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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
3
Prices listed for wheat rye oats hay and potatoes per bushel and per ton with figures for young chickens hens lard side meat and other farm items. The fragment shows bids in cents and dollars and reflects a mid 20th century agricultural market notice style.
John Upshur Markell, president of Frederick Maryland and noted national bank examiner for Maryland and Delaware, died in Chester Nova Scotia after battling tuberculosis. He spent the summer there with his family and his brother Edwin and cousin Mrs Joseph D P Baker joined from Frederick. The death ends years of work in financial circles and leaves many friends in Winchester and Frederick County.
The Shenandoah Valley Academy welcomed Dr. BoM Boszel as principal for the new year. The opening week featured more than 30 students enrolling and a hopeful outlook for a successful season.
Mr. Walter H. Howell and a party of friends from Round Hill Loudoun county Virginia spent yesterday in this city.
Movement to end mileage book sales gains steam as passenger associations push for change. Railroads say two cent per mile caps and heavy issuance costs make mileage books inefficient. support from commercial groups aims to keep them alive despite opposition.
The article notes the harvest moon signals dwindling daylight and the start of melancholy days. It adds that in this latitude the best weather often comes after the harvest moon wanes with an Indian summer of hazy days and pleasant nights still ahead before real autumn ends.
Notice by Major L T Christian secretary of the Game Protective Association of Virginia outlines the corrected provisions of state game laws. It lists protected non game birds and nests and specifies open and closed seasons for waterfowl rails mud hens and other species east and west of the Blue Ridge. It also covers deer turkeys pheasants quail and other game with corresponding dates and restrictions.
In a yard scene two youngsters dig a hole while a passerby overhears a girl muttering about the “old devil” and a hidden wartime threat. The odd dialogue suggests a local rumor or coded reference arising in troubled times.
Mr nea Edmonds of Hagers own registered at Hotel Byats this morning. Mr John Pearce Campbell, whose marriage to Miss Mary Bowle Jolhn am takes place next week, has arrived in this city.
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