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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
5
A Steam Merry-Go-Round fet upon Kent street near Baltimore and Ohio Depot will operate all week. The popular machine has long drawn well behaved crowds, with Frescher and a respectable staff ensuring good order and social amusement for children and adults alike.
Randolph Himmilright, a young married man from near Pembroke Springs, admitted to bail of 500 dollars for appearance at the next circuit court grand jury session. He was arrested days ago by Sheriff C H Purcell for selling liquor without a license and jailed in Winchester before posting bond.
Mr and Mrs Sylvester Makebe and Miss Octavia Makens of Downingtown Pa are registered at Ho House hotel likely for a social event or gathering. The snippet notes their residence and registration at the venue.
A string of visitors and residents returning home or traveling through Harrisonburg is recorded. Names include Mr A Oden Jr of New York, Mr James Owens of West Virginia, Postmaster Potts of Gore, Miss Snyder, Mr and Mrs H Thornton of Philadelphia, Miss Ethel Bush, Miss Mattie Long, Mr Henry Sheppard Jr of Shepherdstown, Mrs J M Robertson, Mrs Rose Striker of Philadelphia, Mrs Carroll Carver, Mrs George Hardy, Miss Pearl Polhemus, Mrs Tayloe, Mrs Garrett Carter, Mrs Samuel W Trenary, Mrs Lizzie Stotler, Mrs K W Hudgins, Mrs D F Yost, and others visiting or returning home.
An old advertisement proclaims Castoria as the preferred remedy for infants and children, stating it is the kind mothers have always sought and bears a signature guarantee of safety.
Mr and Mrs Dulany Mae P Carter Miss B Reid and Mr Arthur Gregory of Baltimore tour the Valley of Virginia by automobile and registered at Hotel Evans last evening.
Recipe outlines clam fritters batter using milk flour clam liquor and baking powder with two dozen chopped clams then fried. Also notes oversized camelback kettle drums in Asia used by crowned heads with sumptuous finery and a seat for the drummer. End with a casual remark about a woman’s first afternoon wearing a sew hat.
Columbus dispatch reports Frank Mennett Ohio attorney general from 1896 to 1900 describes offers by alleged Standard Oil agents to pay him 500000 to drop lawsuits against the company. He recounts Washington conferences with Senator Foraker and a visit to his office offering 500000 to his credit.
Observers remark a Directoire gown on the Goddess depicted on the new 20 dollar gold coin. The coin shows a forward thrusting left leg through a knee to hip slit, with a Washington Capitol mini rock and date 1908, torch and olive branch held aloft by the statue.
Edwin Booth legacy cited by claimants who say they played child parts. A wood cutting machine produces forty thousand splints in six time minutes. Ads on India’s ally population show over three quarters of allies dispersed, reducing coordinated power.
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