Norfolk and Western Schedule Notices from 1917
A fragmentary rail timetable item lists Norfolk and Western departures and connections for October 19 1917. It mentions routes to Rosmoke and Bristol with joints south, parlor car to Hagerstown, Pullman sleepers to New York and Philadelphia, and transfer notes through Harrisburg and Washington.
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Norfolk & Western
Rosmoke
Bristol
Sane
Cary
Mville
Pia
Dir
Memphis
Pup Shevardoeh
moxtaRou
Hagerstown
Harrisbats
Philadelphia
Shevardoah
Washington
Pullman Sleeper
Newth
Phila
New York
Pas Pas
Greycastle
Chambers Urg
Mechanicsburg
Harrisburg
Southern Railway Schedule Between Washington and Harrisonburg
The timetable lists trains between Washington Alexandria Strasburg and Harrisonburg. Daily and weekend services include No 2 with 7 30 am departures and local for Harrisonburg arriving 2 30 pm, No 21 Saturday and Sunday 7 50 pm buffet parlor car to Harrisonburg, and No 123 Saturday only local for Harrisonburg arriving 8 10 pm with buffet. D H Debuts, Div Pass Agent, Washington.
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Washington
Alexandria
Strasburg
Barrisonburg
Treteourd Fyrom
Harrisoner
Harrisonburg
Sun
Atexar Mo
Ifis
Texandria
Sarrisos
Struacture
D. H
Cumberland Valley Time Table December 16 1917
Praths arrive in Winchester at 9 20 a m from the stations named above. Train runs daily at 7 27 p m with Sunday service only and daily except Sunday. General Superintendent and Passenger Agent notes included.
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Cumberland Valley
Praths
Winchester
Sunda
P. A
Bartonville BREVITIES
Bartonville Virginia records a sequence of holiday visits and social teas. Miss F Funk returns from near Frederick Maryland after Christmas as maid of honor to Miss Mary Watkins. Mrs Charles Watson hosts the Children's Missionary Band. Various local families share meals and visit relatives through New Year.
Local Social Roundup From Middletown Area
Farm near Boyce hosts T H Sprints guests. Reid couple visits Snapp family near Middletown. Shenk and Jolliffe households host guests including three small daughters. Jacob Funk spends Christmas in Halfway with Joe Funk. Wisecarver family visits Hockman household. Piter family visits Randolph Piter’s parents near Vaucluse on New Year’s. Carrie Watson visits brother Charles Watson during holidays.
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F. W. Shenk
E. R. Shenk
T. P. Jolliffe
Jacob Funk
Joe Funk
Halfway
Leo Wisecarver
R. W. Hockman
Carrie Watson
Middletown
Charles Watson
Burning Eczema Remedy Claim From E.W. Rose Co
An advertisement from The E.W. Rose Co. of Cleveland promotes a topical product for eczema described as highly effective. It asserts penetrating action and liquid form, claiming superior results compared with prior uses.
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Nothi
E.W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Marlboro Brevities Local Mirth and Travel Notes
Marlboro Virginia news brief reports Dr J B Clagett Hamilton called home to see his ill mother with bronchial pneumonia. Attending physician is Dr Williams. Local residents Shamnholtz Pangle Fishel Shull Dicks Windle Fink Fisher visitations and weekend meetings noted with several family visits to Lebanon Church and Smith home.
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Marlboro
J. BE. Clagett
Hamilton
Williams
W. H. Shamnholtz
J. J. Pangle
Winchester
James Fishel
Linden
E.A. Fishel
Joe Shull
Turday
John Dicks
Howard Windle
E. M. Fink
Middletown
Katie ‘Fisher
Washington
Jasper Pangle
D. N. Stickley
Lebanon Church
James Boggs
M. P. Smith
Ismail Pasha Tests Dentist By Having Sentry And Slave Teeth Pulled
An anecdote recounted by Lord Cromer in the Quarterly Review tells how Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, sought to learn pain thresholds. He first had a sentry sit for tooth extraction, then a slave girl, and finally his own tooth removed after witnessing the others. The tale notes the dentist received a thousand pounds from the Egyptian treasury.
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Isma
Ismail
Debate over using hands for workers across genders
A London journal favors workers as a single term for male and female laborers. The piece traces usage of hands for workmen since 17th century, noting objections by Mundella that it depersonalizes workers and quotes Arnold Toynbee praising wage control of hands as personal independence.
