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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
5
Train schedule note shows trains arriving to Winchester from listed stations at 9 20 am daily except Sunday and 11 45 am with daily exceptions. Superintendent X Daily except Sunday 8 am Rrippie Gen P A.
Fragmentary timetable notes show connections and intermediate stops on Norfolk and Western lines. Mentions Roanoke Bristol Pocahotan Welch Norton Shenandoah and Shenandoah Junction with connections to Memphis and Philadelphia routes.
Mrs Aug Doellefeld of Carlyle writes Dr Coldwell at Monticello Illinois praising Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for keeping her four children in perfect health. The remedy combines simple laxative herbs with pepsin to regulate bowel function and is marketed at fifty cents a bottle. It is said to be pleasant for children and effective for adults.
Mrs Blanche Ritter files for divorce from H Eugene Ritter alleging cruelty. He was jailed after a June shooting conviction and one year penitentiary sentence. He remains in jail awaiting circuit court term end and transfer to state roads camp after January.
Ion Telegraph Company of A ter distributed about $200 in bonuses to operators and messengers for Christmas shopping. Manager Murnan hands telegraphic greeting blanks printed in colored ink. Relatives of Winchester soldiers abroad await word on holiday messages as telegraph offices issue special forms for sending greetings.
Postmaster Sibert of the Winchester post office said city and rural carriers will deliver on Christmas Day. Rural carriers depart at normal time to cover routes while city carriers may need multiple trips back to the post office. The plan calls for one general delivery and collection starting at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Carriers will use wagons and continue deliveries until every package is handed to the addressee. General delivery and stamp windows open 11 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. No afternoon or night street box collections. All mails will be forwarded as usual.
In Chambersville Va on December 22 the Round Hill M E Sunday School practiced for a holiday Christmas entertainment. Local residents note visits and travel including Miss Lillian Cooper visiting Miss Pauline Larrick and a farewell sermon at a Winchester tabernacle.
Mrs Lulu Morgan returns home after visiting Miss Verna Swimley in Winchester Miss Mary Hackney returns from Memorial Hospital Several Morgan sisters visit Mary Hackney and Virginia Aiken Nannie Shiner returns from time with Hackney and Aiken Lulu Morgan and daughter Josephine visit Martinsburg Virginia Aiken visits Winchester Joseph Vergiel spends several days in Maryland Lena Crim visits Zeph Morgan home last week
In Trone Virginia on December 22 Mr and Mrs W J Muse and daughter Madeline Muse were in Winchester for shopping. The public is closed for Christmas holidays today. Miss Virginia Grove will visit her parents in Winchester. Mr B N Lockhart can sit up part of the day after a recent severe illness. Mr Frank Griffin and Mr Wilbur Chapman of Keyser West Virginia visited and spent the weekend with relatives.
The Christmas celebration of the Christian Church at Bartonville in this county, planned for the evening of December 26, is postponed to the morning of Wednesday the 27th instant.
J Olin Faulkner and his bride, a Catlettsburg society favorite, epitomize a brunet te type with vivacious appeal. The bride, educated at Holling Institute, Virginia, descends from the late Thomas R. Brown, a Kentucky lawyer. Faulkner, son of Lucy R. Faulkner, hails from Winchester. a Shenandoah Valley and Washington and Lee graduate now serving as Catlettsburg superintendent. The couple plan to visit Winchester for Christmas with his mother and sister, Lucille Faulkner, at 22 North Braddock Street.
Winchester Hiram Lodge No 21 presented gold head canes to William G Conway and Edmund M Houston longtime members. Past Master T R Cather gave the presentation noting their faithfulness and zeal. Heads bore the recipients names and the lodge name. Clay Brown of Baltimore plans Christmas visit to North Market relatives.
On Monday December 25 1916 banks observe legal holidays and close. Paper meling can be paid on Tuesday December 26 1916. W M G Hardy cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank H D cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank Lee R Grim cashier Union Bank of Winchester John I Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
The Star announces higher subscriptions due to pulp and paper costs surging over 300 percent. It notes newspaper shutdowns nationwide and asks readers to renew early, offering two year and three year plans at old rates before February 1, 1917.
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