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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1917
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices: one year three dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five cents, and one month twenty five cents in advance. It also notes Consolidated with several editions and states The Evening Star ends at the Winchester post office as second class mail matter.
A poem argues practical philosophy comes from daily toil not dusty books. It praises honesty, industry, and steady effort as the true lessons that sustain workers and keep life moving.
Mr E D Calvert Baltimore and Ohio Railroad supervisor North Kent street owns four white leghorn hens that laid 1 eyes in 22 days and 31 eygs in eight days. All hens laid an egg apiece a day or two ago.
A Sunday school will be organized at Jubilee Church on Front Royal road Sunday April 8 at 2 30 p m. T N Good secretary of the Frederick International Sunday School Association will be present to organize a school along their lines. The community supports the movement and a large attendance is expected.
Mrs Joseph Athey is seriously ill with heart disease at her home on Nor Kent street. Her son Oscar Athey of Renova Pennsylvania and daughter Ray Riser of Harrisonburg Virginia have been here for several days due to their mother's illness.
Society of Friends holds worship at 10 a m on the first day with Sunday school at 11 a m The public is cordially invited to attend at the meeting house located corner Washington and Piccadilly streets
Brevitt Glaize chime installed in the tower of Grace Lutheran Church. Completion reported Thursday afternoon by John J. Mattey of McShane Bell Foundry Baltimore who returned home yesterday. Assisted by Edward Rainsberger of the city.
The pastor Rev John R Augustus will close his conference year at St Pauls AME Church tomorrow preaching at 11 am and 8 pm The morning sermon is The Resurrection and the evening The Divine Commission Easter exercises by the Sunday school are scheduled for 2 30 pm
Mrs N Finch of Bata writes that Chamberlains Liniment has treated chest pains and shoulder lameness from rheumatism with prompt relief. For sale by all druggists.
A mid century drug advertisement warns against calomel mercury and promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims calomel causes salivation, cramps, and illness, while Liver Tone starts the liver without side effects and is safe for children.
The remains of Mrs Charlotte Grubb who died at her home west of Berryville were laid to rest in Mount Hebron Cemetery after funeral services at her home conducted by Rev Julian Broaddus of Berryville. Pallbearers were J Rutherford John Bromley Walter Brotherton Charles Keeler John Carver and George Evans.
Samuel Mason a well known colored resident died at his home on Valley Pike near the colored cemetery shortly after noon after months of dropsy. Born near Bloomery Hampshire Va March 2 1851 he was a former slave of the Keller family and long the only colored resident of Gainesboro district. He moved to this city in 1901 and owned property where he died selling vegetables. Known as Uncle Sam he never married and was said to be honest frugal and industrious. Funeral at Free Baptist Church South Braddock street at 3 o clock Sunday conducted by Rev W P Fisher with interment at Orrick Cemetery. Miss Emma Howard Wight of Middletown registered at Hotel Jack.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for rheumatism catarrh scrofula eczema and other blood related troubles. It claims great strength when combined with Pepticon Pills a pepsin iron and tonic to improve anemia paleness sleeplessness and nerve exhaustion.
A Fairfax Club gathering hosted business leaders for Y M C A talks by Pleasants and McCarty. They reviewed state work from colleges to shipyards and high schools, and noted reforms in athletics and leadership, with reference to the Natural Bridge Training Camp and potential attendance from Winchester and Frederick County.
A 10 cent Cascaret box promises to relieve biliousness and digestive distress. The ad claims Cascarets cleanse the stomach, remove sour food, reduce liver bile, and flush constipation while you sleep, giving a clear head and healthy bowels for months.
Frozen beets must thaw before feeding to avoid spoilage and quick rot after thawing. Do not fatten breeding hens as excess fat reduces vitality and chick survival. overfat stock can lead to weak offspring and failed hatchings.
Tomorrow at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church the pastor Rev. H. G. Spencer will preach morning and evening. The choir under Mr. John S. Sloat will sing Alfred Judson's anthem The Risen Lord. Miss Bessie Sartelle will preside at the altar.
In Whitacre Virginia on April 7 a quilting party hosted by Mrs. Lee Whitacre gathered many residents from Cross Junction and nearby families. A big dinner followed. Naomi Brannon closed her school last week and the local Methodist Sunday school organized last Sunday with sessions planned each Sunday afternoon and evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bowser and family drove to Strasburg and back on Sunday.
Rev W O Talbert conducts Eastor services at Braddock Street Methodist Church South on Sunday 11 o clock with Easter music by the choir. The Lord's Supper will be administered. Rev J A Anderson preaches at 730 pm. Talbert leaves next week for Salem Virginia. Rev F M Richardson of Washington succeeds him.
The Easter program at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South features an organ prelude by Harry Rowe Shelly with Lucille Faulkner on organ and Nan Forsythe directing. Services at 11 will include sermons by Rev. W O Talbert and a 7:30 p.m. prelude with anthems and hymns led by a mixed vocal quartet and organ accompaniment.
The Market Street Methodist Sunday school Easter program features a large orchestra with chorus and a series of pieces starting at 3 oclock. Selections include Royal Kingdom Hait the Day Fairy Glen Heart Throbs and Jehovah Reigns among others.
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