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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
6
The Frank A. Robbins Show presents the Baker Quintette and the Tramp A Wheel in a touring program in Winchester on Thursday Oct 6. The show features tableaux with costly costumes, a tall giraffe bicycle stunt, stairs riding, high leaps, and a comic, unshaven act. Forecast: fair tonight with showers in the extreme west portion.
Judge Thomas W. Harrison of Winchester will handle the September term in Rockingham replacing Judge Hats who is ill. He is also assigned to sit in Washington & Southern Railway vs. Alexandria on Henry street, an injunction case set for the 29th inst. The Harrisonburg Times notes Harrison arrived from Woodstock to open the court and adjourn to Thursday morning, with Shenandoah county term work nearing completion and a jury case to finish today.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has struggled all week with drought causing tanks to haul water to engines at many stations. The main issue is the water quality with high chemical and mineral content, injuring boiler flues and preventing timely repairs as freight volume rises.
The notice states 190s taxes are due and penalties of 3 percent apply if unpaid by September 30 1908. It also advertises clothing and sale items including a True Tone Piano for sale at Hebron Parsonage Gore Va with secure bar gains.
The opening of the eighty fourth annual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, drew about 5 000 delegates and visitors to Denver. A key proposal seeks to lower admission age from 21 to 18 and the order reports 1 800 000 members with 44 homes for the aged and dependent children and reserves totaling 50 000 000.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut writes that after trying several kidney remedies and seeing no improvement from diabetes he was cured after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. He reports improvement after two bottles and full cure after five, passing a life insurance exam since.
Mr and Mrs H B Reinhart of Shepherdstown West Virginia are noted in a brief social item spending time elsewhere with a reference to their residence and status in the community.
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