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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
4
Bayou Sara residents request a stop by the battleship Miss, inviting Capt. John C. Fremont to visit. A shipboard reporter asks if formal attire is required. the reply humorously notes no dress code at all, promising genuine Southern hospitality.
Social items from Painter Hill Virginia note visits among residents. A. S. Beaty and children spent Sunday with Mrs. E. R. Campbell. Mrs. M. S. Strode and niece Miss Magnus Leach visited with her daughter Mrs. J. T. Spint in Boyce. Miss Inez Cougill and Miss Gladys Hennings called on Miss Mabel Rinker. Freddie Grove returned from Martinsburg West Virginia. Dora Campbell and Mary Barley spent Monday evening near Kernstown. Magnus Leach returned home to Nineveh after a week with Mrs. M. S. Strode. Ellen Campbell hosted a small birthday dinner for friends last Friday.
News of Whitacre reports an all day gathering at Ebenezer on Sunday May 23. A vacant log house once occupied by Waverly Strother was burned last week and suspected incendiary work is blamed. Miss Mollie Amick of Winchester sews for Mrs. W. C. Whitacre.
Capon Chapel hosted Rev. Messick from Whitacre for morning and evening services. John Milburn, recently in Florida, returned to visit family before traveling to Jamestown. Oden Lafollette visited Bernie Brill, while Mr and Mrs Dave Line called on Mrs Mary Himelright. J B Cooper, who set a sawmill at Isem Lofton’s, broke his saw last week but no injuries occurred. J W Brill and son Griffith drove to Winchester Tuesday.
Middletown renominates officials for another term with J. W. Ridings as mayor and CC B Manuel A Stroenider J O Cline O R Rhodes J W Willey 5S G Larrick as council members and W H Ellmonson as sergeant. Local residents travel for meetings and visits including Leslie Kline in Richmond for the State Farmers Institute and Mrs. Pearson in Winchester Virginia.
The Rouss Spring, a major city water source southeast of town, was thoroughly cleaned. A Charley Rouss Fire Company hose carriage used 190 pounds of pressure to flush moss and gravel from the reservoir, and the spring is now in much better condition than in years.
Templar members report at 7 o clock Sunday to attend special services at 8 o clock in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. Rt Rev William J Gravatt will deliver the address. Charles Town templars will arrive by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and be met by Winchester Commandery. Many local templars will join from nearby towns for the celebration with a special musical program.
BERRYSVILLE May 19 Mrs Frank Huyett of Charlottesville Virginia visits her parents Mr and Mrs Isaac Bowman. Mrs Kate Smith and son Norman Smith of The Plains attend funeral of Mrs Mary Jones. Miss Mary Morrison goes to Baltimore to visit relatives. M L P Reid and George Harrison of Boyce visit on business. Rev and Mrs J Harry Smith of Gaithersburg Maryland visit friends. Miss Eugenia Swann and Miss Edwards of New York are at Miss Fannie Crow s. Miss Nellie Plaster and Miss Jean Smith of Loudoun county spend Tuesday with Mrs A P Os borne. Mr John Tabb of Norfolk Virginia spends several days in town this week. Miss Jennie Blaney of Baltimore visits Mrs Elis Jackson.
Local market quotes show eggs rising one cent per dozen to 19 cents as plentiful supplies arrive. Butter and other farm products also arrive while wholesale buying prices list eggs at 14 to 19 cents, chickens at 20 to 22 cents, potatoes, oats, corn, and baleage costs noted.
A Woodstack Virginia report details a local improvised drink named Old Hen as a legal yet illicit brew. Residents claim it intoxicates with four quarts of happiness per gallon after four days of fermentation, spreading from Cedar Creek to the Rockingham line.
Former Washington club player Big Bill Kay, now with Troy New York, claims free agent status after being released to the minors. The national baseball commission rejected the claim and ordered Kay to report to the Washington club immediately. he has previously played for multiple teams since his return to the minors.
Mrs William Deshon is slowly recovering at her home east of town after a serious attack of pneumonia.
The city offers five hundred dollar bonds totaling one thousand dollars or more, dated July 1 1909, bearing four percent interest, payable semiannually. Bids must include a 1 percent certified check. The Finance Committee May reject, accept, or auction bids June 23 1909. sealed bids due by 10 A M June 28 1909. contact Shirley Carter for details.
Jacob Schneider Jr died at his Winchester home at 27. Capon Bridge WV welcomed a new Christian Church dedication by Rev L L Carpenter of Wabash IN. John H Emmerson longtime Berryville resident died in Cumberland MD while visiting relatives. George Chitty and Miss Mayme Lowery married here.
Messrs. Alexander Oyler of Gettysburg Pennsylvania and Jacob Smith of Bendersville Pennsylvania are visiting relatives and friends in this city.
If you want to feel well look well and be well take Foley's Kidney Remedy. It tones up the kidneys and bladder purifies the blood and restores health and strength. Pleasant to take and contains no harmful drugs. Why not commence today. Franck Baker & Son.
Poster advertises painting and paper hanging services by W Poston. Claims ability to paint high buildings using a swinging ladder and offers samples. Provides residence in Middleway and locations Kearneysville West Virginia with a $1 gallon paint price and guaranteed work.
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