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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts poslam as a rapid remedy for eczema, claiming itching stops on first use and chronic cases cure within two weeks. It notes a 50 cent size option and availability at drugstores or from Emergency Laboratories in New York City, with free samples by request.
East Water street merchant James W. Taylor Jr and Miss Minnye Branson Houston were married at the Presbyterian manse on North Braddock street by Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy. The ceremony occurred at half past five with a small party, after which the couple departed at six for a wedding trip.
Intelligence from this city reveals the marriage of Miss Ella Schneider daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Schneider of South Braddock Street to Luther Jones a Washington businessman. The ceremony occurred in Washington on Saturday with a telegram from the couple first notifying relatives and friends. Miss Schneider recently visited Philadelphia with a party of friends and on return stopped in this city. Mr Jones formerly resided in Keyser West Virginia and has long been in business in Washington.
In Tacoma Washington a rat invasion at Deance Park led to the death of two alligators kept in a green wire enclosure. Park intendent Roberta stated the massive rat activity and the alligators desperate defense, with many rats found dead beside the carcasses the following morning.
A New Haven switch engine 02 643 surged from idle in Stamford causing a hole 15 feet high nine feet wide to open in the roundhouse wall as machinists scrambled. Steam filled the building. the engine tore off its cowcatcher and headlight and scalding steam injured roundhouse workers. A leaky throttle had started the incident.
Detectives in Wilkesbarre PA search four weeks for Paul James a penniless orphan believed to be the son of a New York couple whose fortune awaits him. The boy’s tale starts in 1888 when his father vanished then reappeared in New York.
Henry M. Linabury a retired Pontiac druggist devised a chemistry based tonic for trees. He soaked iron nails in the liquid then drove them into fruit trees claiming the trees bore plentifully while neighbors did not. He plans to offer the tonic to growers for experiments arguing direct tree nourishment accelerates results.
In Charlotte Michigan the will of Miss Mary B K Cook directs earnings of her estate to her sister for life with remainder to charity after death. The romance centers on two sisters who loved the same man and kept distant after the sister wed in California, severing visits and letters.
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