Stephens City and Vicinity Church Notes
Local church notices list preaching and service schedules for Methodist Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal, and Baptist churches in Stephens City and nearby areas. Weekly times vary by congregation with Sunday School, prayer meetings, and Luther League details. Various residents are mentioned in visits, moves, and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Luther League
Fawcetts Gap
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
P. M. Boyden
Stephens City Notes Highlights Winter Travel Plans
A. W. Bush and wife will not leave for Baltimore to spend the winter. Leslie D. Kline of Richmond spent the weekend in town with friends. Miss Grace Fisher was in town Sunday evening. H. L. Chiles stayed with his family Friday through Monday. J. C. Beedle leaves for Woodstock for several weeks with wife and child returning later. The Grove Lime Co. installed a large 200 hp boiler. Miss Lou Baker teaches at Ft. Loudoun Seminary and visited Sunday. Lou and Cecelia Miller hosted Misses Baker and Walton as weekend guests. Mrs. 8. H. Miller left for Harrisonburg and other cities for winter. Nan Krouse hosted luncheon given by Mrs. D. L. Miller at Sunnyside. Julian McDonald heads to Washington to visit M. de Hoffman at the Shoreham. George Parker and mother from Middletown in town Sunday evening. L. M. Bowley drove to Winchester Saturday and Strasburg Sunday. Randall Ridgeway returned from Washington Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Pingley
Meadow Mills
Mary Robinson
Ida Guard
L. S. Messick
Frank Hausenfluck
Harrison Shull
Ohio
O. L. Hausenfluck
J. M. Sampsell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rev. A. Knox
Winchester
Leslie Affleck
Strasburg
Leslie
James Affleck
Roy N. Cook
John Gardner, Jr
Claude Stickley
B. Grove
H. L. Shryock
Lloyd Argentright
Washington
Adams Express Company
Gervis Lemley
L. N. McCarty
Cumberland
Briscoe Williams
A. W. Bush
Baltimore
Leslie D. Kline
Richmond
Grace Fisher
H.L. Chiles
J.C. Beedle
Woodstock
The
Grove Lime Co
Sunnyside
Julian McDonald
M. de Hoffman
Shoreham
George Parker
Middletown
L. M. Bowley
Randall Ridgeway
Strabburg Social Roundup Notes Local Visits
Strasburg residents host visitors including Kate Keister and Mary Edmonds with supper at Wayside Inn. Mrs Hodson of Vaucluse, and several Misses and couples travel to Middletown, Winchester, and Martinsburg for games and visits. Clarence W. Bushong editor of Southwestern Times spent a week among friends in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Keister
Mary Edmonds
Douglas Spengler
Fred Sonner
Wayside Inn
Middletown
E. E. Hodson
Vaucluse
Sallie Chiles
May Lou Ellis
Stella Sonner
Elsie Swartz
Dorcas Saum
Marguerite Funk
Bettie Brill
L. C. Fetzer
Star Tannery
Fred Reddish
Winchester
A. Y. Lock & Safe Co
John Golladay
John Venable
Stephens City
Carmel Golladay
Martinsburg
Strasburg
Frank Zea, Jr
Sarah
Verna Updike
Waterlick
Max Updike
Frederick
Clarence W. Bushong
The
Southwestern Times
Pulaski
Best Service to California Travel Ad Text
Advertisement notes daily passenger service to California aboard the Washington Sunset Route. Mentions personal conduct, no changes on Sundays. Provides berth price of 9 dollars and lists agent A J Poston G A at 905 F Street Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Standard
Washington
A. J. Poston
G. A
F-Street
Washington, D. C
Making a Campaign Banner From Harper's Weekly
A detailed look at the banner making process used for campaigns. Twelve workers handle strips lettering portraits centerpieces eagles shields and final assembly with a dedicated portrait man supplying key likenesses. The crew builds banners quickly by specialization and repetition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
French oculist links moving pictures to eye fatigue
A French eye doctor traced many eye diseases to the impression created by moving pictures. Visual fatigue can last for days and hinder reading. The cine matographic illusion relies on the retina’s persistence of vision, about two forty fifths of a second. If the film runs too slow or conditions are poor, even tolerant eyes tire quickly.
Why Postmasters Get Bald
A Buffalo News reminiscence notes a morning exchange about mail delivery and a request to relay a playful, rural barter involving a shoat, harness, and bridle between neighbors. The snippet captures small town talk and chores linked to a cheese factory run, a mail carrier, and farm tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Langer
Fred Wilkins
Fred
Tom
Mr. Morely
Buffalo News
Briggins Quits Smoking Over Family Certificate Fuss
Mr. Briggins declares he will quit smoking not for health but to stop family wrangling over the pictures and certificates he must collect. He cites constant quarrels about what to display and own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Briggins
Far From Home Ghost Walks In This Week Show
The article notes a recurring ghost walk in the show this week with a witty remark that if the ghost does not walk in, it is certain it will. The line captures a playful tone about the ethereal act in the production.
ITS RESULTS. Dusty pace and racing remarks.
The fragment notes automobile racing with a claim that there is much at stake and dust rises during the event. It captures the gist of a spectator’s remark about the outcome and atmosphere of the race.
The Weapon in Court Over Malice Propense
In a courtroom exchange the prisoner is asked if he cut the plaintiff with malice propense. The answer: no, he cut him with his penknife. The terse moment highlights a sharp legal distinction in the case.
The Distinction
A humorous remark contrasts a man’s anger with a dog’s. The speaker jokes that his husband, not a canine, was the one emitting a furious growl, revealing a domestic tension with wit.
Ancient Porto Rico linked to Orinoco valley origins
Ethnologists suggest Porto Rico and nearby islands may have been peopled from the Orinoco valley rather than Yucatan. Evidence includes South American flora and fauna, interior relics of a cultured forgotten race, stone plazas, carved idols, pottery, and burial practices akin to the Orinoco region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Orinoco
Yucatan
South America
Valley of the Orinoco
Harper’s Weekly
Zodiacal Light and a Virginia Chancery Notice
A summary of Harper's Weekly notes on the zodiacal light, followed by a 1912 Frederick County Virginia chancery notice. The notice appoints a Master Commissioner to report on the real estate of James A. Ramey and related liens, with publication and attendance details for December 1912 in Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equatorial
Tropics
Sahara
Desert
Harper’s Weekly
James A. Ramey
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Chancery
Jas. A. Ramey
Frederick
Winchester
Ward & Larrick
Piedmont Business College Help Wanted Classified
Fifty select men for shorthand study. Fifty high school grads for banking course. Fifty college trained ladies for law-office positions. Free positions upon graduation. $600 first year salary. Write for special card proposition Piedmont Business College Lynchburg Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Business College, Inc
Lynchburg
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