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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
2
A republication of yesterday’s Richmond editorial notes careful reading and calls for civic attention. The piece praised discernment and probed responsibilities of citizens and leaders, urging thoughtful action ahead of upcoming decisions.
In Staunton a girl named Annie Bell Peters eight years old was entrusted with a baby sister six months old. She grew weary of caring for the infant and allegedly threw the baby down stairs three times and beat it with a bed slat. The report notes Annie appears a promising child.
Professor William E. Dodd of Randolph-Macon College argues in a letter to the New York Evening Post that Southern educators push biased histories. He says public opinion demands teachers swear the South was correct in seceding in 1861 and that the war was not about slavery, urging frank, unbiased scholarship.
The article argues for broad study of history and ideas, condemning intellectual confinement in the South. It cites Southern figures who sought Northward recognition, urges unbiased teaching, and predicts a future silent revolution toward open inquiry and independent judgment by next decade.
Richmond News urges the next generation of Southern boys and girls to cherish their states and the nation, to feel pride in honor grandeur and growth of the United States, and to breathe it as part of their life and air.
The latest market report lists corrected wholesale prices for produce and grain as of Friday, October 24. Items include butter, apples, potatoes per bushel, chickens, lard, and grain barrells with varied per unit values. figures appear cluttered but show a range of pricing across commodities.
Surprise Echols Piedmont Concentrated Iron and Alum Water is a mineral remedy produced by concentrating iron and alum springs. It claims a high cure rate, offers money back if not cured, and is sold in eight ounce bottles for 50 cents or eighteen ounce bottles for a dollar with a daily cost of about three cents.
From the bank is a simple matter. Figures representing the required sum and the signature of the depositor is all that is necessary. This method simplifies the payment of accounts in this and other cities. It enables the individual or business firm to remit money to distant points with out the necessity of purchasing postal notes or money orders. The greater security afforded by the Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank should be a strong inducement to deposit here.
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