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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from the stations at 9 20 am daily except Sunday 11 45 am and 7 22 pm daily. Superintendent Barripolie General P A.
Train No. 1 2:27 a.m. serves Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stations. Pullman 8Srs G and Winston-Salem cafe car Sheoab and Gary connect at Roanoke with the Memphis special for points South. Train No. 27 6:38 p.m. serves Shenandoah and intermediate stations.
Mrs. R A Sisson and daughter Pauline of Forest Glen Maryland visit relatives in Bloom. Mrs. Windie stays with sister Mrs. Sarah Snapp in Deerfield. Patrick Williams visits Lovettsville. Dorothy Miller returns from Martinsburg after summer with relatives. Mr and Mrs John Clowser return from Forest Glen. Mrs Kate Crabill and Mrs Mollie Racy visit Mrs Sallie White.
Handley Board president R. Gray Williams confirms stalled public explanation on estate sales tied to Judge Handley. Executors Richards Miles Trescott and Col Watres of Scranton have already sold assets totaling about 1,087,500 dollars with bonds to follow, and more realty valued near 300,000 dollars remains unsold. The sale proceeds are to be placed in gilt-edge bonds and used for school purposes, with final transfers expected by year end. The board, including Lynch Rice Gibbons McGuire Cooper Kurtz Harrison and Baker, emphasizes harmony with executors and ongoing legal coordination in Scranton.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is presented as a blood and mucous surface remedy taken internally to treat catarrh, a constitutional disease. The advertisement claims physician support, claims strong tonic and purifier ingredients, and lists Toledo Ohio makers F. J. Che nny & Co. as proprietors with a 75 cent price. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Under a trust deed dated October 18 1902 Lucy A Hicks and others convey a 200 acre farm in Frederick County Virginia to be sold at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester at noon on Saturday August 26 1916. The property on the road to Front Royal includes a dwelling and improvements with good limestone land and adjacent to S R Ridgeway J B McCartney and W J Randolph. One third cash with two bonds for the balance at 6 percent per year and insured buildings. Purchaser may pay all cash if desired. R Gray Williams agent.
Mr Charles H Kremer a longtime member of a prominent local family and former Hershey Chocolate Company executive now based in Harrisburg Pa visits Winchester and renews old acquaintances during his annual trip to the Fairfax Hotel.
Silas Kronk a Sandy Hook jeweler finds his canary Nig dead after a four and a half foot black snake enters the cage through a rat hole and devours the bird before Kronk can intervene. Kronk suspects the snake crawled in from outside. The report also notes local sick list and social visits through the week.
W C Jones of Buford North Dakota recalls a severe week long diarrhoea two years ago. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. the first dose relieved him and in two days he recovered fully. Many druggists endorse this reliable remedy as obtainable everywhere.
Apple Grove Virginia notes include visits by E G Fauver and family to George Carper and other locals. Wardensville camp meeting attendance by P R Crabill. Sam Ashwood of Opequon called on B E Terault. Leah Nossett visited P R Crabill, plus family and visitors at Crabill home. Mary Boyce visiting C E Boyce in Winchester. Threshing season nearly complete with good yields.
Round Hill Presbyterian Church holds extended services with strong attendance. Dr J A Wemn Murray delivers strong sermons at 8 o'clock p m The congregation will gather for services both night and morning on Sunday and expect continuation into next week Alfred Jones.
The marriage of the daughter of Mr. M. H. Brill of Star Tanning Company to a bride from this county was performed yesterday afternoon at the parsonage of the First Baptist Church on West Clifford Street by Rev. W. T. Walters.
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