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England
London Journal
Philip Hale
Boston Herald
Evelyn
Olmstead
Slave States
Mundella
Arnold Toynbee
London Daily Chronicle
Critique of Labor, Agents, and Social Slacking in Crisis
A Kansas City Star quote laments scarce farm help while denouncing solicitors and book agents selling useless labor-saving utensils. The speaker labels agents as industrial slackers and notes a need to blame someone to stay normal, targeting the book agent as ideal for this purpose.
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Professor Pate
Kansas City Star
New Idea of Primitive Man From Irish Professor
An Irish professor recently proposed a new theory of primitive man. He argues ancestors did not travel on all fours or dwell in trees, but rather used fore limbs as supports and may have operated with three limbs when needed. The idea suggests the right hand’s prevalent use arose from this habit.
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Raeer
Child feeding routines of birds reflected in parental verbs
The dialogue contrasts human parental fussing with birds, noting chicks receive food without fuss while parents labor to feed them. It highlights patience, instinct, and the contrast between human culinary decisions and avian feeding dynamics.
Henry Jones Praises Herbal Dreco Medicine For Weight Gain
Henry Jones of 1014 Noble Avenue Danville Virginia recounts illness including nervousness insomnia heartburn and dizziness. He credits the herbal medicine Dreco with improving his health sleep and appetite and reports gaining 15 pounds in three weeks. Dreco is said to be dispensed at most drugstores in the region and recommended by Miller's Drug Store in Winchester.
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Noble Avenue
Danville
Pee
Dreco
Reco
Henry Jones
Jones
Winchester
Miller's Drag Store
Wickliffe News Notes Highlights Local Family Visits
In Wickliffe Vas on January 18 Mr and Mrs Reverdy Lewis and Mrs R M Powers hosted visitors including Miss Mary Jequelin and Mrs Grover Carter. Smith has returned to Baltimore after Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs B S Smith at Smithfield. Clifton Byrne left for Kentucky to attend college. T C Hall and sister Miss Alice Grubbs were guests of Miss Bessie Albin with other relatives nearby.
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Wickliffe
Vas
Ana
Reverdy Lewis
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Grippe Relief
Advertised remedy claims rapid relief from stuffed nose headache feverishness and sore throat. Instructions advise taking every two hours up to three doses and say the medicine opens air passages tastes pleasant and costs only scente at any drug store.
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Pape
Supt Kline Named Food Administrator for Frederick County
Superintendent Leslie Kline of Winchester and Frederick county schools is appointed food administrator for Frederick County. He will lead an aggressive countywide campaign to promote food distribution and school meal programs.
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Supt. Kline
Leslie Kline
Winchester
Frederick County
Liberty bond referenced in pediatric death report
The statement from the father, Percy Le Sibert, says little Alice Catherine Libert died from spasmodic whooping cough rather than pneumonia. The report notes the cause as given by family members amid the document's other details.
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Alice Catherine “Libert
Percy le Sibert
Torer Ons
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Berry Ville Daily
Southern Railway
Eha
Airy Ville
Pike
Wilson
Miller’s Drug Store
Nation Court
City of
Edith V v. Graybeal
Edith V. Graybeal
Cecil Street
L. Glaize
Thomas P
Harry R. Kern
Dovall
Bartonville
F Funk Thas
Frederick
Mary Watkins
Deets
Childrens’ Missionary Band
Charles Borum
Camp Lee
Nellie
Annie Mary Beaver
Russell Robinson
Eaward Grove
Os Fe
Bajsht Grove
Wil Claude
H. A. Funk
William. Venable and Son
R. E. Reid
Grace -Pifer
Lamps
William H. Beaver
J. H. Bea
Ver
Mary Virginia Funk
Cecelia Venable
Louise Carper
Boyce
Mary Barr
Stephens City
William L. Carroll
McCartney
T.H. Sprint
Ric K E. Reid
J. D. Snapp
Eilis Sietore
Khedive
Egypt
Danville Carpenter
Het, Unclesam
H. K. Green & Bro
Moling & Seal
For
Goodyear
Gi F. Hetzer
Mountain View Nursery Co
Williamsport
Maryland
Queen Insurance CO
America
Hansbrough & Carter
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