Religious Services Listed For Sunday Here
Local churches provide Sunday worship times across multiple denominations. Gentenary Reform, Christ Protestant Episcopal, First Baptist, Grace Lutheran, and several Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Brethren congregations offer morning and evening services with Sunday schools and midweek prayer meetings.
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First Baptist
East Cork Street
W. H. Carter
W. A. Sale
Grace Lutheran
West Water Street
Georges. Bowers
D. D
J. EK. Cooper
United Brethren
North Braddock Street
G. W. Stover
T. Hancher
Young People’ Society
Christian Pndeavor
L. W. Fries
The Old Wheeze and a Bold Discovery
Seymour Deming argues in Atlantic Monthly that critics resist new ideas but the old guard’s weapon is empty. He notes even famous figures like Columbus and Darwin faced opposition yet revealed a broader truth about reformers.
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Mke Columbus
Darwin
Cromwell
Giordano Bruno
Seymour Deming
Atlantic Monthly
Orchid names imitate animals among many plant species
A Gas Logic writer notes many plant species imitate animal life in names. Orchids include the man orchid the bee orchid the spider orchid and the lizard orchid, illustrating nature’s mimicry in plant forms and nomenclature.
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Animal Kingdom
Gas Logic
Notable visitors and arrivals in Kernstown area today
Rev and Mrs John L Jackson of Charlotte visit Mr and Mrs C Grattan Crawford in Kernstown arriving yesterday with friends from Piedmont Cumberland and Chicago. Ruth Lind Clanahan returns home to New Market after visiting Winchester area. F B Hottel of Cincinnati and Daniel T Stone of Altoona visit George W Lind east of town.
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John L. Jackson
Charlotte
N. C
Frederick Fredlocke
C. M. Lovingstein
Piedmont
W. Va
Fdna Weiss
Cumberland, Md
Miss Atker
Chicago
John Lamb
Lida Fairmont Avenue
Ruth Lind Clanahan
F. B. Hottel
Cincinnati, Ohto
Daniel T. Stone
Altoona, Pa
George W.W. Lind
H. D. Fuller
Virginia
Douglas Fuller
J. W. Sherry
Martinsburg
Winchester
McSherry
Gilpin
Census Takers To Begin Promptly
Winchester church groups organize a religious census with about forty volunteers to canvass four wards starting at 2 p m Sunday They aim to complete the house to house survey within two hours Residents are urged to answer doorbells and pastors will announce the census from pulpits.
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City Sunday School Association
Winchester
Grace Lutheran Church
Ten Thousand Attend Confederate Reunion at New Market
Lieutenant Governor J Taylor Ellyson and Congressman James Hay led the event as principal speakers. Hay voiced support for President Wilson and praised defense readiness while denying plans to block reasonable military requests or incur excessive military spending. He urged restraint and predicted the President would avoid war with existing combatants.
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New Market
J. Taylor Ellyson
James Hay
Hay
Wilson
United States
Committee On Military Affairs
Leather lore and chamois skins in England and Switzerland
An expert recalls chamois leather sales in England and the term shammy leather used for women’s underclothing. The piece notes Swiss hunting yields about one chamois per hunter per week, and explains sheep skins with inner chamois and outer leather. The letter from a leather expert ends with a curious, reflective aside.
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England
Switzerland
London Mail
Near Work. The Judge and the Artist Model Reminiscence
In a vignette a judge questions an artist model about past work. A wag recalls a time when the speaker was sketched as a sleeping faun by an artist at the woods during a beauty nap.
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Puck
Boston Cat Eats Beans With Turkey Gravy Trick
A Boston cat will eat beans if turkey gravy is poured on them, a local quip noted as newspapers report on unusual animal appetites across the nation. The tale mirrors a Boston dog that eats beans, warning readers of curious pet stories circulating.
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Boston
Satisfaction in Work Says Charles W
The quote attributed to Charles W. extols productive labor as a primary source of fulfillment for thinking men and women beyond home life, highlighting work as a key life satisfaction.
