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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
4
Poem reflecting on disappointments and superstitions about luck and fate. The narrator recalls fearing doom over small misfortunes while life unexpectedly stays temperate, concluding that many theories of woe fail when misfortune does not arrive.
A number of residents traveled to Endless Caverns for a Sunday outing while others attended a camp meeting in Jensville West Virginia. Generous singing and music were led by Prof. McIiwee of Keyser. Friends learn O M Kern and Ralph Lee Triplett have returned home improved after surgery at Nester Memorial Hospital.
Mrs John J Deviny and daughter Kathryn visited Valley Home then return to Washington. Miss Jaine Triplett visits her aunt Mrs B Misa. Alma Bean travels to Romney West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Paul Wright of Atlanta Georgia visit Capon Bridge relatives. Mrs Wright formerly Miss Mary Cooper of Gore. L A Delwig of Washington at Mountain View while daughter Flora on vacation in Maine. Mrs B P Bean and two children join sister Mrs Blett and Josephine for West Virginia visit. Marguerite Constable shows improvement amid illness. Roy E Potts of Berryville seen in village. Modern Woodmen Lodge plans their twelfth annual picnic on Saturday the 26th with many attractions.
The Star shows wholesale quotes for wheat eggs butter and flour with varied prices. Listings include spring chickens hens over four pounds creamery and country butter and other staples. Prices appear for local stockyard and farm products with no stated date.
Yesterday’s results show Strasburg 9 over Boyce 7 and Front Royal 10 over Woodstock 1. Today New Market visits Harrisonburg with Saturday matchups Harrisonburg at Winchester Mt Jackson at New Market and Monday Woodstock at Front Royal. A rain postponement affected Winchester at Mt Senha.
Oranda residents Messrs. Orndoerts and Rev. R d Philpott travel to Ebenezer Church near Gore for the annual Church of Christ convention in session. Misses Mamie Good and Hilda Line-
Sunday visitors gathered at Glendale in Ashing ton and Patmos Church hosted the Raw funeral. James Salim and M M Qrndorff travelled to Winchester with Mrs Kibler present at nearby events. Families from Strasburg and Stephens City joined A P and R Aller hosts for a day apart from Miss pre.
Miss Ethel Martin of Washington visits her parents in Relief A L Martin. Mary Massie spends weekend at Pleasant Valley. Russell Robertson and Louise visit Stephens City with Tom Beaver. Edwin Crim visits Washington relatives. Hicks and Branner drive to Harrisonburg. Frye family visit Mount Williams. Methodist Episcopal Church South to preach Sunday August 20 at 11. scattered local social updates with incomplete phrases about new seements.
Stephens City Va August 17 Farmers' Union of this place will hold its annual picnic in Dr Powers woods near Salem Church on August 26. August 19 Miss Carrie Watson spent several The Daughters of Wesley Bible.
A 36¢ box of P D Q proclaims it kills bed bugs roaches fleas and cooties and claims a quart volume can wipe out a million pests and their eggs without harming fabrics patent spout aids application and calls the liquid a bed bug killer like fire in cracks and nests.
A school grounds away party is planned for Saturday night with the family of C. C. Watson. Margaret Jacobs of Washington visits Frances Beatty. Mrs. Robert Staples returns from Washington. Goodwin and family accompany her home. Margaret Burner and daughter Della head to Springfield Ohio. Wesley Trussell and family of Pittsburg visit Charles Trussell. L. J. McCartney hosts guests C. L. Guerrant Roanoke C. W. Firestone and Russell Alderson Troutville and Angie Wade Raphine Va.
The Star announces a Page of Presidents contest with a $25 cash prize for the correct or nearest correct answer. Ev:
A listing notes household goods for sale at 409 South Braddock Street. The brief item mentions a house and lat sale with no additional details.
The Berryville timetable shows multiple Norfolk and Western trains with routes to Bristol Roanoke Bristol via intermediate stops, Pullman sleepers to Williamson and Winston-Salem, cafe and parlor car services, and connections at Roanoke and Shenandoah Junction. Fares and reservations available from HW H Burks in Berryville Virginia and W C Baunders Roanoke Virginia.
Everyone in the city and beyond can enter the contest except anyone connected with The Star. Look for the page for an interesting and instructive read that will refresh memory and offer a $25 cash prize. Advertisers anticipate many letters.
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