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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1909
Page
2
Rear Admiral Hobly D. Evans recalls strict commissary discipline requiring a week ahead bill of fare. He describes dining with crew on battleships without napkins to prove meals matched those served to sailors, earning fleet compliance and reducing complaints.
A. J. Drexel Biddle, Philadelphia figure and keen amateur boxer, urges boxing for all. He cites emergencies from pickpocket defense to defending a lady, warns against ignorance and cites etiquette and a dining knife anecdote.
The Fort Loudoun Seminary began its finals with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Charles R. Stribling of Waynesboro. The student body attended in a body, with extra music by the choir and a solo by Miss Virginia O. Ensminger. Recitals start tonight and continue tomorrow, with diplomas awarded tomorrow evening by Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy. No gifts will be received at the Auditorium.
A reflective note urging resilience and hopeful perspective amid hardship. The speaker, Rev. H. A. Bridge, counsels avoiding lying down, seeking a path through troubles, and believing a rich blessing lies within each challenge for personal and others’ lives.
Naval experts test a spiral tube mast on the Florida and plan uprights for Idaho and Mississippi. Masts, 90 feet high from deck, 120 feet above water, tapering from 28 to 10 feet, will feature a fire control platform. Tests showed limited damage from shots at close range.
Spokane high school reports 1488 names registered for fall semester with students from 25 states, four Canadian provinces and five European countries. Principal Watt notes more registrations will be added and highlights diversity including newcomers from Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Mexico and the Orient.
A Philadelphia man sent his son and daughter in law a gold eagle as a Christmas present with a letter joking about the coin. The note jokes about the woman on the face, the eagle on the reverse, and the meaning of E pluribus unum and the 13 and 46 stars.
Hunters report snaring is widespread this season across Connecticut, with many locales showing evidence of illegal catching. A Hartford Courant note cites one man shipping about 300 birds to another state shortly after the season closed, illustrating the scope of lawbreaking.
Mr Stubb seeks two ten dollar notes. Mrs Stubb admits taking them saying they were under a dollar. The dollar lay on top prompting the small theft confession in a domestic exchange.
Silas recalls taking Mandy for a drive and attempting a kiss. Gyrus questions consent as Mandy resists, and Silas notes he fled after the confrontation.
A firmer tone in eggs is reported with butter steady and grains mixed. Wholesale buying quotations show limited activity in corn and oats, hay quiet, straw dull, and chicken prices ranging around twenty cents per unit amid narrow trading.
In Prague Oklahoma, First State bank staff found a cash shortage after closing. President B F Whitmore ripped away baseboard with a hatchet and uncovered a mouse beding a $100 bill and a $10 pillow. The discovery followed a litter of newborn mice seen nearby.
Adeline Montgomery wife of Ed ward Montgomery a well known colored man employed by A M Barr a Main street merchant fell ill with apoplexy while hanging clothes at her home 208 East Piccadilly street around 9 30 this morning Onlookers attracted by screams stated her daughters nearby saw her collapse Doctors W S Love and S P Latane attended but she remained in serious condition at a late afternoon hour
In Stephens City Virginia on May 31 friends gathered at the Painter home to honor Clarence Painter on his birthday. Guests included Arch Clevenger Homer Gelliday Lloyd Painter Col Perry Thomas Perry and many more with music by Miss Mattie Hale James Sargent and Nellie Gelliday. The group enjoyed a social hour, dancing, and well wishes for many future anniversaries.
Washington reports the commissary department has ordered the Russian stewpot to stand next to the colors in importance during any future army campaign. The pot, mounted on wheels with a firebox, will let cooks prepare stew as troops march and serve hot meals upon reaching camp.
After a long meeting an English town council debated a lunch break. The mayor opposed adjournment until an illiterate member proclaimed his astonishment and humorously implied ham in the speaker and colleagues mouths prompting banter about lunch.
A reflection on education distinguishing two educations: the one received from others and a second, more vital education a person gives themselves through self work and personal initiative. The idea emphasizes lifelong self-directed growth alongside formal study.
Lewis Acree and Ollie Pierce wed secretly in a Dresden cemetery with a justice officiating near a monument. Acree had secured a license in the sheriff’s office next to his father, Weakley county official, but the union remained undisclosed until records were checked. The couple and the officiant sought a private ceremony to avoid intervention by Miss Pierce’s parents.
London relied on a thinly stretched water system with two thirds drawn from the Thames and the remainder from artesian wells. The city faced persistent shortages until reforms after 1906 improved supply and reliability.
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