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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1908
Page
2
Market notes show steady prices for wheat at about 18 per bushel, corn around $4.00, oats listed per bushel, hay $10 to $13 per ton, rye 75 to 80 cents per bushel, young chickens and hens priced near 22 cents and per new Idaho? potatoes 60 cents per bushel and side meat 10 cents per pound.
Secretary Wilson announces a department probe from Juniata Idaho into Alaska wheat claims of 200 bushels per acre. Wire report says Alaska yields 25 bushels per acre with mixed quality. analyses show protein around 9 percent for Alaska and higher for winter wheats.
An ad touts Botanic Blood Balm as pleasant and safe with pure botanical ingredients. It claims to purify and enrich the blood and offers two druggists selling large bottles at $1 each with home cure directions.
An elderly minister writes of long lasting dyspepsia relief after using Grape-Nuts for eight years and his wife’s bilious headaches improving after eight weeks. He notes they feel strong and cheerful, breakfast tables filled with Grape-Nuts and Postum, praising the products from Postum Co. Bat tle Creek Michigan.
Al ice Cooke of Front Royal visits Miss Mary Clagett. Mrs. Joseph Bakewell returns home in Indiana after visiting Mrs. R. H. Clagett. Rev. William B. Lee of Gloucester visits Berryville. Kitty McDonald to Gloversville for winter with brother Hugh. Alfred Kerfoot of Philadelphia and Rev. Frank Kerfoot of Port Norfolk stay with mother Minnie Kerfoot. Mary Lloyd of East Orange visits Portia Baldwin. Cornelia McBlair of Norfolk visits Annie Stribling. Agnes Kennedy of New York City in town. Fannie Wolfe to Lawrenceville for winter. Bessie Campbell leaves for New York after visiting. Mrs. Clifford leaves for New York from Fannie Crow’s. Estelle Powers visiting relatives in Washington. Mrs. D. H. Scamlon and children visit sister in Front Royal. Alma Jackson returns from Lynchburg. Rice Shepherd visits his mother. Woolf family touring Valley of Virginia by auto. in Winchester at Hotel Evans. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McConnell of Baltimore stopping at Hotel Evans. Mrs. James Kellig and Irene Keller back at Hotel Evans for winter apartments. Bertha Shearer returns to Philadelphia after visit with Aunt A. M. Zirkle. A. K. Weaver leaves for Washington on business.
A reader signed F W Devoe & Co rails against using extra paint beyond the needed five gallons, alleging mischarged amounts and commissions among manufacturer dealer and painter. The writer blames system rather than individuals and notes Geo E Bushnell & Co. sell their paint.
Miss Elsie Hudson visited her uncle Mr. Benjamin Crismore and returned this morning to Baltimore. She was accompanied by Miss es Bessie and Meta Sartelle who will spend several weeks in the city.
While in town, readers picked up The Star to enjoy a quiet literary moment. Residents visited stalls to browse newspapers and short articles during a community gathering.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports after trying several kidney remedies and doctors for diabetes he improved after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. He says five bottles cured him and he passed a rigid life insurance examination. The product claims to cure back ache and all forms of kidney and dimmere trouble. Franck ker Son.
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