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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1915
Page
4
Health’s best way to stay well is not a headline but a daily habit of eating apples. The excerpt discusses public reform, advertising truth, and the role of editors and publishers in guiding civic life, urging better schools, streets, and services as part of community progress.
Cross Roads Va August notes track a string of visitors and family travels. Trone Miller and kin plan to Baltimore to visit Miller brothers in insurance, while others from Reynolds Berkeley Springs Capon Bridge and Winchester visit relatives here. Mrs McKee preaches in Winchester and Rufus Wolford’s family plans church services next Sunday.
Workers endure intense heat as they stack and load racks during harvest. The toilers walk on, their efforts aimed at earning wages despite the scorching conditions and the challenging conditions of the season.
A verse by Walt Mason laments farmers bent by sorrow and hardship. It contrasts teardrops with wasted joy and describes harvest time as crowds of workers trudging from alleys to earn a few shillings only to spend them on drink.
Large crowds gathered at the Ridge Meeting House burial ground for the funeral of John W. Brown who was shot in Frederick County. Police said the confessed killer Brown will remain in Winchester jail with no bail, as his coroner’s verdict links him to the crime. Brown leaves a large family, including nine of fourteen children, with survivors in Pittsburgh and nearby areas.
Information from the Tenth Legion in Virginia notes Miss Mary Toll-Improving is receiving updated details.
A distressed woman recalls failed remedies and a physician's warning that delays are dangerous. She reports drastic weight gain, nervousness, and menstral troubles until Cardus Delay restored her health. The ad pitches the medicine as proven for fifty years and directs readers to druggists and the Tennessee company.
Miss Anna Kline spends the week at Mrs C W Fishpaw near Berry Wille. Miss Louise Thwaite of Albins visits Miss Kathryn Ley. Mr and Mrs Fred Kline and daughter Lillian spend Sunday with Mrs J O Kline of Middletown. Miss Nellie Lupton returns to Winchester after a week with Edna and Vista Dinges. Mr and Mrs William Stickley visit Miss Mary Stickley. Mrs William Dinges of Brunswick Md and Misses Hudson of Washington visit Mrs Fannie Dinges. Messrs Ernest and Garret Goch enour of Moorefield spend several days at Waverly.
In Carpers Valley Aug 25 Isaac Carper Sr visits son in law F H Clark on Millwood road. William Whirley from Bunker Hill WV stays with brother in law. John Madagan at Opequon near Carpers Valley Church hosts guests incl Harvey Carper Winchester Stover Carper family Hugh Carper Macedonia and Edgar W Carper. Jennie Bentzel Lucy and Roy Carper also guests at J B Carper residence.
Mr and Mrs Edgar W Carper visited the home of Mr and Mrs W F Anderson on Sunday. Miss Clara Rush of Berryville is visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs G W Kelchner. Miss Gertrude Carper was a pleasant visitor at the home of Miss Lucy Carper recently.
A surprise party honored Ernest Dailey at his Cross Junction area home on the 17th. Guests included Hetty and Lee Kerns, Mary Grove, John and Erne st Dailey, Walter By and son Lawrence, Ruth Kerns family, and several others. Music and dinner marked the gathering as attendees departed about 4 PM wishing Mr Dailey well.
Mis Nora Luttrell returned from a visit to her sister Mrs Edward Tyson at Glengary West Virginia. Mrs E R Dailey and Myrtle have gone to visit her brother in Washington. The Howards Chapel Sunday School picnic is planned for September 4 in the woods by the church grounds. Miss Hattie Whitacre and Gen Eva Shade visited Miss Ruthanna Dailey last Sunday. Arch Dunlap Earl Dick Raymond Parkinson and Gurtha and Marvel Whitacre called on Mr F G DeHaven last Sunday. Walter Potts and Marvel Whitacre were callers at Mr Shade’s last Sunday evening.
F. W. Woolsey of Jacksonville Texas reports kidney trouble rheumatism back ache and fatigue disappeared after using Foley Kidney Pills. The letter claims a thorough cure and notes thousands have written similar testimonials. The ad asserts quick relief and sells the pills nationwide with want ads.
Trustee and Special Commissioners announce a public auction on Wednesday September 15 1915 at noon in front of Winchester Court House for two city lots in Winchester Virginia titled to the late R Wm Walter and Fred L Glaize. One lot on North Kent street No 424 and another on East Piccadilly street with equal ownership. sale terms require half cash and half in two annual installments secured by bonds deed of trust and insurance. Parties include Robert M Ward trustee Herbert S Larrick and Harry H Lynch as commissioners. clerk J B Beverley certifies bond in accordance with the decree. Publication note 8 16 4W by Wm Bowen auctioneer.
Seriously injured in a recent auto collision, the patient was reported yesterday to be recovering with improving condition. J. Olin Faulkner, superintendent of the Gallatin County Pedlic Schools, had been involved in the incident and was noted in initial reports.
By virtue of a trust deed dated 1910 and recorded in Winchester Virginia the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Court House at twelve o'clock on Saturday August 28 1915 the house and lot No 110 on Lecester Street between Braddock and Washington described with a 60 by 64 foot lot improved by a frame dwelling Terms: one third cash day of sale two thirds by purchaser bonds due one and two years after date with 6 percent interest and secured by a trust deed on the property and fire insurance policy R Gray Williams Trustee 7.30-4W
A fragment notes plans for summer vacation at the mother’s home of Mrs Lucy Faulk, and preparations for reopening schools. The text is garbled but indicates someone will leave tomorrow to prepare for the new term under a superintendent.
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