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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
5
Cumberland Valley timetable notes daily and Sunday train arrivals and departures. It lists routes from Philadelphia to New York via Pennsylvanian stations with posted times including arrivals at Winchester and daily schedule blocks. Superintendent and general manager signatures appear with minimal operational details.
Schedule fragment lists connections for Hagerstown and intermediate stations to Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with links at Shenandoah Junction or Washington. Indicates particular transfer points and routes for passengers navigating the line.
A Northern Virginia Colored Baptist Convention session at Luray Virginia August 23 25 will discuss forming a committee to raise funds and erect a monument for Jennie Dean a Northern Virginia missionary leader who founded five churches and Manassas Industrial School. Her grave near Sudley Springs Cavalry Chapel remains unmarked awaiting a donor committee.
The merchant submarine Deutschland reached the mouth of the Weser on August 23 and anchored in the afternoon. All crew members were reported well. The submarine had arrived in Baltimore from Bremen on July 9 with dyes and mail.
The regular submarine merchant service between the United States and Germany aimed to defy the British blockade. The ship Deutschland left Baltimore on August 1 bound for Germany, carrying a cargo of rubber and metal, and was to be followed by its sister ship Bremer.
Mr Lawrence Weems travels to Washington for a week to handle business. Mrs John Doll and Mrs Bettie Smith of Martinsburg are guests of Miss Carrie Hunter. Mrs Harry Stephenson of Rochester visits Rev Dr G M Miller in town. Dr J Wilton Hope and daughter Boydie return to Hampton after weeks in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Richard Brown and daughter return from Clearbrook Virginia. Mr H B Ferguson and son return to Cumberland Maryland. Mr and Mrs John Hoover and son visit Harrisonburg. Edward Y Baker of New York visits for several days at the Baker home. Mr John B Dupuy, recovering in Birmingham, returns to work after operation.
Names of motorists from Richmond and Renova visit a hotel and consider a want ad in The Star. The list includes William H. Feltner F Boehl ing Charles Schmidt E A Stumf A M Gann Helen Gann Mary M Crea and W L Ragland with six in his party.
Mrs. Dick Osborne and daughter Alice of Winchester visit Dr and Mrs W M Janney. Mrs H J Knight and son Scott of Hood Va stay with Mr and Mrs B F Lineburg. Miss Lela Yeakley calls on friends. Mr Arthur DeHaven of Martinsburg visits with locals. Mrs Fred Thwaite spends Wednesday evening with friends.
Brucetown Virginia notes list visitors including Lee Timberlake from Washington and Albert Clendening from Emporium. Martinsburg, Winchester, Summit Point, Stephens City residents are mentioned along with camp visits and a Sunday preaching schedule at Burnt Factory Crums and Brucetown.
Apple Grove Virginia notes list visitors and local happenings. Jeannette Richard from Mountain Falls visits her aunt Mrs. E W Fevall. Various residents attend camp meetings and visit neighbors, with several trips to Winchester and War densville. A five foot black snake was found in a chicken house eating eggs.
Greenwood Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will hold a picnic at the Opequon on the Berryville turnpike next Saturday August 26th.
The Troop 1 Boy Scouts slide benefit show has been postponed due to the Firemen's Carnival. It will be rescheduled for next week and a full notice will be issued later.
Charles A Watts a noted apple buyer from Thomasville Canada has arrived and will spend the fall in town. He is staying at the Winchester Inn.
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