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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
5
Fragmentary text from a Winchester timetable shows station times around 9 20 am and 9 20 am daily except Sunday with unspecified abbreviations. References to Gen P A appear, but the remainder is unclear.
United States seeks condemnation of 968.04 acres in Frederick County Virginia for a National Forest Reserve and watershed protection. The notice names non residents and unknown heirs, and schedules a September 7 1917 hearing before Judge Henry C. McDowell to appoint commissioners and determine just compensation. Public notices run in The Evening Star and postings are ordered at Lynchburg Federal Building and Frederick County Court House.
Harrisburg group arrives in Strasburg at 7 30 p m in early service with Westbury General and Washington offices noted in local dispatch.
The notice outlines Pullman parlor and sleeper car services connecting Bristol Roanoke Elkton Hagerstown and Philadelphia with intermediate stops. It lists departure times 6:41 8:32 and 12:54 a m and notes connections at Shenandoah Junction with through sleeper service to New York and Philadelphia. General Passenger Agent C SAUNDERS and BEVILL Traf Manager are referenced for further details.
An ad style piece discusses women aging and fatigue, urging use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claimed to restore health and happiness for over forty years. Emphasizes universal concern of fading and offers a commercial remedy with strong personal endorsement.
Workmen at Wadesville push ahead on the new bridge with a large force engaged. Project is progressing well and expected to finish in the near future.
W L Whisson and Miss Virginia Whisson visit Misses Lonie and Bettie Carter at Ridgeway camp meeting as part of a family gathering.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified calomel tablet free from old side effects. It claims one nightly tablet cleanses the liver, improves sleep, and leaves a division of health with no taste or discomfort. Sold in sealed twenty dose packages for thirty five cents with full refund if unsatisfied.
A canning demonstration for food conservation was hosted at Mrs. W. S. Hammond's home in Clarke county. Miss M. D. Dinwiddie of Albemarle led talks and jelly smoking demonstrations assisted by Mrs. Lora Stinson and Louise Kryder with the Clarke county Girls Canning Club.
Amsterdam reports mixed views on Ory von Kuhlmann as potential German foreign minister. Some pan German papers criticize a supposedly lenient policy while Berlin dispatches note majority positive tone. Changes in the government during active peace talks heighten significance of the cabinet shift.
Mr Jonathon D Clark of Light Frederick county, once considered dying after a automobile accident, survives and begins recovery. He had multiple injuries and developed double pneumonia but shows signs of improvement.
Mrs. George A. Kerr and her two children from Lynchburg Virginia are visiting her sister Miss Julia Wall at her home on North Market Street.
Ridgeway West Virginia opens its annual camp meeting with Rev. D L Blakemore presiding. Music directed by A R Shaw and Mrs C Bush. List of tent holders includes W R Hardesty J W Seneider B Bush Lonie Carter D P Pierce Landon Keckley plus several Sunday School workers and Ridgeway family names.
Hogue Orpark Virginia on August 7 reports visits by Delwin Orndoff cashier of Union Deposit and Trust Waynesboro Pa and relatives. The piece lists numerous relatives and friends from Waynesboro Middletown Kernstown Winchester Gainesboro Martinsburg and Luke Md along with local hosts and weekend gatherings. It notes Mrs W F Orndoff ill at home and several families spending Sunday and Monday with relatives.
Oil mills on the Pacific coast have produced soy beans imported from Manchuria for several years and report steady demand for oil, cake, and related products in the region.
The text discusses Greek knowledge of tin in Homeric times and its use by Hephaestus in crafting Achilles shield, noting tin appears in references like the ten layers of tin in Agamemnon’s turret and implying limited further allusions to tin.
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