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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
5
Train arrivals to Winchester from the stations above listed at 9 20 am daily except Sunday 11 45 am and 7 22 pm daily D daily X daily except Sunday Tower Supt BH A RIDDLE Gen P A
Train No 13 918 departs p m for Bristol and intermediates with Pullman Sleepers Dining Car Roanoke and Bristol. No 1 2 27 am serves Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton with Pullman 7 and Winsor cafe car Shenandoah and Gary Roanoke connection to Memphis special. No 27 6 38 pm for Shenandoah and intermediates. No 28 9 32 am for Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with Shenandoah Junction connection at Roanoke Washington
A Baltimore doctor promotes resinol ointment and soap as a cure for eczema ringworm and similar skin troubles. Regular baths with resinol products soften crusts relieve itching and burning and help the skin clear. Use twice daily then dry gently and apply ointment under a light bandage if needed.
Advertisement announces rental of two store rooms Nos. 12 to 14 on the east side of South Main Street in the Faulkner of Goods Building. Applicants directed to Hansbrou and Carter. Dated 24 October.
Miss Helen Skinner 18, daughter of Pine Knot Lodge owners in Big Bear valley, skis 15 miles through three feet of snow from Pine Knot Lodge to Cobble Dobble to reach Los Angeles for her wedding to Wesley Turner. She traveled with her parents as a stage from Victorville met them at Dobble.
In Kansas City a burglar unlocked a room and took nearly $3 from Mrs. William Buchanan's dresser. He spoke politely, returned some lines, and left as she pleaded that the money was all she had. She alerted the police after the intrusion.
Wilfrid Van Danacker of 459 Webster avenue wed a young woman in a downtown ceremony. The couple married twenty minutes after engagement, with Henry Gallick officiating. The groom joked about the bride giving her boss two weeks’ notice.
Reno man Fred McCormack arrived at the station wearing gold coins as buttons. Four $20 pieces adorned his coat front while six $10 pieces decorated his vest and three $10 coins on each sleeve. A $50 piece served as a watch fob.
Rev W H H Beall of Baltimore, a former pastor of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church, visited at the Sartelle home on South Main Street and addressed a Wednesday prayer meeting. Miss Susie Paxton, visiting her brother in Nashville, Tenn., stays with Mr and Mrs Louis L Baker on North Braddock Street.
Mr G C Snyder of Hagerstown Maryland spends several days on business and is registered at Hotel Vans in town.
Rev J H Cooley arranges an all day bush meeting on Glenside circuit near Berry’s Terry with preaching at Mount Carmel. The notice outlines a day of religious services and exhortations for attendees in the local community.
Rev. Mr. Turner will preach at the Clearbrook Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 8 oclock. The public is invited to attend.
Residents of East Piccadilly and National Avenue thank City Manager Field for sprinkling that district twice daily during the Berryville Horse Show to curb dust.
A workman high on a girder earns approval from a woman across the street as she laments high prices for front‑window cleaning and jokes about a daring rescuer, noting even Tom won’t risk the fourth‑floor job.
A wealthy merchant rejects his clerk seeking his daughter's hand. Months later the clerk vanishes with nearly all the fortune. A telegram from South America proclaims I am rich, very rich, but not in position to marry a poor man's daughter.
A fragment notes Ki-iu-how said to mean retreat in monkey language. The author remarks the term may be prauseable and sounds like a dog as it decorates the scene with tin can orders. The scene of action recedes rapidly into the distance.
Under authority of a trust deed dated October 18, 1902 by Lucy A Hicks and others and at the request of the first lien holder, I will offer the property at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia at 12 o clock noon on Saturday August 26 1916.
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