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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
5
Trains reach Winchester daily except Sunday with arrivals at 11 45 am and 7 22 pm. The notice lists supervisor BA Ripplls and general passenger agent P. A.
Train notices list Pullman Sleepers and cafe cars serving Roanoke with connections to Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and Shenandoah. Early morning Roanoke to Roanoke and intermediate stations service noted with timings and car types.
Reported remarks on heroes of peace and government duties drew laughter at a public event. The day included two serious accidents with Miss Kate Fult dead after a buggy overturn and Miss Wilda Bly escaping injury when her horse misbehaved near the Big Rock Springs plant.
Invitations have been sent for a dance at the Winchester Inn on Wednesday evening August 9 from 9 to 4. The event coincides with the first day of the Berryville Horse Show and drew attendance from Clarke county and nearby states. The dance committee includes John Stuart William Arthur and Safford Quintard.
Rain and wind damaged the rain spouting along the Bell Brothers store front on Main street. Workmen repaired and replaced the spouting on Saturday after the early morning storm.
Mr. John Nail reports five tomatoes on one stem weighing 534 pounds grown in his garden located on North Main Street. The harvest takes place this season in the city.
The text lists scattered monetary figures such as 263 293 71 and 301 572 16 233 70 14 000 00, followed by 48 775 88 and 752 32 5 837 00, with annotations like eat ad and vate Bank. It ends with signatures Attest by Jas P Reardon Herman Hable Geo W Kurtz as Directors.
John I. Sloat cashier attests the Commercial & Savings Bank Winchester Frederick county Virginia presents a balance sheet showing resources loans and discounts overdrafts furniture and fixtures exchanges and day’s clearings due from national banks and state banks with total assets 135802.05 and total deposits 74539.55. The document is sworn as true to the best knowledge of the cashier.
Physiologists report that normal body temperature is not fixed. It rises in the morning and afternoon and falls at night, with a daily range potentially over 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Exercise can raise it markedly, warm drinks lift it, and cold foods may cause a fall followed by a rise.
Under a trust deed dated October 18 1902 Lucy A Hicks and others sell by public auction at the County Court House Winchester Virginia at noon August 26 1916. The farm lies on the Winchester to Front Royal road in Frederick County adjacent to S R Ridgeway J B McCartney and W J Randolph and includes four dwellings and other improvements.
In Taray near Taray E H Holtzman home two honey bees occupied a doorway causing exasperation for neighbors. Extermination attempts met with painful stings and the bees rewarded intruders with large stores of honey hidden in the building seams amid humid weather.
Mrs Mary E Bruce widow of Alexander Bruce died near Washington on Friday and burial is planned in Halifax county. She was born in Lexington eighty two years ago, daughter of the late Judge Francis T Anderson of the Virginia Supreme Court. She leaves a daughter Mrs Richard Crane of Washington and two sons Malcolm G Bruce of Richmond and Walter Co Bruce of Montgomery Alabama.
The Star corrects an earlier field day report from Capon River camp. First ten events counted show Troop 2 with 44 points, Troop 1 43, Troop 3 three. Swimming events were canceled or incomplete due to water conditions and lack of judges, leaving final results unresolved.
Winchester man David Hamilton declares Doan's Kidney Pills cured his weak kidneys and backache after trouble with kidney secretions. He reports relief and renewed energy, noting the remedy priced at 50 cents at dealers and urging others to seek the same.
Messrs. Walter have returned to spending the past Mich and other aunt Albert Beck Winchester after meath in Detroit northern cities Miss Charlotte Forney of Balti more Md is spending several weeks at the home of her grandmother Mrs Katie Forney on South Market street Mrs Henry Little and children of Norfolk Va are guests at the residence of Mrs Little's brother Mrs D B Conrad on West Water street Miss Betha Athey is spending the week at Mrs William Sibert's bungalow on Capon river Miss Helen Waters of Washington DC is the guest of her sister Mrs G Co Miller on North Washington street
Miss Akrata von Schrader daughter of Otto and Mrs von Schrader of St Louis formerly Claymont Court Charlestown and Flauren Carroll son of General and Mrs Howard Carroll of New York married July 19 at the bride parents country home near Saugatuck Connecticut.
A proposed city charter for Philadelphia centers on a city manager and a council of sixteen. The council would appoint a city manager to oversee all departments under the mayor.
The article notes Inca influence reaching Chile and spreading the Mama used for wool and as a beast of burden, framing early cultural and economic exchange between the Andes and Chilean regions.
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