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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
2
All Boys suits priced below cost with major savings including $400 suits now $150 and $5.00 suits for $2.00. Pants from 39c to 25c and corduroy options in small sizes for 15c. Don't miss this opportunity.
The Winchester city council calls a special election on January 7, 1909, to decide if the city may issue up to fifty thousand dollars in sewer bonds for a sanitary sewer system. The plan includes a ten day newspaper publication requirement and posting at voting places.
An appeal claims Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney complaints including backache urinary disorders and headaches. Winchester resident J H Hillyard testifies a 1903 recommendation proved permanent by 1907 after strain-related trouble and nocturnal pain. Sold by drug stores nationwide Foster Milburn Buffalo New York agents.
A feeble old lady reports restored strength after using Vinci liver preparation. She describes improved activity after three bottles and recommends Vinci to the aged and weak, offering a money back guarantee through Franck Baker & Son, Drugists in Winchester.
Berryville notes list residents and visitors for Thanksgiving week including Mr Robin Elder son of the postmaster at Shenandoah Valley Academy Winchester Mrs Leacy McDonald wintering in Loudoun County Mrs A P Osborne and sons Hunter and YFraids with parents Mr and Mrs Blaster in Bluemont Province McCormick son of Hon Marshall McCormick ill but now able to move about Mrs McComb wife of N W Railway agent improving under Dr Ed Harris Mr and Mrs Robert L Lewis of New York at Mrs Washington Lewis home Flora Milton of Winchester visited relatives Sam Bryarly of White Post in town with car John B Earle Warren county in town Miss Josephine Bomberger from Boonsboro Md came home with Miss Janie Moore for Miss Marie Lewis and Mr St Julien Marshall in Lexington Va Goodwin Williams of Washington spent Thanksgiving in town William Wattles of Alexandria visiting relatives Lucy Plaster Bluemont visiting her sister Mrs A P Osborne Charles Ford Front Royal in town Saturday Rice Shepherd of New York visiting mother Mrs George Shepherd Kenneth Clapp home from St Pauls School Concord May Henry Hutchinson and wife from Baltimore visiting relatives.
Capon Springs West Virginia November 30 Mr Brate notes visits by Orndorff of Yellow Springs and his mother Mrs Orndorff of Capon River to daughter Nettie Lineburg. William Anderson and niece Mrs Lem Mellon near Bloomery host. Jacob Lineburg near Mountain Falls on business. Charles Miller shopped in town and moved into Mrs Lem Lofton’s house. Lafollette family planned Thanksgiving with mother Ann Lafollette as James McCauley recovers from illness.
Schedule lists daily trains except Sunday with destinations including Harpers Ferry Frederick Washington Martinsburg Hagerstown and more. Timings show departures from early morning to evening with arrivals at various way stations and major cities, noting peak rush periods and exceptions on Sundays and Mondays.
Timetable shows daily departures and stops for Southern Railway between Washington D C and Billermont Virginia on a Wednesday in February 1908. It lists train numbers local times and intercity stops including Alexandria Boydton Falls Church Vienna Manassas Herndon Round Hill Purcellville and Preontan Seat and Columbus area points with approximate arrival and departure times. The fragmentary schedule includes multiple trains and varied routes with noted connections through several small towns.
Norfolk and Western timetable lists outbound and inbound trains with stops and Pullman sleeper connections. Bristol Roanoke Winchester to Columbus and intermediate stations described with times and service notes. Agents Bevill Bragg invite inquiries for rates and timetables.
Daily except Sunday timetable from Cumberland Valley Oregon shows trains arriving in Philadelphia and other points with evening arrivals around 8 p.m. All trains run daily per the notice attributed to Kennedy.
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