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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
3
The eve of All Hallows is described as a festive yet cautious occasion. It foresees ghost parties indoors and traditional games like nut cracking and popcorn popping, noting that the evening usually brings few casualties and remains a time for youthful revelry.
Mr and Mrs Richard Hulner Dulany of Grafton Hall Fauquier county Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Reterca Aine Dulany to Mr Frederick Ferguson McElhone of Washington. Miss Dulany is a granddaughter of the late Col Richard H Dulany.
The poem Virginia which sold thousands at the James town Exposition was set to music by Mrs. Walter Buck Richards of Riverton Virginia. It was performed publicly by the orchestra at Ford's Opera House on Monday.
Mr H C Klotsch of Baltimore enters a case involving the Evans Hotel. The fragment mentions a lodging property and a local individual seeking action or lodging arrangements. Further details are unreadable in the clipping.
Mrs. M. W. Affleck of Winchester Virginia testifies that her son suffered kidney and bladder trouble from infancy and found permanent relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She repeats her 1903 endorsement, noting lasting cure as of 1907. Sold by Franck Baker & Son and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo price 60 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
The Virginia case George Ricamore vs Berryville Land and Improvement Company concludes with a final decree. The suit stems from the regional boom that swept from Shenandoah Junction to Birmingham in the early 1890s. Stockholders were compelled to pay their share as default occurred when the boom collapsed. Renowned attorneys led a highly contested defense.
Capon Springs December 30. A dance was held at Mr Peter Miler's Lafolletteville with music by the White boys of Mountain Falls. Attendees included several couples from Capon. Milton Bland of Keyser came home for a visit. Greve Stevens left for work near Winchester. Ida Brill and Don Bum sardner visited Monday evening. Mrs John Himelright visited Mrs Carson Cooper Sunday. Raymond Wheeling, with a Capon River cottage, is building roads along the river. Mrs Envy Fisher returned to Winchester after illness in the family.
A fragmentary OCR text shows two youngsters digging a hole in a yard while a passerby overhears a stray tin remark. The garbled dialogue hints at a misread instruction or nonce phrase, with nonsensical words like diezing and ging and a remark about someone named Jack.
In a rally the Democratic standard bearer defended deposit guarantees against Taft's panic warnings. He cited a United States consular report on German savings banks as evidence that guaranteed deposits strengthen public confidence. The speech also urged accountability for campaign contributions and criticized Republican rhetoric on the economy.
Mrs. Airstarfield wife of the Interior official Steve Lab completed aMeter journey through Virginia and the Shenandoah Valleys and has returned to her Washington home. She passed Winchester recently during the trip.
A group of Mys tic Shrine members left today for Charles Town West Virginia to attend a ceremonial session. A large class of novitiates will be initiated and a banquet will follow at the Jefferson Hotel.
A deed was admitted to record this afternoon in the city clerk’s office transferring a house and lot on Hart Street from Alexander Davis and wife to James H. W. Iscarver. The consideration is 675 dollars. The lot size is 100 by 126 feet and adjoins existing property.
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