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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1916
Page
5
Train arrivals in Winchester occur at 9 20 am daily except Sunday, with additional times listed as 4 am and 72 pm. Superintendent B A Riddl and General P A oversee service from the Towes office.
Train notes show the Roanoke to Memphis special passing intermediate stations including Shenandoah and a cafe car Shenan. The text mentions Pullman cars and dining service with Parlor Selver and Bar cars in transit.
Lift of farm sales around Winchester listing buyers for horses cattle implements and harness. Dec 19 1916 J H Loy 1 ½ miles southwest of DeHaven. Seniley J Brown 3 miles south on Valley Pike horse corn hay implements and household goods. Call Star office for terms.
Union Bank of Winchester announces closure on Monday December 25 1916 a legal holiday. All paper maturities due that day may be paid Tuesday December 26 1916 with cashier LOE R. GRIM noting the arrangement.
A reflection on how great writers balance many roles and show vitality beyond writing. Citing Ver non Randall in a London Society Council School of Arts and Crafts paper, via the London Saturday Review, the passage notes that prolific living minds express life for others.
The Campagna is a vast plain surrounding a city, rolling down like a quiet sea over ancient bones. It is a low desert level with rusty grass, haloed by romance and malaria, one of the world’s most historic and unhealthful areas.
A newspaper item reports Dr. Charles H. Walker claiming salenixum, taken in capsules, can relieve suffering and potentially cure cancer. The article notes cancer claims thousands of victims yearly and that science has failed to find a definitive remedy.
A Chicago woman handed a legal summons for court but refused to appear saying she would not know Judge Jones and criticizing his communication. The item also recalls a comic vignette about a tramcar musicale and a mistaken clapping response.
The peanut industry in China shows rapid growth driven by new uses for peanut oil in soap making as a substitute for olive oil and for various cylinder purposes. The peanut itself, when baked, serves as a coffee substitute and aids biscuit making, while also mixing with chocolate and cocoa.
The text argues that true brain nourishment comes from ideas fed to the mind rather than by eating. It notes the brain needs substantial content it can use. It also highlights the finger ring as a historic symbol of fidelity and truth tied to pledged obligations for two millennia.
A humorous gag about a boy named Donald sent to the butcher to buy Frenched tenderloins. He forgets the word French and instead asks for tender loins and to have them stood up and knocked down.
The North River designation for the Hudson River arose to distinguish it from the Delaware, which formed the southern boundary of the Dutch colony, despite the cities of New York and Philadelphia being young settlements at the time.
Artificial silk from wood pulp is suitable from several kinds of California timber and is used nationwide to the amount of 7,000,000,000 pounds. It is mainly employed in millinery sweaters and hosiery production.
A Kansas City Star quotation underscores the legal gap facing the poor who cannot afford lawyers to prove they are not criminally liable. It frames income as a barrier to true due process and equal justice.
A concise aphorism sets labor as the divine law of existence. Indolence is labeled desertion and suicide in the remark attributed to Mazzini.
A daily thought notes that he who loves not his country can love nothing, attributed to Byron. The item presents a brief literary reflection without further context or events.
Fragmentary text notes that took names andaus were originally made to a town named Lanuau in Germany.
The Winchester Virginian Star lists premium winners from the Regent Fair across diverse departments. Names include Newlin Noel Nicodemus Orndorff and Pierce with ribbons and cash awards for items such as canned goods, jams and baked goods. Grand displays feature pumpkins, wines, quilts, poultry and specialty produce from Winchester and nearby communities.
The school now features patent desks and is described as one of the county’s best school houses under the charge of Mr. Oliver Good. Many locals have been motoring to Winchester to hear Rev. Dr. Bridgers in a great revival.
Rock Enon Virginia reports the Rock Hnon school house has been thoroughly repaired, inside and out, following damage. Local officials oversee the work and note improved safety and facilities for students and the community.
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