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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
5
Rail service listing shows trains between Philadelphia and New York with daily departures at 7:22 p m excluding Sundays. Additional notes reference stations and expected times for the route.
Fragmentary timetable snippet mentions Roanoke and Shenandoah with trains and inter station notation. Observed times include 12 27 a m and 6 38 p m with destinations Roanoke Memphis and Shenandoah. details incomplete due to OCR errors.
At a New York directors meeting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad declares regular semiannual dividends of 2 142 percent on common stock and 2 percent on preferred. Dividends will be payable March 1 to stockholders of record January 20. No increase to the common dividend is announced amid ongoing maintenance spending.
Mrs. J Frank Russell reports a fire damaged the home of her sister Mrs. R N Jobe in Luray Virginia. Mr. Jobe suffered painful burns while saving the elderly Aunt Mary Beasley from an upstairs window. The blaze caused hair and moustache loss and about $1000 in losses, partially insured.
A man in the high mountains reads a three word letter from a wife who left him with bitter words a year ago. She arrives after a weary journey to McDonal's shanty where he tends a feverish partner and they confront their failed marriage with a quiet, hopeful reunion.
Classified note offers a flat-top office desk for sale at a bargain. Inquiries directed to Star office with brief instruction to respond quickly.
A man in uniform claimed to be a U.S. recruiting officer in Mercersburg Pennsylvania. He recruited a local boy then traveled to Harrisburg where authorities confirmed he had no credentials or authority. The Harrisburg officer labeled him an army crank.
Mrs J B Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says Thedford s Black-Draught cured her family s sick headache stomach trouble and prevented long illnesses. She touts it as the best family medicine for young and old noting it regulates weak stomachs aids digestion relieves indigestion and nausea. The product has been used for over 70 years and claims over a million beneficiaries with druggists selling it for 25 cents.
Local notes from Cross Roads Virginia dated December 29 report J H R Fletcher returning from Winchester Memorial Hospital after surgery. Festus Fletcher ill with pneumonia at home. Will Whitacre has returned west. John Kerns hurt falling from a tree now able to be out. Families visited relatives over Christmas including Patterson Whitacre and Foreman households.
In a bustling New York anecdote Jimmy loses a blue rose lace towel gifted by Aunt Brewster. The towel drifts into a car, sparks attention at Anna Katherine’s shop, and leads to a reunion with his old playmate Dot Brennan. Aunt Brewster arrives with the towel, unites Jimmy and Eileen, and ends the caper with a warm twist.
Joe Arnold of Weatherford Texas raised a watermelon weighing 106 pounds, a remarkable fruit among local garden yields. The record item highlights his unusually large produce from a personal crop and showcases regional agricultural pride.
R. F. Hall of Babe Virginia reports fifteen years of persistent bronchial cough and throat irritation. After using Foley's Honey and Tar, he stopped coughing following a single bottle. Sold everywhere.
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