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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
3
Hereby I will apply to the Circuit Court of Frederick County at its January term 1917 for license to sell soft drinks at Nain Virginia. J. M. Buncutter.
Notice is hereby given that Will Derick County at its January term 1917 for license to sell soft drinks at Ware VA. 25 3w J W Parish.
The defense claims Mrs. Ritter taunted her husband leading him to plan death by his own hand. Ritter has been jailed since August amid a murder case alleging he shot his wife after a confrontation at the Martinsburg toll gate. Six prosecution witnesses testified including Mrs Blanche Ritter and John Ed Ritter as the trial progressed.
The wife testifies her husband shot at her as she left the dining room en route to the kitchen. She says the bullet hit her finger, lodged in the left arm, and she was taken to Martinsburg hospital after enduring twenty hours without care.
A preacher discusses the Bible focus on Christ’s return, describing separation of the righteous and wicked, the parable of tares, and the coming of judgment. He urges repentance, explains no one knows the day, and stresses readiness for the second coming.
A reflective aphorism encourages restraint in speaking about others unless certain of oneself. It urges questioning motives and the purpose of sharing critical thoughts.
Breaks a cold in a few hours with Papes Cold Compound. A dose every two hours for three doses ends grippe misery and clears blocked passages. It relieves discharge headaches feverishness sore throat sneezing and stiffness. Costs 25 cents at drug stores and acts without assistance.
The market report lists daily corrected quotations for commodities and staples. Prices cover butter, eggs, grain milled products, hay, poultry, corn, potatoes, beef and pork figures, and livestock ranges with notes on wholesale and retail rates.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internally taken treatment that targets blood and mucous surfaces. It claims no quack medicine status and credits a reputable physician and Toledo Ohio-based firm F. J. & Co. with endorsements and testimonials.
The poker editor of the New York American warns that triplets and twins within sixteen months create a weak hand, calling it a poor man's ful house.
The text argues that true measure lies in a person’s moral and inner grit rather than mere physical size. It characterizes courage as key, citing a Sun-lad story to illustrate mobs judging by backbone and grit over outward form.
The text notes Hawthorne told Longfellow of Evangeline and urged a romance, but he believed it suited verse. It mentions Tales of a Wayside Inn inspired by a Sudbury Massachusetts colonial inn, which still exists.
There are rules for sharpening razors and pocket knives. A razor must lie flat on bone to keep a fine edge, while a pocket knife needs a stiff edge. Hold at 20 to 25 degrees and use a chisel like edge.
An antique tip suggests filling a dish with rich earth and planting grapefruit seeds to create a green centerpiece. Ferns fail in furnace heat. plant thickly, cover half an inch, and keep moist. In about two weeks a lasting, low care green dish appears for winter decor.
A Unity message urges cultivating health by expecting it and fostering cheerfulness optimism urbanity and consideration. It emphasizes being healthy in body glad in heart and aspiring in spirit.
Two tramps at a water tank discuss a violent fantasy involving killing and roasting a man. Their crude dialogue imagines an engine death and a lightning strike to bake him, revealing a brutal, lurid mood.
A boy named James hides three small coins and asks his mother for help. She asks where they could be, and he guesses the coins were placed in a good spot, confident nobody will find them.
A brief excerpt from Emerson on welfare requiring one or two companions of intelligence probity and grace to wear out life with reasonable daily discourse. Such companions help measure ourselves and keep us grounded in good sense and virtue.
The article notes Mozart as the first German opera writer among German composers and credits him with forming a distinct German operatic style, a departure from earlier lack of national originality in Germany before Wagner. It highlights Weber's subsequent role in shaping this tradition.
A reflection on the term oldened as a clumsy past participle form for aged. The author argues it is hard to say and nearly obsolete, offering it as an example of archaic English not suitable for modern usage.
An anonymous remark contemplates being reborn as a Japanese child to better perceive the world. The mused idea expresses desire to experience life with a different cultural lens and sensibility.
A succinct, reflective line attributes to Charles Dickens the idea that outsiders understand proper action during crises. The quote emphasizes moral judgment from those not experiencing the difficulty.
A cryptic message links Labor as the foundation of wealth for every country and hints at safer vessels venturing farther offshore while small boats stay near the shore. The note emphasizes cautious optimism in maritime exploration.
The term Baptist was applied to English Separatists who revived immersion in 1644. Two Baptist streams existed earlier, the General Baptists from John Smyth’s followers in 1611 London, and the Particular Baptists in 1616.
The article argues exuberant health is superior to wealth and power and often leads to achievement. It notes widespread distrust of health tasks and remedies due to quackery and superstition and laments the vagueness surrounding general health rules.
The earliest French operas by Lulli and Rameau followed Italian models. Gluck laid the French foundation in the eighteenth century. Later, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Gounod, and Thomas led the tradition with Magsenet and Carpentier among later figures.
Edinburgh owns several meadows in the heart of the city used as hay fields each spring and sold for respectable sums. After harvest the land is let for cattle farming and other purposes, increasing municipal revenue for the town authorities.
A Missouri observer quotes a remark about a nephew known as a horse doctor who allegedly eloped with a two headed girl at the fair. The exchange ends with a dismissive, witty line about starting down the hill and getting worse.
Readable fragments show a cry for help from SEEEHEG ECG OTH, prompting public resistance efforts. Details are sparse, but the note signals organized pushback and calls for action.
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