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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
4
The article describes holiday homecomings as students and city residents return to former towns. It notes mixed feelings, nostalgia, and comparisons between past and present life. It highlights the reawakening of youth, visits to old friends, and the lasting impact of teachers, ministers, and early mentors.
The Brucetown Sunday school cantata Foxy Santa drew a large audience. Highlights included lively music, clever tricks by a Foxy Santa and mail carrier, and beautiful duets. Local residents and visitors shared holiday greetings as families and teachers noted Christmas visits and illness among townsfolk.
Week ending December 23 1916 unclaimed letters in Winchester post office include Mrs M Engel Mr and Mrs H Carroll Jr Beatrice Taylor B D Peachy Grace Matthews Jemina Miller Annie Franks Edwin Lynn Chittum Master Lynn and others. recipients to pay one cent per letter. Postmaster J W Sterbt.
An advertisement states catarrh cannot be cured by external remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. It claims the remedy acts on blood and mucus surfaces, is not quack medicine, and was prescribed by a top physician. Testimonials are cited and it is sold by druggists with Hall's Pills as a companion product.
Miss Antoinette Markell entertains informally at her home on West Patrick Street on Monday evening in Frederick Maryland as reported by the Frederick News.
Daily focal prices from local buyers include wheat at 2.9 per bushel, cracked corn around 60 cents, middling and bran variants with retail and wholesale figures, mixed hay, barley, creamery butter both wholesale and retail, fresh eggs at 40 cents per dozen, young chickens at 16 cents, potatoes at 1.70 per bushel, and shoulder cuts priced near 84 cents per pound.
The clipping lists closing market prices for butter and creamery, poultry meats including live chickens and turkeys, hay grades with timothy and clover, corn cob, sheep and lambs with per pound rates, calves with price ranges, and pigs valued per head and per size.
An octogenarian in Hayfield near Betheldnerct Virginia celebrated his eightieth birthday with a surprise party last Sunday evening. Neighbors feasted in the dining room while music and reminiscences filled the house, and well wishes followed for many more birthdays.
Mrs J B Whittaker of McDutt Virginia recounts years of headache and stomach trouble easing after using Thedford s Black Draught. She says the vegetable remedy regulates weak stomachs and aids digestion, with over 70 years of use and more than a million beneficiaries. Drugstores sell it for 25 cents per package.
ALBIN Va December 28 Mrs E B Greenawalt visits relatives in Scottdale Pa. Mr and Mrs R L Lewis celebrate Christmas with friends in Winchester. Mr and Mrs D S Mattison visit near Gainesboro Tuesday. Mr and Mrs James Lampenter host friends Wednesday. Mrs Estelle Nail of Hayfield visits locals Wednesday.
Richmond dispatch reports the First Virginia Infantry will likely entrain home by January 2 due to rail equipment shortages. War Department plans tourist Pullmans for 16,000 troops, plus freight and baggage cars, delaying the return amid holiday traffic.
The report recalls stymies as frequent in the classic orth and South golf tournament at Pinehurst. It also includes satirical lines from the New Era at Leavenworth about music and prison life, contrasting golf lore with prison levity.
The passage discusses how those who fail may channel success into noble uses and how success-lovers may recognize sincerity as one form of human folly. It notes that those who once showed kindness during failures may later receive sunshine in their favor and warns that fear of success stems from envy, jealousy, and awareness of cruelty often practiced by the successful.
Short local notes from Winchester Star include updates on community events and small notices. Names and places are clipped, with limited readable details for this fragment.
A compact saying on life, truth, and obedience attributed to Phillips Brooks. It links growing truth with deeper earnestness and steady compliance in a concise philosophical note.
An advertisement promotes a laxative product claiming ease of use and gentle effect for constipation. It emphasizes pleasant taste and effective relief, noting availability and suggested benefits.
The article recalls Uncle Pete a drayman on South Braddock Street who endured rheumatism and hardship yet saved steadily. He built wealth of eleven to twelve thousand dollars through decades of hauling for ten to fifteen cents a trip, leaving real estate stocks bonds and bank deposits. He died in Chicago with a will leaving his property to his son and his daughter’s children.
Multiple Winchester area banks announce New Year 1917 holiday closures on Monday January 1 with all maturing papers payable Tuesday January 2 1917. Banks include Shenandoah Valley National Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank Union Bank of Winchester and Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester.
A college janitress overhears students discussing a $16,000 gift from a wealthy alumnus to the school. She comments that it is nice for those who can give but questions why donors’ names should be publicly posted on campus.
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