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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
5
Bishop John C. Kilgo urged constant evangelistic effort during remarks at the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He warned against reliance on spells or quick fixes and called for steady church work and outreach.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. Claims it was prescribed by a leading physician, combines tonics and blood purifiers, and offers testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, Toledo, Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The speaker argues for persistent evangelism aimed at saving souls from sin and hell, rejecting turning religion into a temporary compound or hypodermic method. He urges continuous faith in the Lord and in spreading religious zeal day and night.
Mr Thomas Nelson Page the ambassador to Italy presented the United States Department of Agriculture a fine thoroughbred stallion. The 16 hand dark brown sire by Sir Dixon out of Indoo bred for racing and steeplechases, won first prize at the state fair for registered thoroughbred sires. Now at the Front Royal remount station local horsemen praise his suitability for remounts and hunters.
In Hagerstown Maryland Charles E Miller of Middletown tried to wed Miss I Shank also of Middletown. The minister was out so the couple waited at a parsonage when a quarrel erupted. Miller allegedly ran from the house and was later arrested charged with drunkenness.
In a case before Justice Doub near Limeton, Miller admitted guilt in the death linked to a beer incident. He was fined $5 and claimed he had been drugged after a fragment of slab flying from a saw struck him, causing a forehead wound. His watch and marriage license were missing. Miss Shank’s father was to intervene. Miller, once employed by Johnson for years and respected, tearfully said he deserved punishment. he leaves a wife and six children.
Wilson Cook, 62, a saw mill worker for James A., was killed when struck by a falling slab at the mill. The accident occurred at the James A. mill facility and authorities are investigating the cause and safety precautions.
An outbreak of diphtheria led to a seven week closure of Martinsburg schools. Officials report only two deaths while all schools were shuttered and later reopened.
Within ten days 1600 public and Catholic school pupils were examined and 100 children with diphtheria germs were excluded. About 125 cases were reported in two months, now 26 under quarantine and two deaths. Health Department says situation is well in hand.
Madison Wisconsin December Andrew Kurth and his brothers William and Matthew Kurth of Waunkee have secured from the International Harvester Company a patent agreement valued at 500000 for a grain binder and shocker with coin binder attachment. The firm has begun manufacturing, and the inventors say the device will largely transform grain and corn harvesting.
A 17 pound baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs George Williamsport last night while the mother slept in twilight sleep. Dr Jo W Layman of Hagerstown attended and reported the method worked with remarkable success and both mother and child were doing well.
The marriage of Edmond Lee Goldsborough of Shepherdstown to Charlotte Pendleton of Pittsburgh occurred today at the bride’s sister Mrs Scully’s home in Pittsburgh. District Attorney Richard Evelyn Byrd arrived from Richmond last evening and will stay several days at his Amherst street home.
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