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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1902
Page
3
A London Post correspondent recounts an Arab pilgrim's prayer at Mecca. The barber asks Allah for paradise, wealth, a comfortable living, and two wives, insisting he is not greedy and cites religious grounds for his requests.
A rescuer saves a drowning girl and the grateful father offers either £100,000 or his daughter. The hero chooses the daughter, and the father, who is a poor editor, declares the daughter his for life. A note on smoking habits across cultures follows, then a village joke about naming a scholar and an image of flood debts.
A historical timetable shows five carrier routes with exact report, leave, return, and end times. First trip runs 7.35 to 7.40 a.m. Second 7.40 to 10.15 a.m. Third 10.80 a.m. to 12.50 p.m. Fourth 2.35 to 4.20 p.m. Fifth handles business collection at 6 p.m. and window service ends at 8.40 p.m.
May 18 timetable shows B&O trains from Baltimore to New York Philadelphia and intermediate stops including Washington Frederick Harpers Ferry Winchester Charlestown Hagerstown and Summit Point. Close connections at Harpers Ferry for all western points. Rates and tickets available at B&O offices. Martin and Parton listed as managers/agents.
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