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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
3
The Norfolk & Western railway notes that farming and rail transportation are mutual allies. Cooperation fixes misunderstandings, boosts farmer access to markets, and strengthens national prosperity. The piece urges continued farmer railroad collaboration for mutual and societal gain.
Centenary Reformed Church at Market and Cork streets led by Rev T K Cromer hosts song and praise at 6 p m Sunday with Sunday school at 9 45 a m J C Recher superintendent Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m Christ Protestant Episcopal Church at Water and Washington Streets with Rev W D Smith rector offers morning prayer and sermon at 11 a m evening prayer and address at 8 p m musical programs by a vested choir organist Mrs H D Fuller Sunday school at 9 41 a m Men 39 s Bible class 10 a m Mid week prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m Holy communion first Sunday each month at 11 a m and again upon notice.
Local notices list church activities for First Baptist East Cork Grace Lutheran West Water Street and Methodist Episcopal Market and Cork streets. Rev W H Carter Rev George S Bowers D D Rev H G Spencer lead preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. plus Sunday schools and midweek prayer meetings.
Rev. W. O Talbert will lead preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.m. W. B. Snider is superintendent. Men’s Golden Rule Bible Class at 9:30 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. W. G Hardy presides. Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Sunday services at 8 p.m with Sunday school at 3 30 p.m Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 p.m.
Rev. G. W. Stover leads sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. T. B. S. Hancher superintendent. Young People's Society Christian Endeavor 7:15 p.m. L. W. Fries president. Midweek prayer meeting 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The Old Fogy asks about the Cheerful Idiot who has been missing for months. The Grouch says he is busy with a get rich quick scheme claiming a queen bee lays 3000 eggs daily and he aims to cross a queen bee with eight hens to perfect it.
A Thoreau quotation extols mutual trust as the basis of friendship. It argues that fidelity to others should mirror self trust to create solid bonds.
French soldiers use a new fatigue relief technique by removing shoes, lying flat, and elevating legs at right angles against a wall. They flex toes ankles and knees, rest, and allow a surge of blood to circulate into the tissues.
The page lists prices for wheat, corn, cracked corn, timothy hay, mixed hay, straw, feed, bran, middlings with dairy butter and country butter, store packed butter, spring chickens live, old roosters, and potatoes retail per peck. Prices include Stephenson wheat at 1.08 and various retail and wholesale figures across grains and dairy.
The Star lists Baltimore wheat and corn closing prices. Wheat No 2 red spot at 1.14 1 2. Corn carrots on spot 87 1 2 and cob corn 4.40 to 4.45.
The Baltimore markets show steady closing prices for butter eggs vegetables fruit poultry and hay with ranges for butter 26 to 27 cents and eggs around 19 cents. Live poultry lists chickens 19 cents per pound for larger birds and 18 to 19 for smaller, hay values omitted due to market conditions, and sheep and lambs priced per pound with fat sheep at 14 to 15 and lambs at 9 to 9.5.
Local druggists report a drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. Advertisers claim the vegetable remedy is safe and effective for liver sluggishness and constipation with a money back guarantee.
A female ladybird beetle becomes grandmother to seventy five billions of her kind in six months. She lays eggs on melon vines and whitish grubs hatch to feed on aphids. In late autumn the mature beetles fly to the mountains to spend winter in clusters among leaves and pine needles.
A clever collar button design from Charles Formage of Newle involves a solid metal stud with a central screw hole. A tapering peg screws into place and passes through the collar buttonhole, easing fastening without biting nails or cursing.
The Rudsianges fight to hold Kovno as Von Hindenburg takes command. Czarist armies escape a German trap after Warsaw evacuation. Sokolow Seidice and Lukow evacuated east of Warsaw. Germans reportedly driven back near Kovno. Seidlce captured. 6550 Russians taken since August 16 including 18 officers.
Miss Bella Carson visits her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Carson at Riverton while training at St Lukes Hospital Richmond. Various travelers and visitors register at Hotel Jack and Hotel Evans including Mr John L Porter from Pittsburgh and Dr John R Graham from New York.
The largest and heaviest nests in the world are in Australia. Built by jungle fowl, they are mound shaped and stand about fifteen feet high and 150 feet in circumference.
A simple method to loosen a stubborn bottle top involves wedging the top between a door and its jamb and pulling the door open. This grip can hold the cap tightly and prevent slipping, aiding unscrewing.
Bea otter tops the list as the most valuable fur with Russian sable second and silver fox close behind. Skin size elevates the sable to a higher value despite other skins having higher per unit value.
A quip notes that many boys who dream of becoming president later find themselves better suited to work as janitors in a livery stable, suggesting misaligned ambitions and outcomes.
Fragment notes nostalgia for bygone gentility and manners. Mentions books and old wine as symbols of an era. Source text shows fragmented musings attributed to Oliver.
A fragmented dialogue shows Jones speaking about a literary bent with a friend dismissing the idea. The exchange suggests a conversation about ambition and practicality, hinting at creative impulse tempered by concern for consequences.
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