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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
3
An ether compound advertised as freezone claims to remove corns and calluses without pain or infection. The product supposedly works instantly when applied and is sold at drug stores for a small cost, promising quick relief for feet.
In Roanoke on December , a new Virginis Fruit Product Company with a capital of 125000 will be incorporated upon surrender of the Virginia Brewing Company. The plant, with cold storage and ice manufacture, will process all apples into vinegar cider apple butter evaporated apples canned apples and fuel alcohol. The company will also handle apples previously used by the former distillery.
The market page lists prices for winter and spring wheat, oats, butter, potatoes, and bacon with retail and wholesale figures. Updates note possible canon errors in pricing. News adds Mrs Walker M Bond arriving from Ohio to join Mr Bond at the Winchester and Western Railroad project and Mr and Mrs George Leach departing to Charlottesville Virginia for a stay.
Miss Hilda Portner returned to Washington after visiting Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd at her Amherst Street home. Mrs. Fred S. Ander and Blanche Livers of Ratter, Va, are visiting friends in Baltimore. Mrs. William Bay has come back to the city to visit relatives in West Virginia and Martinsburg with her father William B. Colston.
A sermon urged residents to resist temptation and social conformity. The speaker warned God does not force salvation and criticized indifference, pride, and criticism as barriers to repentance and spiritual renewal.
A preacher condemns slowness to repentance among congregants. He mocks self righteousness and urges full public conversion, arguing excitable emotion is divine zeal not nervousness and calling out adulterated religion versus true faith. He compares trivial demands for purity with genuine conversion.
The road production of Stop Look and Listen impressed at the Empire Theater with vibrant color and strong Irving Berlin music. Review lauds the galaxy of talent, lively dancing, and witty staging while noting the show’s past success at the Globe theater in New York.
Miss Ruth Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Russell of this city underwent an appendectomy Monday afternoon at Frederick Md Hospital where she is employed as a nurse. The operation was performed by Dr Thomas Johnson of the hospital staff and she continues to improve, according to today’s report.
Charles L. Dean aged 59 died at his home 861 National Avenue Winchester after a paralysis stroke suffered Monday afternoon. He had long illness but was active in the community as clerk, hotel steward, and Fairfax Club steward. Survived by widow Josephine Frank six daughters two sisters and one brother Funeral Friday at 3 30 p m at home with Rev Bow ers and Dr Lacy officiating Mount Hebron Cemetery pallbearers named.
Martinsburg area reports manager Alexander Rees of the Mal Creek Orchard Company predicts a liberal crop of apples for young trees, mainly Buach Twigs and Ganos, with some sold and prices rising. Trees are in prime condition promising a big yield and strong market demand.
New York December 7 threshmen area workmen building the battleship New Mexico went on strike demanding higher wages. They cited the high cost of living as the reason for their action.
Baltimore hospitals faced rising costs and held a Mercy Hospital meeting with major institutions to discuss raising rates for operations and treatment. The gathering reflected the broader impact of the high cost of living on hospital finances and patient charges.
Dr Peter MacQueen well known traveler and author speaks on Mexico at City Hall Auditorium tonight. The free Handley lecture begins at 8 30 p m with lantern slides. He drew a large crowd a year ago and is noted for unusual foreign travel experiences and magnetic speaking.
The State Department released a Berlin note asserting the Arabia was an auxiliary warship and not protected by the German order of May 16. It quotes the submarine commander saying he deemed sinking the vessel justified.
Mr. A. H. Hershey of Mountville Pennsylvania passed through town yesterday en route to Woodstock Virginia where he plans a period of hunting with a party of friends.
Villista raids span north and south of Chihuahua City as a Carranza force under Generll Herrera is defeated near Fresno by bandits. General Merguia withholds help from Chihuahua City. Reports say Durango fell to the Villistas. North of Chihuahua City Villistas under Sylvester Quevedo robbed a Mexican Central train near College, taking $2,000 and food supplies.
Mr. Charles F. Nelson of Riverton Virginia has been spending several days at Hotel Evans. Mr. George Barrie has returned to the University of Virginia after visiting his parents on Amherst Street.
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