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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
5
A partial timetable shows arrivals in Winchester at 5 20 8 though text is garbled. Names Sam and Renee appear in fragments with references to daily service and Sundays excluded.
Fragmentary timetable from Norfolk and Western listing stops from Roanoke to Shenandoah and intermediate stations. Mentions Memphis, Philadelphia, Washington routes and cafe car service details with times and fares, appears to be a train schedule page.
An OCR dated timetable shows eastbound and local routes from Strasburg to Harrisonburg Alexandria and Washington with arrival times around morning to late evening. It references daily and limited services and multiple stop points including Harrisonburg and Alexandria.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Duffy visit in Alexandria at the parents home of Rev Dr and Mrs J W Duffy. Mrs Gertrude Logan is back from Lexington Virginia. Many locals host or visit relatives in town including Miss Florence Weems from Washington and William V Hyde of Boston.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a solution for cold symptoms foul breath and headaches caused by a torpid liver and clogged bowels. It promises a ten cent box to cleanse digestion overnight and regulate bowels for months, targeting both adults and children. It also notes local church events and a picnic area addition at the Presbyterian Church in Winchester.
In Kernstown Virginia on December 2 Mrs Metz and daughter Georgia of Welltown and Mrs P W McLane and daughter Peerle of Hagerstown visit relatives. The quarterly conference led by Presiding Elder Anderson of Winchester is held with communion to be celebrated Sunday morning. No Sunday evening service. An advertisement touts Page’s Cold Compound claiming rapid relief from grippe symptoms and a 26 cent price at drug stores.
Thanksgiving day services in the city raised funds for Winchester Memorial Hospital. Union services in the tabernacle collected a little over $80 and Christ Protestant Episcopal Church gave $126, totaling over $200 for the hospital.
Mr and Mrs M M Lynch returned from Richmond where they attended events related to Virginia education. The couple reported interest in school programs and possible community benefits.
Mr William B Timberlake of Brucetown Virginia has been appointed by Governor Stuart as a delegate to the Southern Commercial Congress to be held this month in Norfolk Virginia He stated that he expects to attend the meeting.
A white and lemon colored beagle with a limp named Lust is missing. The Star office offers a reward for the dog’s return. Miss Katharine Lathem has gone on a visit to friends in Weynesboro Pennsylvania.
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