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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1915

Page

3

Railroad Schedules Cumberland Valley Time Table June 27 1915

Train arrivals at Winchester from Cumberland Valley station listed with daily and exception times. Superintendent HA RIDDLE and General Passenger Agent are noted.

Train Schedules for Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Areas

Norfolk and Western timetable lists No 13 9 18 am to Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers and dining car to Roanoke Parlor Car to Roanoke and Bristol No 1 2 27 am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton intermediate stations Pullman sleepers Gary and Winston-Salem cafe car Shenandoah and Gary connects at Roanoke with Memphis special for points South No 27 6 38 pm to Shenandoah intermediate stations No 28 9 32 am to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Shenandoah Junction for Washington No 14 7 04 pm to Hagerstown Pullman sleeper to New York No 2 12 54 am to Hagerstown Pullman sleeper to New York and Philadelphia

Bristol Pullman Roanoke Broiler Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton Gary Winston-Suiem Shenandoah Memphis Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Shenandoah Junction Washington

Train Schedules for Harrisonburg and Strasburg Per Rail Line

Westbound trains from Strasburg include No 2 daily at 7 30 am to Harrisonburg arriving 9 30 am No 49 daily at 12 25 to Harrisonburg arriving 2 40 pm No 21 daily 7 59 pm to Morrisonburg arriving 10 15 pm Buffet Parlor Car. Eastbound trains include No 14 daily 8 25 am limited to Washington arriving 5 10 pm No 24 daily local from Harrisonburg to Strasburg arriving 7 30 pm. C W Westbury Gen Agent Washington DC.

Strasecro Harrisonburg Morrisonburg Dria Washington Wanbineksuacse Warshin Harrisonburg Strasburg Strasburg C. W. Westbury Gen Agt Washington. DC

Democracy Will Triumph Amid Virginia University Lines

A passage extols Dr. Alderman's UVA leadership, noting revival of a thousand students and a bright era ahead. The piece contrasts founding momentum with present progress and calls for service to life duties. A separate note discusses marriage rings, citing weddings held with nontraditional rings such as church door keys when gold rings are unavailable.

Tion University of Virginia

Brakeman Kelly Injured Disconnecting Freight Car

Freight brakeman Joseph Kelly of Brunswick Maryland sustained severe hip and head injuries when a baggage truck left near the track struck him while he held the grab iron to disconnect a mail car at Strasburg Junction on the Baltimore and Ohio line. He remains at home and cannot resume duties soon. Dr. Crawford, railroad surgeon, assisted and accompanied him to Brunswick on the eastbound passenger train.

Brunswick Junction Joseph Kelly Brunswick, Md Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Strasburg Junction Mr. Kelly Kelly Crawford Strasburg

Miller and Miss Boyd Wed in Quiet United Brethren Rites

The ceremony at the United Brethren Church on North Avenue united Maude Love Boyd, daughter of the Boyds, and Harry C. Miller, son of the Milers, with Rev. George W. Stover officiating. The couple, witnesses many relatives, travels to Baltimore and Washington after the wedding and will reside in Winchester. Miller works in the B and O freight office. A second item notes views on national spirit through song, contrasting American progress with Germany.

United Brethren Church North Avenue Maude Love Boyd Charles FE. Boyd Red Bud Frederick County Harry C. Miller Charles W. Miller South Kent Street Strother Shull Pav George W. Stover Miller Baltimore Washington Winchester Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Miss Mary Heist Dies in Winchester at 78

Miss Mary E. Heist longtime Winchester resident died at 1:30 am at her sister Mrs Margaret Baker 218 South Braddock street after a lingering illness in the seventy ninth year. She is survived by sister Mrs Baker and brothers Dr G Kenton Heist and Edward T Heist. Funeral at 2 30 pm Monday at Mrs Bakers residence conducted by Rev Dr J H Lacy with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Mary E. Heist Winchester Margaret Baker South Braddock Street Miss Heist John George Heist Presbyterian Church Baker G. Kenton Heist Edward T. Heist Warren Gentinel Front Royal J. H. Lacy Mount Hebron

Noted Visitor Given A Reception After Lecture

Dr. Edwin A. Alderman president of the University of Virginia was honored with a small reception after his speech at the Empire theater. The event at Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Barton’s Washington street home was limited to university alumni with many ladies in attendance.

Empire Theater Edwin A. Alderman University of Virginia Vir Robert T. Barton Washington _ street University Dr. Alderman Barton Win

Local Market Prices From Daily Report

Prices offered today by local buyers include White Corn at 2.50, Yellow Corn 2.40, Cracked corn 0.90 per bushel retail, Timonthy hay 16.00, Mixed hay 16.00, Oats 0.50, Seed eastiee 0. KU Flour retail 5.76, Middlings 1.70, Bran 1.40, Creamery butter wholesale 0.28, Country butter 0.18, Store packed butter 0.30, Young chickens live 11 per lb, Oldens 11, Turkeys live 0. Tele potatoes 0.70–0.75 per bushel, retail peck 0.20.

