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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
3
A historic advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcohol based tonic and blood purifier. It touts curing catarrhal head and throat issues weak stomach and bronchial troubles while warning consumption cure lies beyond its reach and urges patient perseverance for benefits.
Foley's Orino Laxative is presented as a new remedy by Franck Baker & Son. The product claims to improve on former laxatives by not causing gripe or nausea and being pleasant to take with a guarantee.
Market notes show steady prices for staples with wheat and eggs listed amid other commodities. Barrel corn priced at 4.00, hay 10 to 13 per ton, rye 0.75 to 0.80 per bushel, potatoes 0.60 per bushel, and lard and side meat figures also printed among farm goods.
Invitations are issued for the marriage of Miss Irene Viola Copp daughter of the Rev and Mrs George A Copp of Fishers Hill to Mr Charles Spengler Painter a Southern Railroad agent at Strasburg Junction. The ceremony will be Wednesday September 30 at high noon at the Brethren Church in Moréarten. The bride elect is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John K Copp of the county and has many friends here. Mr Painter is well known in Winchester.
Augustus Walker the last surviving veteran of the Mexican War in the Valley of Virginia died in Woodstock at age 82. He leaves two daughters and two sons. one son serves aboard a battleship on a voyage around the world.
Misses Dora and Belle German of Marshall Virginia and Dora Fisher of Marlboro return home after visiting Miss Emma Mayhew for Old Home Week. The group spent the week in Marshall and Marlboro before traveling back.
A late night freight mishap on the Strasburg Junction involving the Baltimore and Ohio and the Southern railroads set ten cars on one track and an engine on the opposite end. Engineman Smallwood failed to see a flag, colliding with the cars. a stock car and several doors were displaced while a tramp in a box car was knocked down. No injuries reported and the scene was cleared after hours of work.
The Middletown building committee opened bids for a new State Agricultural and Mechanical Normal Training School. Six bidders showed only a few hundred dollars between high and low offers, James Gardner’s bid $14,300 led as Charlottesville firm tied for second. Gardner favored for contract, with Willey brothers to handle stone work and Lemley son to manage brick. Brick making ongoing by Lumley & Son, about 15 workers. An artesian well bored by Hodgson of Winchester provides ample water.
Mr. C. E. Ridings of Middletown suffers a series of eight accidents, most recently at the new bank building where a six foot fall caused hip injury and pain in the right foot. He remains on crutches and cannot work during the busy carpenter season.
The City Council held a special meeting and agreed to attend tomorrow afternoon's unveiling of the Pennsylvania monument at the National Cemetery. Gov Stuart and his staff will be present.
Edward Goode is noted at his residence near Piedmont in a brief item from the section. The fragment confirms his local presence and home address context.
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