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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
2
Prominent Louisville druggist T. P. Taylor extols Rexall Orderlies as the best laxative, calling them the simplest and most accessible health policy. He urges daily use to keep the bowels open and health problems at bay.
Berlin reports Chancellor Von Bethman Hollweg and Admiral Von Holtzendorff left for German headquarters to seek the emperor's guidance on replying to the American note. Verdun an official statement says Austrian forces retook part of Col Di Lana, recently captured by Italy.
Continued report on civil war unrest in Ireland amid Home Rule Bill debate in Parliament. London Daily News blames Carson for the deteriorating situation as tensions rise across the region.
Gov Livingstone Beekman and Mrs Beekman led a list of guests at Berryville Virginia during the past week. Also present were James Harlan Interstate Commerce Commission and Mrs Harlan Catharine Vaughn and others from Washington Boston Milwaukee and Baltimore. Local activity included a Berryville Boy Scouts box social with a decorated Clarke Opera House set for a large audience.
The Dublin city and county are under martial law following a revolt. Liberty Hall and St Stephen's Green are occupied by the military, with arrests planned for those involved. British reports say naval skirmishes continued off Finland and a Zeppelin raid hit ports in England and Pas-de-Calais. Berlin claims a British naval search near the Belgian coast was deterred, while French and German forces clash near height No. 532 in the Voges. An air battle near the Belgian coast results in suspected French damage to a German aircraft. Britain faces military conscription pressure as married men are urged to report for duty.
The Great London Show features the Dublis Dapple Gray six-horse team valued at $25,000 and called international champions. Gray Percheron geldings, ages five to eight, once toured England and Scotland in 1907 and now perform across the United States and Canada with the London Shows. Big Dan is noted as the champion draft horse, weighing 2400 pounds, driven by Jack Kent. The display includes gold trimmed harness and assorted trophies and ribbons, slated to appear in Winchester on Friday, April 28.
Cross Roads Va April 26 Rev Peter Miller missed his Fairview Church appointment due to officiating at a Trout Run funeral. He plans to preach at Fairview next Sunday April 30 at 11 am. Local residents and visitors spent Sunday with friends at several homes including the Fletchers Barretts and McKee families.
RETURN FOM NEW YORK, Mrs. D. B. Conrad and Mrs. Juliet A. McCaw returned yesterday evening from New York City where they have been visiting Mr. W. Davis Conrad. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Randall at their Plainfield New Jersey home. Special sale of "Onyx" Silk Hosiery at H. K. Green and Bros. Thresa Lynch, Easter visitor, leaves for Fredericksburg Virginia then Mary Mount College at Tarrytown-on-Hudson. Mrs. S. H. Faulkner returns from North Carolina. Mrs. Julia Brubaker departs for Baltimore then Columbia Pennsylvania. Mrs. Robert Arbuckle returns from Baltimore to Springdale Bartonville. Mr. J. Van Meter Hack of Bartonsville visits Baltimore.
Armel notes Easter visits and local social rounds. Mr W F Watson of Sterling visited Mr and Mrs Jessie Armel. Mr G D Gray returned from Easter with his parents in Prince William County. Mr P J Grim and son of Boyce and Mr and Mrs George Cornwell and daughter of White Post visited the Armel family. Mr and Mrs James Affleck spent Easter with the former's parents near Stephens City. Miss Rebecca Newcome returned from Winchester after an Easter visit.
A swarm of brief notices records visits and family happenings in Refuge and surrounding towns. Relations include Mrs Nossett visiting her daughter, Rev and Mrs Brubaker hosting Ruth, and Rebecca Haymaker’s days with her mother in Winborn.
Miss Sa fe Richards of Rockport Indiana arrived in Winchester to attend the funeral of her father the late Mr J Luther Richards. She will visit relatives in Hayfield County before returning home. She is a staff member at the Rockport Journal a leading Indiana newspaper.
The Urbanna Sentinel notes the high cost of paper will reduce daily newspapers earnings and undermine country weeklies, which have never had substantial profits. The piece presents this bleak view as one possible explanation for war-time era press financial strain.
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