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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
4
The Evening Star announces postal status in Winchester Virginia and offers advertising rules. It lists mail and carrier subscription rates with yearly, six month, and three month options in advance.
A Newport marriage discussion centers on whether a divorced woman may wed a suitor while awaiting or after finalizing divorce. The Trinity M. B. Church in Richmond Hill weighs whether a recent divorce should lead to a one year waiting period before remarriage, arguing a divorced woman should wait as long as a widow.
The Winchester home coming begins Monday September 14 with the Marrs Great Southern Shows bringing a varied lineup including Zozelle and other acts. A 50 knight tournament, Firemen parade, Indian drama, Old Virginia day, sham battle, fraternal day, mask carnival and veterans parades follow through Saturday plus a pennsylvania monument unveiling and a governor address. Reduced rail rates promise easy travel.
The article condemns Stan ford White and the Thaws amid a moral warning about indecency. It portrays Harry Kendall Thaw in an asylum and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in a sanitarium, portraying their downfall as a cautionary tale about choosing decency over tempting vice.
Greenway Va September 9 Services at Greenway Chapel on Sunday evening September 13. Miss Blanche Whetzel from Clear Brook spent last week with Mrs Charles Funkhouser. Miss Bryan Stuart visited Martinsburg friends. F S Chamblin spent Saturday in Winchester. Mrs George Stump visited last week ending at Canterbury. John Alexander and wife from Happy Creek spent the weekend with Mr Rose. Miss Grage Rosenberger of Baymard visiting Miss Bessye Rosenberry. Ward Stuart spent days with relatives at Stephens City. Margaret Stuart returned to visit Joy Foster. Edward Brown visiting friends at Stephenson.
Jubilee reports social visits in the area. W M White and Emma Kline from Ridings Chapel visited Mary and Bertha Fries. Mrs Andrews and a daughter visited brother Mr Pond. J B Cragan is back to health after illness. George Lind and Mrs Lind of Winchester called at Meple Grove. H McDonald and daughter Viola from near Armel spent Sunday with friends.
The thirteenth biennial convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Cumberland and Allegany county Maryland met this week in St Gabriel's hall Barton Maryland. Officers were elected for the next two years with James H. Lillis, formerly of Winchester now in Cumberland, chosen as secretary.
Community excitement grows as celebration week for home coming approaches in Winchester area with rail rate enthusiasm from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Local residents report visits, travels, and family events including arrivals, illnesses, and fairs at Inwood Morgans Grove and Middleway.
Commissioner George W. Koiner and the Board of Agriculture issue a 200 page report to Virginia farmers. It covers practical farming, stock raising, mule and horse care, grass and fruit culture, spraying calendars, poultry topics, and methods to reduce human labor with more machinery. The report cites high livestock and crop values and notes Virginia’s growing wealth and farm expansion.
Miss Bessie Jenkins and John W. Bradley, both of Kimball Virginia, wed yesterday in Rev. W. C. Griffith s Court Place office in Hagerstown after a magistrate cited lack of authority for the ceremony. The bride is 19 and described as pretty. A separate license was issued in Hagerstown for Clarence Berry and Miss Ercell Fristoe of Bentonville Virginia.
In Bunker Hill West Virginia on September 9 a public school received a Bible and flag from Bunker Hill Council No 67 Junior Order American Mechanics. The ceremony featured singing prayers and speeches by Willis Evans J Fred Laise and J Sakatsume a Boston University student. An evening festival followed with thanks extended to helpers.
Foley's Honey and Tar offers immediate relief for asthma sufferers and claims cure with timely use. Franck Baker & Son.
Ice cream orders for Sunday delivery must be rendered by 11 p m Saturday night. No orders taken on Sunday morning. Jones Creamery 30th phones.
Garber & Garber advertise exclusive agency for Whitman presses in Shenandoah Valley with a full line of presses and repairs in Staunton and Harrisonburg Virginia. They solicit patronage.
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