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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
4
The Evening Star outlines advertising policies and residency details with editorial notices from H. F. Byrd and A. B. Clayden. It warns against wildcat mining schemes or fake stock ads and states space is reserved for bona fide advertisers only.
The Evening s on ang 6 1907 lists the Democratic ticket with William Jennings Bryan for president and John W. Kern for vice president. James Hay of Madison County is named for Congress. Subscription and carrier rates appear in the ad section.
The piece notes Indiana as a pivotal state in the 1912 race. It recalls past votes for Tilden Cleveland McKinley Roosevelt and records Roosevelt winning Indiana by about one hundred thousand over Parker, with Taft only marginally ahead according to Republican leaders.
The piece rails at Taft as a former calm judge undone by Roosevelt's influence. It notes Bryan’s rising odds in Indiana and the labor and German votes shifting toward Democrats, while Republicans face corruption fears and eastern scrutiny. It argues Taft is unsteady, courting regulation deals and inconsistent in the east compared with the west.
A detailed guide on marking ballots with straight and mixed tickets. It covers methods: cross marks in party spaces, blank spaces before candidates, or crossing out other tickets. It explains writing a candidate's name, handling surplusage, substituting names, and when ballots are not counted due to ambiguity.
The piece argues Bryan has momentum in Ohio and Illinois with strong party and popular support. It notes Democratic pressure and widespread belief that his path hinges on these Great Commoner backing in a decisive national race.
The Republican party contemplates Judge William H. Taft as a figure who might restore a genial judicial mind after a turbulent interregnum. The reference notes the Roosevelt era founder took a brief vacation from the White House, and Taft is seen as deserving a better fate than the beleaguered successor.
Rev Dr Regester editor of the Baltimore Southern Methodist and presiding elder of the Washington district of the Methodist Episcopal Church South arrived in Winchester from a regional trip. He spent the night at Hotel Evans and left this morning for his home in Alexandria. He has many friends in the city.
New York October 26 Captain Peter Hains US Army who killed William Annis during the summer enters an insanity plea. Hains denies guilt. Washington October 26 Samuel Gompers responds to President Roosevelt’s attack calling the president’s letter to Senator Knox a diatribe and demagoguery.
The report lists Massanutten players including Ryan at right halfback Gillette as fullback and Massanutten Shutters Bens choff on the line with Smith Philips Fravel Rudy Bush Funkhouser Irwin Moyer Harrison and E Irwin at left halfback. The fragmented page continues detailing positions and players in a varsity contest.
Synopsis of Judge Harrison's opinion on Byrd law section 231-2 in local option communities contains errors. It clarifies that sales allowed include six half pint bottles but not three pints, and forty eight one gallon bottles but not forty nine pint bottles, per the near beer regulation.
Quotations announced after noon show values for poultry feeds grains and produce. Listings include 20 young chickens 08 Jar corn per barrel 3.06 oats per bushel 2.50 hay per ton 10 to 13 potatoes per bushel 75.
The advertisement promotes sewing machine needles for all makes at five cents per package and reduced prices on sewing machine supplies. It directs shoppers to the Big S Singer Sewing Machine Co at 5 West Piccadilly Street.
The Circuit Court of the County in October 1908 initiates a creditors' case against J W Miller's estate with Herbert S Larrick as trustee. Defendants listed include Waterloo Wagon Co and many car Co entities. order to appear within 15 days and protect interests. A copy is to be published weekly for four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star and posted at the courthouse.
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