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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
4
A joke at a wholesale firm ends with Albert Webb known as Babe receiving a supposedly fine hound. The dog proves to be a mangy mongrel, prompting embarrassment as workers reveal the prank and the dog later escapes from the outhouse. Webb vows to keep his kennel.
In Waiacre Virginia on October 2 two threshing machines operated by Samuel Braithwaite and Lud Gordon thresh buckwheat. Crops fall short of average. Ira C. Whitacre began teaching Monday and will tutor subscribers before winter. Various local moves and visits noted: Charles Largent sold his farm for a house near Laurel Hill Church to James Heironimus. Ernest Stottler and wife visiting father Nathan Stottler. O P Whitacre and wife visiting Aglen Whitacre. Joe Brannon and John Carpenter back from Alleghany Pennsylvania. C C Reynolds and wife returned to Cumberland. John Maury moved into E E Carpenter's residence. George Edwards painting a house.
Refug e notes report a two week Meth revival ending last night with plans for Riley Carroll and Moody Steele to proceed to Leeke Maryland to work on papers. Charley Rouss Fire Company and Sarah Zane Fire Company schedule regular monthly sessions with seven thirty and eight o clock starts respectively. Bernard O Leary returns from a firm trip with Gilbert Bros.
Mr Oscar Lewis is ill at his home on south Braddock street. Mr Charles MacVicar left for Washington DC. Mr Joseph and Miss Jorn Carroll of Refuge in town. Mr John F Burkholder of Vaucluse visited. Jol Boyd returned to Richmond University of Medicine. Donald McFadden, who broke his arm, rests easier today.
A Chicago traveler recalls Henry Clay defending a murder case in his prime. Clay’s key moment came as he fixed jurors with a fierce look and posed the question what would you do if eyed like this. The jury found the defendant not guilty after fifteen minutes.
The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, renowned among its peers, sought pianos in the market twenty years ago after testing the leading makes. It settled on a choice following exhaustive trials conducted at that time.
The Conservatory ordered 31 Ivers & Pond pianos as it moves into its new building, totaling 299 with earlier purchases. The firm cites half a century of piano building excellence and offers these instruments and leading organs for inspection. Eberly & Co in Strasburg, VA invite inquiries, with banking references available.
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