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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1917
Page
5
Preaching services will be held on Sunday April 29 at Darkesville 11 a.m. Arden 3 30 p.m. and Rest 8 p.m. The Rest service will begin a protracted series.
Rev. R. S. Meeks of Strasburg Virginia will attend each evening of a two week meeting to preach. The pastor W. R. Hardesty invites everyone to attend and participate in the services.
W H Peery one of ten Boy Scouts hiked from Martinsburg West Virginia to Winchester. On the return journey he was stricken with appendicitis and operated on at Martinsburg City Hospital. The operation was successful and Martinsburg today expected a full recovery. Peery serves as boys secretary of the Martinsburg Young Men's Christian Association.
Langstaff Johnson Jr of Richmond has received a naval reserve commission and is ordered to Norfolk for duty. A consulting engineer and Virginia Military Institute and Cornell University graduate, he previously installed the white way in Winchester and helped build a hydroplane with his brother Greenhow Johnston.
The Winchester and Frederick County War Relief Society calls men to join as honorary members to support making dressings and hospital supplies for allies. Men may send a $1 or more membership fee to local treasurer Miss Frances Peyton Page of Winchester.
Old time recipe promotes darkening hair with sage tea and sulfur. An easier shortcut offers Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound sold for 50 cents. Applied with a sponge, it darkens gray hair and improves shine without claiming disease treatment.
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