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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
5
An elderly woman recounts her severe illness and recovery through Cardus, crediting it with stabilizing mind and body after months of illness. She urges others to seek the remedy and mentions visiting her druggist for it.
Cumberland Valley trains arrive in Winchester at 9 20 am daily except Sunday 11 45 am and 7 22 pm daily with additional notes indicating X and D daily schedules and a reference to Tower Surt H A Rippie as Gen P A.
Westhound from Strasburg No 2 daily 7 30 am local to Harrisonburg arrives 9 30 am No 49 daily 12 25 noon local to Harrisonburg arrives 2 30 pm. Buffet parlor car No 21 daily 7 5 pm local to Harrisonburg arrives 10 15 pm Eastbound from Stras.
Norfolk and Western schedules list No. 9184 m for Bristol and intermediate Pullman Sleepers and Dining Cars with a parlor car. Station stops include Roanoke Bristol and intermediate points to Roanoke with connections to the Memphis special at Roanoke.
Residents and visitors in Grimes Virginia and nearby areas share family visits and community events. The column notes arrivals from Boston and Kernstown, local gatherings at Snow Hill farm and Mr. William Bromley’s woods, horse shows in Berryville, and ongoing home improvements.
The Winchester Commercial Pony Contest awards a black and white Shetland pony named Midget to a child 16 or younger. Votes come from purchases at participating merchants through October 2, 1915. Each store holds a ballot box and voters must register with name and age, with 500 votes for a new bank account.
Winchester Fair adds two new classes Breeding Pens and Boys and Girls Barred Plymouth Rock Clubs. Prizes include best breeder cups and cash awards with entries closing September 6. Clubs include Middletown Stephens City Gore Gainesboro Frederick County with USDA and Virginia Tech cooperation.
Misses Ruby Rutherford and Mrs. Rutherford will leave August 22 for Baltimore to visit relatives. Jack and Walter Rutherford and sisters Mary and Minnie Rutherford attended the Ridgeway meeting. Services will be held September first by Rev. Julian Broaddus and a large crowd is hoped to encourage continued services.
Mrs William McGarry and her two children arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Baltimore. They will spend time visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J D O Connell at their home on the Senseney road east of town. Her husband Professor William McGarry from St Josephs College Baltimore may visit soon.
West Frederick Farmers Club will hold a meeting at Gore High School on Tuesday August 24 at 8 p m to discuss farm problems of vital interest. Secretary Mrs L R Swimley and her daughters Dorothy and Janice Swimley visited relatives in Hagerstown Martinsburg and Winchester and returned to their home yesterday afternoon.
An advertisement claims calomel makes readers sick and markets Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, fifty cent remedy to start the liver. It guarantees relief without salivation and suggests taking a spoonful at night, even for children, with a money back cue if not effective.
A Tennessee merchant, Lol Williams of Jesse, endorses Chamberlains Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saying it gives superior relief. He recommends the preparation and claims personal use confirmed its efficacy. News notes also mention Mr. and Mrs. J S Haldeman returning from a Norfolk Newport News trip and visitors Mrs Gus Everly and Miss Davis in Keyser, W Va staying with the Mason couple.
A concise quotation notes that the importunities and perplexities of business are softer than the constant cravings of vacancy and the unsatisfactory expedients of idleness, as expressed by Dr. Johnson.
Soldiers in the French army use a fatigue relief method by removing footwear and elevating legs at right angles against a wall. They massage the toes ankles and knees then rest to induce a flood of blood to the tissues.
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