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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
2
Copy of a prescription advertised to cure nervous debility and weakened manhood without drugs. The promoter offers free distribution by mail from Detroit to any man, claiming a 24 physician developed remedy that restores vigor and is safest option.
Berryville notes report Mrs. Mry S Neill at Old Point Comfort for a vacation and the Virginia Bankers Association meeting. Visitors include Mrs. William Royce of New York and Mr. and Mrs. G L Irwin of New York staying with Miss Fannie Crow and Miss Fannie Stow.
The inquest reveals Gross stabbed Holmes in a planned attack after leaving the Miller saloon. Holmes died after fleeing to William Bloom's residence while the assailant was captured by officers and jailed for the grand jury action.
In the wholesale market corn and oats rise slightly with a firmer tone across rye hay and hens. Eggs advance again while vegetables and greens hold recent levels. Notable price quotes include eggs from 20 to 22 cents per dozen and potatoes at 9 cents per bushel. hay around 9.50 to 10 per ton. Mr and Mrs J Stewart Barney of New York departed Winchester for Washington after a brief stop.
A geography commission revealed 7 679 previously unnamed towns in Mexico, many small villages. While some range from 5 000 to 15 000 people, most are tiny hamlets with minimal governance. The discovery threatens simple, tradition driven life as outsiders and modern goods invade, prompting questions to the geographers who mapped them.
Frances Jurgens-Kleinschmidt, a noted feminine bear hunter from Flathead county, shot a brown bear on her homestead meadow 20 miles northwest of Kalispell. After returning with Miss Haze Whiteside, the wounded bear was found and killed, weighing about 200 pounds.
A shop talk snippet critiques women bleaching hair to match violet trends, notes dresses mimic male styles, and laments dieting and slim figures. It contrasts style desire with social expectations and warns about losing feminine appeal.
The German Navy League now numbers 820,000 members with over 4,000 branches in Germany. It earns more than $250,000 annually and Die Flotte circulates widely in cafes and shops. About a hundred foreign branches exist, except the United States and Russia, led by German consuls. Annual foreign contributions total around $10,000, rivaling the British Navy league’s entire income.
Miss Helen Gould shows deep mourning for her father Jay Gould born in Roxbury New York. She keeps gray and white attire and has enlarged and beautified the family home this summer.
A couple bring their baby for christening and when asked for a name the father declares Octopus as the eighth child, insisting it may be called so though the clergyman protests. The exchange ends with the father standing by the unusual choice.
A pamphlet extols L and M Paint for church exteriors with metal zinc oxide and white lead. It claims rich coloring and long wear, noting widespread use across the United States for 35 years. Local distributors include Cooper Brothers Winchester Larrick Larrick Middletown and Trussell Samsell Stephens City.
A Farmers and Merchants' Bank board resolves to extend sympathy to the family of Scott H Hansbrough president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank Winchester and to attend his funeral with bank closures during services. The Shenandoah Valley National Bank also notes a similar resolution and publication in The Evening Star.
The state convention is set for Newport News on July 28. First ward gathers at Charley Rouss Fire Company engine house and second ward meets in the courthouse hall to select delegates and alternates who will elect five delegates and alternates to the state convention.
Caprt. George W. Kurtz arrived home last night after a visit to Richmond and Baltimore, completing a brief trip.
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