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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
4
Mr A Brown as county Republican chairman calls a convention at the Court House at noon on September 20 to select three delegates and three alternates for the 7th District Congressional Convention in Luray Virginia on September 23. The meeting will also elect a Congressional Committee member and five County Executive Committee members and handle other business.
A fragment notes Bertie America Kenney associated with Vaucluse Virginia. no clear event or context provided for a fuller summary. The line reads as a locality and name pair with limited readable content.
A poem contrasting two boys one who only wishes and never tries versus the one who acts despite failure. It argues luck arises from sustained effort and that success comes from hard work rather than mere wishing. The piece emphasizes perseverance and discipline as the path to achievement.
Correspondent from Painter Hill notes Sun Bros World’s Progressive Shows arrive tomorrow with a star lineup. Equilibristic Wonders and Sun Brothers headline a troupe including Ella Alfonda on horseback, Dan White on summersault, Artie Gillman pony rider, Kane’s trick ponies, Mlle Fernandez with trained animals, Rex and Betts dogs, Adele on spinning globe, Wilmot sisters on wires, Sebastine on flying rings, Les Freres Obiene, Valimere Sisters contortionists, Oscar Brewer clown. Mrs Campbell ill, neighbors enjoy visits and corn cutting as apple butter boiling begins.
John Colvin suffered a broken rib when a roll of paper toppled on him at a Maryland paper mill last week. He has returned home to recover. Mr and Mrs Goltra of Chicago are visiting T F Fawcett and family and will return home next.
The column lists visits and travels of local residents including Mrs Viola L Gold and Mrs Frank G Waller in Washington, Mr Hunter Boyd Gold en route to New York and West Virginia to practice law, Joseph T McLeod called an old Virginia gentleman, and engineers Carrollton Paine and Wm Malone leaving Winchester for Dee Park Md. It also recounts a Thames eel migration anecdote from the London Standard and a desultory subway- or tea-function anecdote about a New York guest missing his brother.
A couple shares a playful domestic scene about nightcaps as a joke gift. A New Zealand tale recounts a kind man feeding a circus elephant on a platform, only to be carried along when the train moves. Quotes from humorous exchanges in Chicago and Washington papers close the collection with light banter.
Visiting in Clarke Mr and Mrs R E Trenary Mrs Frank Myers of Allegheny City Pa and wife a Sef of Cumberland recount a proposal scene Blobbs remarks she seemed surprised and had nearly given up hope observers note nerve shown and reaction evident in Philadelphia Record account
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