Trains Arrive in Winchester From Stations Above
Daily arrivals in Winchester listed as 9:20 8 am and 7:22 pm with Sunday exclusion. Superintendent Hari P. Gen P. A. notes tower operations and regular service at designated stations.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1917
Page
5
Daily arrivals in Winchester listed as 9:20 8 am and 7:22 pm with Sunday exclusion. Superintendent Hari P. Gen P. A. notes tower operations and regular service at designated stations.
Fragmentary timetable lists No. 13 3:15 a m service to Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman Sleepers and Dining Cars to Roanoke and parlor car to Roanoke. No. 1 2:27 a m to Roanoke Bristol Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stations with Pullman Sleepers. Gary and Winchester car Shenandoah and Gary Salem car. Connections at Roanoke with the Memphis special.
An advertisement touts Danderine as immediate beautifier and dandruff remover. It claims scalp cleansing stops itching and hair loss, with weeks of use producing new fine hair all over the scalp. A 25 cent bottle is offered at druggists or toilet counters.
April sales listings show A C Seldon at Kerns town offering cow, two shoats, chickens, meat, and furniture on April 6. J R Keller near Winchester on Berryville pike lists furniture on April 7. George R Green Berryville stock yard notes 100 dead cattle and 175 ewes with lambs by April 10. A C and Brown Lovett at Capon Bridge report 60 cattle 50 ewes and 20 hogs on April 12.
A local service proclaims full city coverage with prompt delivery of goods. The notice invites residents to place orders and promises reliable service across every district.
An old ad-style note promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as aiding Nature to cure colds faster. It claims relief for the lungs liquifying mucus and aiding expectoration while reducing coughing. Sold by all druggists.
The War Department issued a call for 96,000 workers across all trades to join a master's enlisted reserve corps. Applicants aged 18 to 45, of good character and health, U.S. citizens, will serve four years unless discharged. The aim is to build specialists ready to serve with minimal further training if the President calls them into service. Trades sought include bankers, blacksmiths, carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, stenographers, teamsters, and more. Mountain View Nursery Co. advertises freight savings and proximity to Winchester.
Joseph Townsend England, a prominent Baltimore lawyer, is granted an absolute divorce from Mrs. Rhett Miller England in the Circuit Court on grounds of abandonment. Custody of their six year old son is shared, and Mrs. England may resume her maiden name Miller.
The Willing Workers' Class of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South adopted resolutions mourning the death of president Mrs. W. T. Hottel. They praised her faithful service and requested publication in The Evening Star and distribution to the family, with minutes updated.
Three Y M C A field secretaries will discuss wartime relief among troops on the border, militia in Virginia, and community benefits of the Y M C A. The meeting of Winchester citizens starts at 6 o clock this evening in the rooms at Fairfax Club with invited business and professionals attending.
The article notes a local YMCA branch may be started soon as talks progress and mentions a luncheon served in the evening.
Mrs Crabb quotes the Wilkinses praising long serving staff. Crabb quips they may have aged from worrying over wages. Advertisement appears in the want column.
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