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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1916
Page
5
Train schedule fragment lists routes from Usburz to Harrisburg with stops at Ibersburz Mechanicsburg and Bippensbers and shows a daily service except Sunday. Shows fare or times with numbers and initials indicating personnel.
Huntington dispatch reports James H. Van Pelt McKenna of Pittsburgh won both a bride and a $500 wager. Miss Bessie Penwell of Huntington wed him after a three day courtship begun with five cents. The terms required a single American born woman 21 plus, five to six feet tall, bilingual, willing to bicycle across the United States as part of the honeymoon.
Rev and Mrs Asa Richard of Winchester visit relatives in Bloom. Gordon Moore moved his saw mill to the Old Pifer Farm and works daily. Nathen Williams and Miss Mary Williams attend business in Winchester. Staden Cooper suffered a serious shoulder injury when a hay fork gave way. Dr P. Raya rendered prompt care and recovery is hoped.
William L. Boyden librarian of the Supreme Council Thirty-third Degree and George F. Moore Sovereign Grand Lodge Commander Universe Council of Masons both of Washington DC registered at Hotel Jask yes a.
The report details a wreck involving a Chevrolet car bought for 750 with no damages awarded to Mr. Mellwee. It claims Pond raced the car from Melines livery around 4 PM with gathered colored men, amid calls for full legal penalties to improve future safety for tourists to Winchester.
Mrs Affleck of Winchester Virginia recommends Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney complaints. She cites repeated use with splendid results and urges buyers not to ask for any kidney remedy but Doan's. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY props.
The article discusses whether paper price increases reflect collusion or rising demand. Publishers claim 20 percent higher paper use while statistics vary. Newsprint Manufacturers' Association cites June production and shipments near total output. Experiments with substitutes like cotton stalks and flax remain nonviable and uncommercial.
Hicks Farm to be sold at public auction August 26 1916 at noon in Winchester Virginia under a trust deed from Lucy A Hicks and others. The 700 acre tract lies on the Winchester Front Royal road near Ridgeway McCartney and Randolph and includes a good dwelling and other improvements. One third cash on day of sale with two bonds for two thirds payable in one and two years bearing six percent interest. Purchaser may pay all cash if preferred. Trustee R Gray Williams. 7-10-4f.
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