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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
6
Gray and Sheetz advertise bargains on boys' suits with daily specials. Wyndham and Brill promote an attractive sale in their page six notice.
On page 2 W W O Horsey Co guarantees reliability with a strong ad. The Farmers and Merchants National Bank invites readers to save and earn money. Heller promotes a compelling ladies bargain on page 2. Shenandoah Valley Realty Co offers desired real estate items in an engaging ad.
The note invites readers to view Fred S Boyd's advertisement on page four promising a remedy and alternatives to drugs. It frames the offering as more pleasant and urges engagement with the specified page.
Local notes report Mr. Robert Smith is quite sick with pneumonia. Visitors include H. W. Fleming and wife from this area, Mrs. Sodders of Castleman's Ferry, and Mrs. Jennie Carter and Mrs. May Symons visiting relatives in Gaylord. John F. Bell shows improvement. Rain improved wheat, grass, and corn crops in the county.
Mr. Thomas Fletcher of Cumberland Maryland is visiting friends in this city.
A Fond du Lac woman describes severe indigestion and heart palpitations improved after replacing coffee with Grape Nuts and Postum. She reports weight gain, clearer skin, and renewed strength within a month, attributing her recovery to these products and encouraging readers to try them.
The 115th annual council of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Virginia diocese convened at St James Church Leesburg led by Bishop A Gibson. About 100 clergy and a similar number of lay delegates attend representing over 200 churches and 14 000 communicants across counties east of the Blue Ridge and James River. A canon on Sunday schools is expected to pass and the choir department will receive special attention.
Seventy five years ago a voyage from Ireland brought a man who walked to the Valley of Virginia and worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for decades. Mr Grace, a devout Catholic, left a wife and fourteen children including Mamie Grace and Maggie Jae, with James Grace Jr. in Baltimore. Funeral is set for Tuesday at 1 pm at his home, Father John McVerry to conduct services, burial in Winchester Catholic Cemetery.
Miss Anita Hack of Baltimore is expected this evening as guest of Miss Mary R. Hack at Willows Lawn, their home near town, with an advertisement note urging readers to advertise now.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ will pay bishops 2500 annually for four years with no increase in numbers. Electees include St Mills Annville Fas William Weekley Kansas City Mo William Bell Sacramento Ca W H Matthews Chicago Till and U Carter Chattanooga Tenn J M Castle Elhart Ind named bishop emeritus by acclaim. Rejected overture for reunion from liberal branch. next radical conference will meet in Blissfield Michigan.
An old advertisement asserts Foley’s Honey and Cough cures coughs and prevents pneumonia with no opiates. The copy promises refunds if not cured and notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package by Franck Biker & Son.
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