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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
2
An 1860s style advertisement markets seasonable summer hats at deep discounts. It lists 10,600 untrimmed hats in various lots priced from 9 to 29 cents, many valued higher, plus 700 hats and 500 hats at low prices. It also advertises 600 trimmed sailors from 59 to 75 cents, with some items worth more.
A sale offers Henry's Alger's and Optic's titles at 12 cents each, with 20 to 40 cent ranges for various books. Shakespeare limp cloth bindings and cloth bound novels priced low, leather bound books up to 1.25, padded leather volumes at 50 cents, all presented as deep discounts.
Catalog note lists ladies muslin drawers at 25 cents and ladies muslin skirts at 50 cents, trimmed with embroidery and freely tucked. The item phrasing suggests a small merchandise listing in a vintage newspaper classified.
The notice lists Porch Shades at 1.00, 1.25, and 1.50. Long silk gloves priced 0.75, valued at 1.25. Fine gauze lisle gloves described as extra Mong at 0.50, worth 1.00.
Catalog page lists hats curtain muslins at 10 to 12 1 2 cents per piece. Remnants of mattings 10 to 20 yards at 2 cents. Toilet sets 1 69. Pound paper 15 cents. Box paper 10 cents. Wash bowls 2 5 cents each. Wall paper rolls 6 1 2 cents to 12 cents, stock worth double.
Sir Charles presses Captain Tuggles for help after a search failed to find Ellen Carrington and Deborah aboard the Britannia. The Americans depart, and Tuggles vows no more women aboard, while settling in for a rough voyage and a grim closing remark from the captain.
Admiral Kephard awaits the passage of the boats at the harbor. He is baffled to find Seton and Collier alone and demands to know where the others have disappeared.
Brucetown May 26. Mr A Lee Timberlake and Mr Thomas Timberlake with family from Washington visited Mrs Eliza Timberlake. Miss Mary Brady and brother Charles from Baltimore visited Mrs Alma Brady. John Snapp left to attend Powhatan College commencement at Charles Town. Fannie E Best stayed with sister Mrs Martin Payne near Bunker Hill. Samuel Purcell and daughter Rose visited Welltown. Smith family visited Burnt Factory. H V Wheeler preached a sermon to a large congregation.
Nineveh Virginia May 26 two men William Woodward and John Fagan rode south when their horse bolted on a hill sending the buggy down a bank but both men were unhurt. The horse fled to Cedarville where it collided with a heavy wagon and then the animal tired. Also notes Polly Randolph of Chicago visiting Mrs Henry Sommerville and Rev Dr Webster accepting a call to Front Royal and Nineveh Presbyterian churches.
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