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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
4
Classified fragment shows pricing for mail subscriptions and carrier options with annual and half year rates. Mentions Bell editorial rooms and offices with unclear formatting.
Our old friend Mr 8 B Woodfin has entered the fruit and produce commission business in Richmond. He was a newspaper man and is expected to be a great success as a commission merchant, earning well deserved good wishes.
The Star backs a modern sewer plan for Winchester after a thorough investigation. Key figures McGuire Carter and Cooper support a $50 000 system with eight miles of pipe, funded by private connections at five dollars yearly and projected 2000 annual revenue to cover interest.
The Star argues Bryan should be Nebraska's next United States Senator, noting his statewide support and compelling oratory. It urges Democratic leadership to nominate him in 1911, saying he would bring responsiveness and prudent radicalism to the Senate and reflect credit on Nebraska.
The Evening Star endorses a $50,000 sewer bond issue citing public health and economic benefits. A sanitary inspection flagged cess pools as a contamination risk from Rouss Spring, with projections that sewer adoption will prevent gutter ice and cellar flooding while lowering maintenance costs. H. F. Byrd urges Winchester voters to approve the bond at the upcoming election.
Rev Roy Schmucker preached at Rock Enon Church last Sunday morning and evening. Miss Maud Gardner of Capon Bridge visited her sister Mrs Larrick. Mr F D Good spent Wednesday in Winchester. Mrs Charles Farmer of Kero W Va visits Bedford Pa parents. Mr and Mrs Ollie Larrick welcome a baby girl.
A list of building lots on North Braddock street with frontages of 47 to 48 feet and depths to a joint alley, adjoining Wm Wagner and others, offered separately or in bulk. Also included are a back lot near North avenue, the remainder interest in a store building at 105 107 North Main, and the terms of sale: one-third cash, balance in two annual installments, secured by a deed of trust at 6 percent interest. A diagram is available at the office of Harry R. Kern.
Local notes list residents and visitors in Jubilee with brief travels and calls. Belle Garvin visited Capon Bridge, Miss Myaitle Rush returned from Stephens City, Viola Armel visited Mrs W H Hoover, Mrs James Rush visited Mrs Ritter, G A Newcome and Garver shopped in Winchester, J W Bowles did business in Milldale, George Fletcher stayed with sister Mrs G Clark.
Mr. Duncan Clark of Baltimore is the guest of Mr. C. F. Nelson and is enjoying fishing and hunting during the visit.
An advertisement claims Foley's Orino Laxa Laxative cures constipation and liver trouble by simulating digestive organs. It asserts the product acts naturally and is pleasant to take without continual use. Franck Baker & Son.
B F Kump of Capon District was in town and told the Romney Review that a veteran in Winchester misidentified his cross of honor. He explained he belonged to the 18th corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, not Federal troops, on his way home from the Beverley reunion.
Grimes Virginia notes list Mr and Mrs James A Grimes back from a visit to relatives in Grafton and West Virginia. Weeden Finfrock visits Oak Shade while employed in Newport News. W L Hubbard returns from York Pennsylvania and W H Hamilton tours Tennessee. Samuel Slaughter of Martinsburg visits Oak Shade and J S Bageant visits Cumberland Maryland. D W Beckey stays a few days, Ellis Randall and Mr Hoover from near Winchester visit the village.
A newspaper item promotes a home remedy for rheumatism and urinary troubles. It instructs mixing half an ounce Dandelion extract with one ounce Kargon and three ounces Sarsaparilla syrup, then taking tea spoonfuls after meals and at night. The ad claims kidney cleansing and symptom relief within days, urging all with kidney or urinary issues to try it.
Mrs. aron Sargeant suffered a renewed stomach ailment on Tuesday and hospital lights were used early in November. The note questions the sun the G P charges for sunlight and references a November 3 verdict. Mrs. Page Holliday remains gravely ill with internal cancer. Mr. R. M. Pugh and his wife moved in with his parents.
Misses Louise and Cecelia Miller of Stephens City spent the day in Winchester shopping.
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