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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
2
A tale of Shenandoah Valley hauntings at Wizard Clipp near Winchester and a reflection on crime’s cost through the poem Paying the Price. It also recounts Independence Kansas civic stagnation blamed on a two-woman quarrel and social snubs.
A claim promotes making paint at the least cost by blending 3 to 4 gallons of linseed oil at 45¢ with a gallon of M. Paint to yield 13 4 gallons. The ad offers a buy one gallon and try and money back if not satisfied. M. Paint boasts 85 years of use and over two million homes decorated. Sold by Cooper Brothers and several regional retailers including Winchester and Middletown firms.
Dr Wiley chief chemist of the United States government and noted pure food expert has purchased the 600 acre grazing farm near Bluemont from the Fraser heirs for 50000 dollars. He will build a home and use it as a summer residence.
David Belasco describes being duped by a man posing as a millionaire who promised $250,000 for a model theater. Belasco compares his own hopeful, extravagant nature to a banker’s son who faces a New Year debt lesson and asks for $15,000 yearly living costs.
Husband brims with urgency as he dons evening clothes early to enjoy a quiet smoke before going to the opera with his wife. The cook says the furnace is out since the afternoon, the furnace man didn’t come, and the baby has a cold. He asks her to descend to the cellar to relight the furnace before they depart.
The text urges liver care with diet and exercise. It recommends vegetables and fruit, limit rich foods, reduce meat, avoid milk if bilious, and use lemon juice in water to counter jaundice. It also advises deep breathing and outdoor calisthenics and warns against iced drinks and hot weather strain.
A New Zealand judge, about twenty years ago, ordered that singing could not be used as evidence. Maori pleadings often consisted of long poetic sagas that could last hours or days before reaching a point, sometimes starting with ancestral legends. An elder New Zealander would confirm the facts.
The passage from St. Nicholas describes a full grown walrus weighing up to 2000 pounds with two foot ivory tusks. It notes the tusks can strike with deadly force as a guillotine drop and praises the walrus thick blubber as armor impervious to teeth and claws. It suggests bears rarely overcome such a foe unless favored by luck.
The phantom dog specter ranked among the hardy English superstitions. Each county claimed a black dog haunting lonely spots and frightening natives. Some tales deemed them devils while others saw transformed spirits punished for wrongs, like Lady Howard of Devep who haunted Okehampton for cruelty to her daughter.
Readers of Gulliver's Travels meet the word Houyhnhnin the name for the horse human creature. The term mimics a horse neigh and philologists call it onomatopoeia. Prof Saintsbury approves its pronunciation to rhyme with minim and notes its usage in English verse.
Piles are caused by sluggish circulation in the lower bowel and require internal treatment. The booklet explains the internal remedy and Franck Baker & Son sell Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid at 1 per bottle with a cure guarantee from Dr. Leonhardt Co. Buffalo NY.
Local items report trips to Winchester and Charles Town.Visits include Dr Oates and family of Martinsburg with D W Oglesbee. Rev John S Douglas of Martinsburg visiting R F Whiting. Mrs E S Henshaw a cutter in the village. several residents noted as sick or improving. Miss Llewellyn Silver in Martinsburg. Mrs Charles Shipe visiting Friday evening.
May 29 Cross Roads Virginia reports Rev L C Messick preached at Pleasant Grove after noon There was singing at Pleasant Grove schoolhouse Sunday evening conducted by Prof J E Eaton Mr L S Carpenter returns from Allegheny City PA to make his future home here Mrs L S Carpenter and Miss Nellie Carpenter visit Mrs Frank McKee Tuesday evening Mr John Giffin of Whitacre visits James Whitlock last Monday Messrs Samuel Sirbaugh and E C Fletcher are sick W Parish drives cattle to Winchester Mrs Elizabeth Carpenter visits Mrs Martha White Friday
Rev William Page Dame, rector of St Bartholomew's Baltimore, is called to be associate rector at Memorial Church Baltimore, where his father Rev Dr William M Dame has served as rector for 31 years. The St Bartholomew's building has been enlarged and parish rooms added, making it a leading active center. Bishop Paret is expected to sanction the transfer after acceptance by the rector and church authorities.
Mr. Howard W. Clowe of Chicago visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Clowe at their North Washington street home. Miss Mary Swimley and Miss Corrie Swimley of Brucetown spend the day with friends in the city.
Mr Adams and his daughter Miss Lee Adams from Gainesboro spent the day in town visiting friends and observing local activities.
For sale a bay baler described as in good condition. Apply to Stazrt fice. lp
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