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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
2
An early sale advertises 10,000 untrimmed hats at under 10 cents, 200 hats at 10 cents, some valued up to two dollars. It lists 600 hats at 29 to 59 cents, and 600 trimmed sailors priced 59 cents, with stated original values from 75 cents to two dollars.
A newspaper sale notice lists 12c Henrys Alger s Optics books priced at 20 to 25 cents and 30 to 40 cent ranges. Shakespeare limp cloth bindings and cloth bound novels are offered, with prices from 5c to 60c and finishes up to $1.25 in leather bindings.
Advertises ladies muslin drawers at 25 cents or 40 cents and muslin skirts at 50 cents, each trimmed with embroidery and freely tucked, highlighting value and decorative details.
A Great Bargain Bee to The Negligég Shirts for men. 45c. See em and buy em. Porch Shades $1.00 $1.25 and $1.50. Long Silk Gloves 75c worth 1.25. Fine Gauze Lilse Gloves extra Tong 50c worth 1.00.
Readable items include 100 finest leghorn hats for children at 90c with value up to 2.50, 100 pieces curtain muslins 10c to 12 1-2, remnants of mattings 10 to 20 yards 11c, 10 piece toilet sets 1.69, pound paper 15, box paper 10c, wash bowls 35c, wall paper rolls 6 1-2c up to 12c.
The notice proclaims parasols priced at 1.25 dollars with values up to 3.00, urging large May and June sales. It notes weather hurting business and promises sacrifices in prices to clear stock, inviting customers not to miss the sale.
Ellen secretly boards the captain’s room, frees a small boat, and escapes into the night with Deborah. They row away from the British liner Britannia as Tuggles’s ship loses two passengers including a disguised woman, under orders from Sir Charles Seton and Lieutenant Collier.
Captain Jeremiah Tugn es faced angry helplessness as he tried to push Britons toward escape on the Britannia. He could not outrun the ship of the line the Britannia and acknowledged danger in attempting to flee a superior vessel.
A 1908 financial statement from a Winchester Virginia bank is sworn by cashier Lee R Grim and filed with the State Corporation Commission. It lists assets including loans and discounts, deposits, and various bank notes and cash items, with total liabilities and capital plus profits.
Train timetable in effect November 17 1907 lists daily trains to Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore and connections to Martinsburg Chicago Wheeling Pittsburgh Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and New York with departures at 49 11 55 am 7 pm and late night arrivals.
Miss Lena Branner visits her sister Mrs Brisco Snapp of Opequon as farmers in this section finish planting corn.
Over seven million dollars has been spent marking the Gettysburg battlefield. The Star advertises funding and public interest in ongoing commemorative work.
November 24 1907 timetable for the North and Southbound trains on the Norfolk and Western line with through sleepers to Knoxville Gary Roanoke Gary and accommodations to Shenandoah and Washington. Stops include Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Norton Welch Hagerstown and Roanoke with connections to Philadelphia New York and Harrisburg. Rates times and agent information provided by W B Bevill and M F Bragg Roanoke VA.
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