages 21 and benevolence contributions 7922 congregational expenses 13794.
Mr Harry Marshall of San Jose Costa Rica returns home after a stay with his parents in this city. He will stop in Washington Richmond New Orleans and the Panama Canal zone before arriving in Costa Rica. He distributed Costa Rican toffee to friends and asked The Star to extend good luck to his old acquaintances.
An advice note on gaining weight through improved digestion. It claims fat growth depends on nutritious matter absorbed by the organs, suggests toning the stomach and liver with Mi-o-na tablets, and promises relief from indigestion and varied stomach illnesses. Franck Baker & Son sell Mi-o-na for 50 cents a large box with a money back guarantee.
The snippet lists events across the U S including a North American Gymnastic Festival in Cincinnati from June 19 to 22 and major gatherings in Seattle, Spokane, and Denver with dates for associations such as the Presbyterian Church U S A, the National Association Woman's Suffrage, Epworth League, I O O F, and the National Irrigation Congress in August.
The city finance committee invites sealed bids for the entire issue of 50000 sewerage bonds dated July 1 1909 bearing 4 percent interest payable semi annually. Bids due 10 am Wednesday June 23. Denominations 500. City may redeem at 20 years. Bid must include a 1 percent certified check.
Rev. Dr. M F B Rice superintendent of Frederick district concluded a quarterly conference at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church and left for Baltimore. He was the guest of local pastor Rev Arthur E Slagte. John K Graves and William Hill of Washington also departed for home after visiting here.
The Harrisonburg News notes Memorial Day has been set for June 3 and mentions the determined effort to prevent Dick Byrd from escaping.
Mrs Hughes of Charles Town West Virginia traveled through here yesterday en route to Nineveh her former home.
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