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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
4
The notice states the paper is published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Company in Winchester Virginia, consolidated with several weekly papers, and lists postal details and subscription rates for one year six months three months and one month in advance.
The Brooklyn Eagle awarded a prize to Brooklyn school children. Beatrice Fleischmann, daughter of the late Miss Weevie Ochm and granddaughter of Franz Ferdinand Oehm, received the honor medal and penned a poem titled The Winning of The Eagle Medal expressing gratitude for the prize and the Eagle’s emblematic red white and blue.
Berlin reports a potential method to turn cotton stalk fibre into paper, stirring debate on commercial viability. The Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes prior attempts and warns readers to await fuller information before optimism, while contrasting with war news and local social notes.
In CLEARBROOK Virginia on August 11 Mr Irvin Zinn and wife with Misses Mary Zinn Ada Newcome and Mr Silver O Re ar visited George and Jacob Zinn in Charles Town Sunday Other notes include Myrtle and Mabel Newcome staying with Miss Lillian Pope in Greenwood Virg Christiana Zinn returned home after two weeks with relatives in Westminster Maryland Ollie Zinn lost a valuable horse last week Mrs Williams and Nina Stephenson visited Mrs Lee Boyce Miss Lydia Chapman and families visited Mr and Mrs G A Newcome and Ruth Charles Tanquary of Burnt Factory died recently. neighbors mourned.
Mt Williams Aug 11. Newton Burkhart of Opequon spent Sunday with his parents J H Burkhart. Philip Cammer family Harry Bell and daughter Flossie Bell and Cammer relatives toured to Mray cave last Friday. One day last week Noel Williams found a terrapin with P O initials and 1861 carved, later freeing it after his own 1916. Mrs Randolph Robertson of Relief visited Emily C Williams. Dorothy Miller returned home from Martinsburg. N C Williams killed a four foot rattlesnake with eleven rattles and a button last Monday while setting posts. The Clowsers and daughter spent Sunday with Mrs Clowser.
Long piece notes reunions at Fishers Hill and Woodman Park with families from Winchester area. It mentions travel to Mount Pleasant, birthday parties, visits to Luray Caverns, and a large county fair with hunting and horse events including prizes. Local residents visit Swarthland and Washington figures are cited.
Frederick Circuit announces preaching at Lamps Memorial 11 a m and Paxton Chapel 3 p m on Sunday August 13. No preaching at Round Hill at night due to ongoing Presbyterian services. Second quarterly conferences set for August 22 at 2 30 p m at the parsonage. official members urged to attend.
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