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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
2
One third cash at sale with the balance in two equal annual instalments. Deferred payments secured by purchaser bonds dated at sale, due in one and two years with interest yearly. Interest secured by deed of trust on the property and a buildings insurance policy. Herbert S. Larrick, Trustee.
Advice emphasizes outdoor activity and hydration to aid regularity. Drink a full glass of water before breakfast and eat ample fruit and vegetables. Establish a daily bowel habit. If medicine is needed, Chamberlain's Tablets are described as pleasant and mild in effect.
A fragmented notice describes Louis Tracy works adapted from Pathe photoplays. It mentions John Burton, a steel mill worker who unexpectedly inherits an English title and ventures abroad seeking truth amid personal and societal upheaval.
A feature on urban poverty follows Helen Ray, her self centered mother, and her troubled brother George in a crowded factory town. Helen works at a department store while a wealthy lordly stranger notices her, and a former coworker Alice hints at a bold fortune.
The field for the Seventh district short term likely includes Judge Thomas W. Harrison of Winchester and State Senator N. B. Early Jr. of Greene County. A long term contest may feature Harrison and State Senator H. H. Downing of Front Royal as the main candidates.
Miss Mabel Crawford formerly of Martinsburg and E. Weber Foreman, another Martinsburg native, were married at noon Saturday at St Thomas Episcopal Church in Washington. The couple will reside in Norfolk Virginia where Foreman works for the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Philadelphia publishers meeting to curb white paper strain adopt a plan cutting morning evening and Sunday issues to over 80 pages weekly and end acceptance of unsold copies from September 1. The agreement covers Evening Ledger Public Ledger Evening Bulletin Evening Telegraph North American Record Inquirer and Press.
Mrs Minnie Russell and Mr James B Singhass traveled from Winchester to Baltimore to attend the funeral of their brother Mr Jacob Singhass who died of stomach cancer at the Union Protestant Infirmary. He was born in Frederick County Virginia and moved to Baltimore twenty nine years ago. He is survived by his wife nine children three sisters and one brother.
A Japanese scientist discovers yeast like fungi in breweries that dye silk a rose color. The dye is harmless when used in beer production, suggesting potential textile and brewing applications.
News brief from Gainesboro Virginia noting Mrs John Shane ill visitors from Baltimore Miss Naomi Pool visiting Miss Ethel Adams locals at Cottage Castle Ridgeway Camp Meeting guests A R Rinker and Lawrence Ruble attended Martinsburg trip Clifton Price couple weekend at Martinsburg Ebenezer services last day of Rev S J Goode tenure Bernard Brown announces birth of a son
In a compact rural vignette, Uncle Eben warns that a man with an ax to grind is more useful than one who only tells amusing tales, capturing a folksy moral about usefulness and motive.
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