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Charles“W
Canning Compounds Warned By Washington Officials
The Department cautions housewives about salicylic and boric acid sold as preserving powders for home canning. Experts warn these substances can harm digestion and health, and note federal and many state laws ban harmful preservatives in foods for interstate commerce. Home-canned foods may avoid these laws, but risk remains.
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Washington,c
Mrs Gilpin entertains with grand luncheon at Scabeby Manor
Mrs Henry Brooke Gilpin hosted a large luncheon at Scabeby Manor Clarke county in honor of Mrs Dixon of Boston. One hundred twenty ladies attended from Boston Baltimore Washington Philadelphia and other areas. Attire featured white lace gowns and a blue hat. catered by Rauscher of Washington.
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Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Dixon
Gilpin
Donald N. Gilpin
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces, prescribed by top physicians, and not a quack medicine. It promises testimonials and lists Toledo Ohio as the company location.
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Hall
P.J. Cuenry & Co
Props
Toledo
Ists
Ire Tire
iTake Hall
Market price quotations from local buyers list numerous staples
The Star presents daily market prices including wheat at Stephenson 1.04, yellow corn, white corn, cracked corn retail 95, timothy hay 22, mixed hay 19, straw 8.50, flour 6.60, creamery butter 25, fresh country butter 23, eggs, spring chickens 0.16, old hens, old roosters, potatoes per peck 20, shoulder 0.65, and bacon 12.
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Stephenson
Verve Shanes
Cothamt
Oo Cscs Ssseestvereseaene
Baltic market report highlights wheat corn and live stock
The Baltimore markets report daily closing quotes for wheat No 2 red at 1.10 and corn carlot spot at 87 1 2 cents with cob corn 4.40 4.45. Butter eggs hay and poultry steady with varied prices and notes on hay grading. Calves and lambs listed with price ranges while a local social note mentions Mr Robert Page from Boston visiting Clarke county relatives.
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Baltimore
Star
Choice Creamery
Virginia
Zeppelin Destroyed Over Russian Front Report
German Zeppelin attacked by Russian anti aircraft guns was shot down near the Vilna railway center East Kovno. The crew was captured marking the first Zeppelin crew taken. An Italian air squadron then downed three Austrian planes along the Adriatic coast per Figaro dispatch.
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Helfsarich
Petrograd
Vilna
East Kovno
Steel Bridge to Replace Wooden Span on Southern Rail Line
A Shenandoah county trainman said Southern Railway ordered a steel bridge to replace the burned wooden trestle at Stony Creek on the Shenandoah Special route between Strasburg and Harrisonburg. The 200 workers built a timber replacement in 100 hours after the fire, but a steel structure is planned as the durable upgrade.
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Baltiotoré and Ohio Railroad
Edinburg
Shenandoah County
Southern Railway
Stony Creek
Shenandoah
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Uncle Eben’s Advice Phrases in Rural Speech
Fragmentary dialect lines show Uncle Eben giving guidance in rural speech patterns. The passage highlights colloquial phrasing and cultural flavor through a character attempting to steer others with homegrown wisdom.
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Winchester Fair
U.S. Cavalry
Harry F. Byrd
Gentenary Reformed
Corner Market
Cork Streets
T. K. Cromer
J. C. Recher
Christ Protesant
Washington Streets
W. D. Smith
Yes Choir
H. G. Spencer
Hunter N. Kern
Methodist
South South Braddock Street
W. C. Talbert
W. B. Snider
Golden Rule Bible
Epworth League
G Hardy
Highland Avenue
Apple
Corrugated Board
G. P. Read
Duane Street
New York
Albion
C. L. Robinson’ S
Charles Town
Ordef
Monkey
Orchids
Congress
Tiny
London
Fin Inns Babel
Society Notes
Manhattan
Ryan & Ornd
Livck
Livick’s
N. Main St
Baltimore Grain Markets
Robert Page
Mass
R. Powel Page
Boyce
Clarke County
Louisville Courier-Jour
Eax
Arkeer
Merkow
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