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Harvard Red Cross Unit Ships to France for War Effort

Harvard sends one million dollars in gold and a medical mission to Europe. Thirty doctors and thirty six nurses depart from New York aboard the Noordam, forming Harvard’s second Red Cross unit bound for a frontline French hospital near Loos under British coordination.

University France Europe New York Noordam

Saloniki and the Balkans Amid Allied Interventions

A fragmentary report discusses Saloniki and the Balkans, noting Shorks once Tidheron and a broad European conflict. It mentions the allied Anglo-French card of aid to Serbia and alleged motives of the Veni zel os government and assurances about not restricting liberty.

Tidheron Eur Servia Ij Recit Venizelos Arthn Reece

Saloniki: A strategic Allied hub in the Balkans theater

Saloniki stands as a major southeastern European port with 130,000 residents and an annual trade near 18 million dollars. It links Bulgaria, Servia, and northern Greece via rail to Nis and Monastir, hosting a vital harbor and rail routes central to the Allied war effort.

Saloniki Europe Greece Sofia Bulgaria Servia Nisb Monastir

Optimistic Thought on Mind and Attainment

A concise remark notes that whatever the mind chooses as its object it can achieve. It emphasizes the power of determination and mental focus to realize personal goals.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy Praised by Lima Resident

Mrs Albert Blosser of Lima Ohio touts Chamberlains Cough as the best medicine for colds and croup with many others agreeing. The claim notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.

Chamberlain Albert Blosser Lima Ohio

Sunday Religious Services In Local Churches

The town lists multiple churches with service times and leaders. Centenary Reform on Cork Street led by Rev T K Romer offers morning and evening sermons with a Sunday school, while Christ Protestant Episcopal on Water Street led by Rev W D Smith conducts services midday and evening with choirs and a Sunday school. Other churches include Sacred Heart at Main and Cecil with masses and vesper services, First Baptist on Cork Street with morning service, First Christia on Heidrock Clifford Streets with two services, Grace Lutheran on West Water Street with morning and evening preaching, and Methodist Episcopal at Market and Cork with morning and evening services and a Sunday school.

Grace Lutheran West Water Street George 3S. Bowers D.D J. E. Cooper Fayer

Church Schedules for Methodist and Presbyterian Posts

South Braddock street Methodist Episcopal with Rev. W. O. Talbert announces 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. services and 9:45 a.m. Sunday School led by W. B. Snider. Presbyterian on South Main St led by Rev. J. H. Lacy with 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services and 9:30 a.m. Sunday School. Highland Avenue Presbyterian holds 8 p.m. service and 8:30 p.m. Sunday School with Thursday prayer meeting. United Brethren on North Braddock street led by Rev. G. W. Stover with 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, and Young People’s Society. Midweek prayer 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Methodist Episcopal South Braddock Street W. O. Talbert W. B. Snider Epworth League Presbyterian South Main St J. H. Lacy Highland Avenue Presbyterian Dock Street G. W. Stover T. &. Wander Young People’s Society Christian Endeavor L. W. Fries

Royal Box Notes on Queens and Royal Habits

The article highlights Queen Maud of Norway binding books as a hobby and Queen Victoria of Spain traveling through her realm with little ceremony. It mentions Prince Leopold of the Dolphins and a boy named Theogar of Russia with references to Russian peasant life and soups like borscht.

Queen Maud Norway Queen Victoria Spain Leopold Eptog Theogar Russia

Women and Work Union Facts Across New York and Palestine

Over 40,000 women belong to the Garment Workers union in New York state. Forty one of every hundred marry between ages twenty and twenty five. Detroit waitresses may work up to fifty four hours weekly. New York trade union membership fell ten percent in the last year. Zionist colonies in Palestine show women in forty settlements, the first founded twenty five years ago.

Garment Workers’ Union New York State Detroit New York Palestine

Bond Approved in Frederick County Court

In the Clerk's Office of Circuit Court of Frederick County a deputy clerk certifies that Erbert Larrick has given the bond with approved security in the penalty required by the decree, conditioned according to law. J. W. Baker, Jr., Deputy Clerk, Circuit Court Frederick County Va. 12-9-4.

Circuit Court Frederick County Berkey Bi & A Corp Tony Jackson Special Commissio Court House Theater Lam Frederick Co Jackson Herbert S. Larrick Jas. P. Reardon T. Russell Cather Robt T. Barton, Jr Harry R. Kern W. Flaker Iscurt Erbert Larrick J. W. Baker, JR

New York Apple Market Prices for Grade A Fruit

New York apple prices for grade A fruit listed by variety. Jonathan Baldwin Winesap Ben Davis Greening York Imperial and Gano show firsts and seconds with per barrel or per dozen hundred weight pricing. Prices vary by variety and quality.

Jonathan Fireta Baldwin D. H Ben Davis Yore Imperial GANO

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