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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
5
Sola in Winchester Nd is recommended as the world’s best corn remedy at Livick's Drug Store. The notice highlights this product as a top solution for corn relief.
Train schedule for Cumberland Valley line lists arrivals and departures with daily service details. Notable times include 9 arriving in Winchester from the station, 2 454m and 7 722 pm daily services, and a Sunday exception pattern. Superintendent B A Arpow e and General Passenger Agent initials appear in the header.
The timetable lists N and W trains departing at 9 18 am to Roanoke Bristol Pocahontas Norton and other intermediates with Pullman and dining cars. A 6 38 pm service to Shemandoah and intermediates, plus 9 32 am service to Hagerstown Philadelphia New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction or Washington.
Daily and limited trains from Strasburg to Harrisonburg and Washington pass via local and buffet parlor cars. Arrivals list Harrisonburg times for multiple services and connections to Alexandria and Washington with late evening arrivals in Washington.
Proc list shows farm auctions near Winchester with entries for December 19, 1916. J. H. Loy holds sale 1% miles southwest of DeHaven offering horses cattle implements and harness. Miss Jennie J. Brown sale 3 miles south of Winchester on Valley Pike includes horse corn hay implements and household goods.
Officers of Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 A F and A M were installed in a special communication presided by Most Worshipful James Allston Cabell Grand Master of Masons in Virginia. The ceremony included conferment of Master Mason and drew attendees from Virginia West Virginia DC and several states. A banquet followed with about 100 guests served.
Clarke Masons, Treadwell Lodge No. 213, A F and A M, held the fiftieth anniversary of its founding in Berryville Virginia on December 15 with Deputy Grand Master C Vernor Eddy presiding. A banquet for sixty Masons, wives and friends followed at Battletons Inn where Hon James Alston Cabell of Richmond, grand master of Masons in Virginia, gave an instructive address.
A Maryland officer found a one legged drunk man on Prospect Street and hauled him to the station in a sled pulled down Washington Street. The intoxicated man was placed in a cage for a hearing.
The Star lists daily local market quotes for grains, hay, butter, poultry, and live stock. Prices shown include winter wheat 9.75, spring wheat flour retail, corn, middling, and timothy hay priced for bale, butter wholesale and retail, live chickens and turkeys, potatoes, and various hay, corn, and livestock grades with per unit figures.
Mrs. Josephine Morgan returns home from Winchester visit. Butchering is active locally this week. The Abrell family and relatives visit Ben Abrell. Lula Morgan stays with Verna Swimsey in Winchester. Dr. Morgan visits Zeph Morgan’s family. Legg family visits relatives. Samuel G. Morgan and Mary visit Dr. Morgan in Gerardstown. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crim last week.
Nineveh Virginia reports include Mrs. Marvin Hammack caring for her aunt Mrs. Mer cher McCauley, Charles Powers visiting Irene Mecariner, Sallie Cabell returning from visit to Cedarville, A S Jett staying with in-laws, D S Hughes from Charleston, Ladies Aid meeting at Margaret Jacobs home, Harry White ill at home, and Hugh Atwood visiting Howard Stotler.
The Presbyterians Sunday school will meet Saturday at 7 PM in the Sunday school house to rehearse Christmas music. All are expected to attend. Include hints about gifts such as a carriage or robe for Xmas. Jno S Solenberger & Co. advertise what you want.
Mrs. E. R. Gilbert of Millboro Virginia endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild gentle laxative for children and family use. The remedy blends simple laxative herbs with pepsin and contains no narcotics. Available from druggists at fifty cents with a free trial bottle offer by mail from Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
Germany denies inhumanity in deporting Belgian workers to Germany. Alfred Zimmermann hands note to American Chargé d’Affaires at Berlin embassy, claiming Belgians idle and better off in German industrial plants than in Belgium.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble or do not suspect it. Kidney disease can cause back pain headaches loss of ambition nervousness and irritability. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root offers relief through a physician's prescription available at drug stores or a sample by mail from Kilmer Co.
Shenandoah Valley Academy opened the season by defeating Middletown Agricultural High School 42 to 17. Coach Lewis used eleven players, with Peyton and Washington star performers and McCandless showing guard potential. Lineup included Peyton, Harrison, Shannon, Koch, McCandress, and others.
The poker editor of the New York American remarks that triplets and twins in 16 months is a poor man's full house. Mrs. C. K. Comly, visiting her parents at Post Royal, Pa., has returned to Winchester and joined Mr. Comly at Hotel Jack.
The farmer should use the quiet winter season to estimate measure cut and market timber. Supervise crews and spare help to supervise work. Hauling logs on snow is easier and logs are less prone to insect or fungus damage in winter.
Timely advice on keeping poultry houses clean warm and dry. The article urges weekly cleaning, proper ventilation, and bright conditions to boost winter egg production. It recommends a mixed grain feed of wheat oats barley cracked corn and buckwheat and notes green bone with lean meat supports hens when bugs are scarce. An ounce per bird daily or every other day is advised to prevent overfeeding.
A Virginia reader endorses Vinci as a constitutional remedy for anemia and fatigue. The letter cites improved sleep appetite and energy after use, attributing success to cod liver and beef peptones plus iron and manganese compounds. George F. Miller's Sons, Winchester VA, and other Virginia drugstores distribute Vinci.
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