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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
2
A local sale at Hellers offers a range of coats and jackets in tan, blackworsted, beaver, and silk mixes. Prices listed include $8.50 for tan beaver coats and $5.50 for tan cloth coats with discounts for children’s versions from $1.50 to $3. Details show multiple colors and sizes in a clearance style.
Emma V Griffith of Hagerstown returns from a grandfather’s funeral to learn her mother Virginia H Griffith has died. Mrs Griffith, wife of railroad foreman Joseph B Griffith, died Sunday night of pleurisy aged 30. She was a Virginia native and member of St Pauls Evangelical Church. Funeral Wednesday at 2 at Evangelical Church. interment Rose Hill Cemetery.
Residents gathered at Cloverdale to collect Mr Bates corn crop free of charge as he sickly and improving. Also notes: newlyweds George and Lena Gordon return from wedding trip. Gardner and son John in Winchester. Libbie Rowthan ill near Strasburg. Mrs Hockman more ill. Silas Grim visits Arthur Grim. J C Myers visits Hockmans. Veeteeked Williams ill. Cadwallader sale near town attended. curses etc.
Revival at Muarvin Chapel ended November 15 after five weeks and 52 souls joined the church Revival at Berryville Methodist Church began November 22 with Rev D L Blake more of Roanoke to assist on November 30 A Thanksgiving service is set for Thursday at eleven o clock in Berryville Methodist Church Public invited to attend all services.
Mr. S. H. Hansbrough departed this morning for Baltimore on business, leaving his local ties momentarily.
An old advert offers a $100 reward for incurable catarrh claimed by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from business figures and asserts the remedy works by acting on blood and mucous membranes. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and provides price details.
The Winchester city council approves a special election on January 7 1909 to issue up to fifty thousand dollars in sewerage bonds for the sanitary sewer system. Ballots will read For Sanitary Sewerage Bonds or Against Sanitary Sewerage Bonds with a three fourths line rule, notices to run in The Evening Star for ten days, and postings at each voting place.
Brucetown Va November 24 The Woman's Mission Society will hold a special meeting at the parsonage Saturday evening November 23 at 11 o'clock All ladies invited Children may join at 2 o'clock to form a mitesinnary bri gate Mr Hugh Janney remains ill at his son's home Several local families visited over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Hugh Stipe and son Mrs Harry Stipe and daughter Rev H v Kwheeler and Mrs Cunningham Paynes Chapel attendees.
Dr and Mrs William P McGuire depart this morning to Baltimore to spend a few days with friends and enjoy a brief visit away from home.
The timetable lists departures and arrivals to Lexington Harpers Ferry Haverstown Frederick Washington Baltimore Martinsburg Chicago Columbus Wheeling Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and New York with multiple daily trains. Times include morning and evening slots such as 6 00 am 9 28 am and 5 55 pm with arrivals varying by route.
Train timetable details show the Westbound No. 11 Lime Express operating Wednesdays and Sundays during February. Stops include Alexandria, Dunn Loring, Fostoria, Belmont Park, Leesburg, Purcellville, Round Hill, Bluemont and surrounding points with morning arrivals and afternoon departures.
Norfolk and Western timetable details listing northbound and southbound trains with connections to Knoxville Columbus Cincinnati Washington New York and Philadelphia. Includes Pullman sleeper services Roanoke to Columbus Gary to Roanoke and to Philadelphia with cafe car at Williamson and Hagerstown connections. For rates time tables and information contact N and W agents in Roanoke Virginia.
Railway timetable page shows daily services except Sunday for Cumberland Valley R R with routes including Alons and Rye. OCR repeats lines and preserves local timetable details from the June issue.
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