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Newspaper
Middletown Weekly
Location
Middletown, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
3
A late 19th or early 20th century miscellany features Elvia Wheeler poetry about joy and pain, plus homecraft notes on embroidery, darning, egg economy, and simple recipes. It promotes sewing with monograms, crochet repairs, and thrifty cooking ideas like egg management and peanut butter fudge.
A fragment poem mocks a summer resort with repeated clichés from beaches to lounges. It lists endless sameness from skeeters to slot machines and chaperones, concluding with a moral urging readers to stay home and grow dill pickles.
Marlboro items note Mrs. D S Brill and sons Vir gil and Floyd returned Friday from Keyser West Virginia. Mr and Mrs H G Shull and daughter Margaret spend the week in Washington. Mrs Frank Weight visits sister Mrs J M Lineburg. Godfrey Shull visits sister Mrs B Jamison.
Mary Calahan and child ren left for Seattle to make that city their future home. J E Price of Staunton Asylum visited town. Herbert Keller moved to Hagerstown to reside. M M Orndorff left town for Richmond on business. Postmaster A Redfern departed for Alexandria for the Virginia Postmaster's convention. Dr B R White accompanied Miss Louise Mitchell to Baltimore for medical care. Prof T Veith left Riverside Cal to work for the government. Misses Bessie and Lada Edmonds visited sister Miss Mary Edmonds. Mr and Mrs Gardner Stone burner spent Sunday with neighbors near Middletown.
Readers get 200 copies of the Original History of the Valley by Dr. Samuel Kercheval. Bound in cloth, 400 pages, described as the only authentic history of the neighborhood. Price two dollars net with fifteen cents postage extra.
A brief exchange describes beauty and artificial color in a flirtatious, playful tone. The dialogue centers on Maries cheeks appearing colored, with a teasing insistence that the flush is natural.
A local feature notes patient merchants in the old world markets who resist temptations to buy, keeping profits steady as a tour ends penniless.
A seasoned traveler catalogs Cairo bazaars with silk carpets, brass wares, and patient vendors. In Japan’s Golden Temple garden, a centuries old pine and a lacquered pavilion showcase serene craft, while a phoenix roof crested by a bronze bird crowns a tranquil lakeside scene.
Mrs. Catherine Wallace spent Monday with Mrs. D. H. Bowers. Miss Nettie Windle returns from Winchester. Rev. Crowell preached an interesting sermon at Mt. Hope Chapel. Grover Everly returns to West Virginia after visiting his parents. The Virginia Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet in Luray in 1913.
Meadow Mills Letter reports W. M. Spiggle preaching at Laurel Hill Sunday. Thomas Henson voices extensive complaints. Holt Hottel recently traveled to Winchester on business. Miss Anna Maliesta left for Cumberland to attend school this winter. Miss Emma Rhodes entertained many friends this week. Mrs. Mary Cain of Winchester visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Parker. Subscription notice for The Weekly at 25 cents a month.
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