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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
4
The Evening Star notes signs of sustained national prosperity with steel and rail industries as bellwethers. It expects the second half of the year to be one of the best periods for earnings and production in American steel, with railroads resuming normal purchasing and steel firms reporting heavy demand.
Fragmentary verse warns youth that time slips away and money loss follows. A witty speaker mocks the greedy and carefree who waste years chasing ease, then laments aging, poverty, and hunger as streets grow harsher and fortunes fade.
Macedonia Virginia notes a well attended Ard party despite stormy weather. Rev Mr preached at Macedonia and William Craig from near Pain Hill visited. Lydia Ritter of City spent Saturday at the home of Mrs Petries in Winchester. Barr of Winerton also mentioned.
Chester visits at the home of Mr. James Smith and Mr. Isaac Shiley near White Post. Miss Chattacks of Winchester visits Mr. Edward Carper. Miss Bertha Fries visits relatives and friends in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Special Commissioner announces a public sale of the Stony Meade limestone farm and 27 acre wood land in Frederick County near Winchester Virginia. The sale on September 4 1915 offers three parcels with option to buy whole, with terms one third cash and rest in two annual installments. A tenant occupies the property until March 1 1918 and landlord rights are reserved.
St Louis James H Worth a miner and mine operator from Joplin Missouri and Indianapolis Indiana owes his life to the high zinc price. He was bound gagged and tied to timber in an abandoned drift for five days by two prospectors Roy Caldwell and SamHuston who found him unconscious. They had been tricked into the mine by strangers who planned to explode dynamite tied to Worth. The fuse had been accidentally cut by the kidnappers while they walked.
Eleven years after the General Slocum disaster left his wife and all children dead Feldhausen, once owner of a German cafe with bowling alleys in Greenwich Village, was found dead by illuminating gas at his 50 West High Street business on the anniversary of his loved ones' deaths.
Harry S. Levine a Brooklyn 15 year old swallowed iodine in his Boys High School when learns his name is not on the exemption list for a mathematics exam. He had a bottle to ease a sprained finger and was treated at St Johns hospital. Paroled to return to school to take a history exam.
Highland Lake Connecticut resident B F Moore reports a lightning bolt struck his chicken house singeing wings and tails of forty white leghorn hens while three eggs were found fried in a nest inside the coop.
A 1915 promotion offers a Shetland pony a buggy and harness to a participant age 16 or younger. Votes for cash purchases and new or old accounts are collected at multiple local firms. the ballot boxes are sealed and counted after the contest ends.
Several notices from residents of Frederick County announce candidacy for Commissioner of Revenue in Northern and Southern Districts. Details name candidates C C Brannon Juther R Baker F W Shenk Herbert H Shull and pledges to faithfully perform duties if elected subject to Democratic primary.
The nomination for Commonwealth's Attorney of Frederick County is set for the Democratic primary on August 8 1915. If elected T Russell Cather pledges to push for a thorough efficient administration.
John M. Steck and Boyd R. Richards announce candidacy for reelection to the House of Delegates subject to the Democratic primary. The brief notice names two candidates seeking the county or district seat.
Candidate announces intent to seek re-election as County Treasurer subject to the Democratic primary on August 3 1915. He notes expected continued assistance from R S Smith and respectfully asks all qualified voters for support.
Mr and Mrs Elwood Fox and daughters Florence and Dorothy of Swarthmore arrived in Winchester on Saturday and have taken the Glass cottage on Peyton Street for the remainder of the summer.
Multiple notices announce candidacies for Frederick county offices in the Democratic primary. Ruther Pannetts seeks Sheriff. F D Good and T McIlwee announce for Back Creek District supervisors. H F Byrd runs for State Senate in the Tenth District including Winchester, Frederick and Shenandoah counties.
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