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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
2
Our coat department advertises unusual bargains with ladies coats from 2.98 to 5.75 and values listed up to 15.00. Children’s coats start at 2.00 with fur sets from 1.00, plus ears available in all qualities from 0.75.
Miss Laura Gold of Winchester visits relatives in Berryville while Miss Gertrude Taylor heads to Richmond for the winter. Savannah’s Miss Julia Hunter departs to Alexandria, and Miss Susan Hammond travels to Pittsburgh to visit friends. Virginia and other regional figures drop in as Major Leavenworth leaves for Petersburg and a cavalry troop moves through town en route to the Winchester fair.
Mrs A G Tyson of Livermore California describes her five year old daughter’s fatigue loss of appetite and nervousness improving after using Vinci cod liver oil extract. She praises rapid gains in strength and fewer colds and recommends other mothers try Vinci distributed by Franck Baker Son Winchester.
Mrs. S Hansbrough returned from Manassas Virginia where she attended the Virginia division annual meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy as the delegate from Gen. Turner Ashby Chapter of the city.
Nineveh Virginia residents report visits and return trips. Mrs Charley Fletcher and family return to Berryville from her father James Elkins home. Bertha Elkins visits Berryville. Eva McCauley and Joseph McCauley visit Mattie Trenary.
Mrs Hunter H McGuire returned today from a brief visit to Baltimore.
The piece describes a decorative wall panel that refuses to fade in spite of its noxious color. It notes that cheaper pigments deteriorate, rub off, and blister, while this item resists those flaws.
In the Circuit Court of Virginia the case aims to convene J Wm Miller creditors and appraise debts and liens tied to Herbert S Larrick trustee’s assignment dated Sept 26 1908 The defendants listed are nonresidents and must appear within fifteen days after publication to protect interests The order requires weekly publication in The Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse front door Judge Phil H Gold clerk Ward Larrick attorneys Ward & Larrick
A Wisconsin man reports his three year old son suffered severe constipation and high fever but recovered after two doses of Foley's Orino Laxative. He states the next morning the fever disappeared and the child was entirely well, crediting the laxative with saving his life.
The sultan of Morocco is described as a fair tennis player who shoots well, rides a bicycle, and has a strong interest in automobiles, noting that a lack of roads would have hindered his progress long ago.
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