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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1908
Page
4
The Evening Star notes advertising policies and legal notices from Brunswick Building New York City while warning against deceptive ads and fake stock schemes. It also mentions the Winchester Virginia post office designation and prioritizes credible advertisers.
The Evening Star announced the consolidation of items dating to 1896 with a combined circulation. The Business Office Bell and editorial rooms moved. mail rates listed in advance included annual, half yearly, and quarterly options.
The Winchester City Council will call a special election next month to decide a $50,000 sewerage bond issue. The loan is funded by a user fee to cover interest, with a $20,000 bond as engineer’s guarantee, and will not raise taxes. The Star urges approval for a healthier, cleaner town.
The Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Fair urges stockholders to decide on management at the November 30 meeting. Directors describe their voluntary service and invite participation in electing officers and a new board for 1909. If changes are desired they will step aside. if satisfied, stockholders should support active cooperation.
At Charles Town West Virginia the Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroads are joined by a connecting track. This link has spurred numerous manufacturing enterprises benefiting local businesses. Among them is an ice manufacturing plant built along the line operated by Mr Co N Robinson of Winchester.
The article explains sleeping sickness in Africa caused by the tsetse fly and features a testimonial from George Hayes of Union City Pa. claiming Vinol restored his appetite and sleep. Franck Baker & Son in Winchester sells Vinol.
The editorial urges Winchester business leaders to act like Charles Town developers who secured the ready right of way for a rail link joining the Baltimore and Ohio and Cumberland Valley lines. It argues that with energy and determination Winchester can also secure the missing connection.
A new bank has opened in Upperville Loudoun County Virginia with W H Boyenton as cashier. It is believed several wealthy local landowners are among those interested in the institution.
Mr. Guy Donovan a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brake man and Miss Rita Bell Wheeler a Staunton young lady were married yesterday in Staunton by Rev. W A McKeefry of the Catholic Church.
Franck Baker and Son announce a limited sale of Dr Howards specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 25 cents per bottle, with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. Fifty doses per vial, portable, claimed stronger than pills or mineral waters.
Emerson proclaims that envy is ignorance imitation is death and each man must toil on his own plot. The other fragment notes Simon Cummings’ name carved on an old horn in Great Barrington Massachusetts dated November 12 1749 likely linked to an English Royal Highlancers soldier and colonial era usage.
Death summons Mr Henkel with surviving kin including a brother and six sisters all of New Market and relatives in Florida Middletown and Staunton. He was a well known Winchester figure and once co owner of a Main Market Cecil Leicester block now largely residential. He served as assistant surgeon of Gen Turner Ashby Camp C V in Winchester for many years.
An ad-like claim argues eczema is a skin disease not a blood disease and that oil of wintergreen in D D D prescription cures skin disease. It emphasizes cleansing the wound and asserts the remedy builds healthy skin tissue with proven results from Franck Baker & Son in Winchester Virginia.
The text notes political symbolism of flowers in France. The red carnation echoed by Boulanger supporters. It recalls Mile. Mars hissed for wearing violets, a flower linked to Bonapartists, in the restoration era.
The article warns backache and pain in the loins indicate kidney problems and urges immediate, vegetable-based treatment. It promotes a simple home remedy with Compound Karyon, Fluid Extract Dandelion, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to cleanse the blood, relieve rheumatism, and improve urinary symptoms.
Public auction set for November 18 1908 at 11 am in front of the County Court House Winchester Va. The sale arises from a deed of assignment from Minnie A Miller and Miller transfer recorded October 23 1908 in clerk of the Corporation Court. The property is a valuable lot with fine outbuildings in Winchester.
Several parcels on North Braddock street and North Main street facing 47 and 48 feet fronts with 190 feet depths and joint alley access. Additional back lot along North avenue measures 150 by 240 feet. One third undivided interest of G C Miller noted. Sale terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal annual installments with 6 percent interest. bonds and deed of trust security. Diagram available at Harry R Kern’s office.
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