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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
4
Anecdotal diary style notes describe daily apple consumption as a remedy for fatigue and illness. The speaker recalls health struggles with rheumatism corns and bunions, then imagines morning vitality returning after rest and sunlight. The piece blends personal reflection with a rustic, hopeful tone.
Henry Klime and family moved to tenant 2 on Brumback farm in Topnot neighborhood. Angie Hollar near Edinburg visits with Huff family at Sburg Junction. Charles Foltz recently recovered from illness and can be out. Colfelt family travels for work and visits relatives in Edinburg and Washington area. Floyd Carper honeymoon trip to Washington and points. Ida and Paul Colfelt visit relatives near Edinburg and St. Luke.
Jubilee Virginia notes travelers reporting returns after visits to Chambersburg Greencastle Waynesboro in Pennsylvania and Emily Haldeman returning to Harrisburg after the holiday switch.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for backache and weak kidneys. It claims the medicine strengthens the kidneys and restores energy, urging readers to buy it now.
Miss Beulah Hartman teacher at Evandale school came back after holidays with her parents near Bracetown. Mrs J W Violet is indisposed and Dr Dearmont is attending her.
Miss Bessie Riley of Martinsburg visits sister near Summit Point. Mrs Frank Willingham ill at sister L D Ginscock’s home. Mr and Mrs Thomas Keckley and two children visit William Ring. Georges Wysdham improving at home nearby. Mrs Henry Carper and son Busey visit daughter Mrs Charles Higgs in Middleway. Mrs L D Glaycock visiting son in Washington DC. Ring couple and Miss Bessie Shoewalter visit Martinsburg. Elsworth Ring and Mrs Wilson Henry spend Sunday with their parents near Summit Point.
The pastor E. W. Brubaker announces Sunday services on January 14 at Lamps Memorial 10.45 a.m. Paxton Chapel 3 p.m. and Round Hill 7.30 p.m. Rev. J A Anderson will preach at Paxton Chapel and conduct communion.
Mr. Boyd R. Richards, of this county, recently sailed to England and arrived in Liverpool aboard the White Star liner Baltic. He traveled for local apple growers and chippers and is transmitting market quotations by cable.
Miss Mary Strickler a known Metrict nurse is confined to her home with a severe grip attack Miss Ambrose fills her office duties during the illness.
Edmund Vance Looke, noted poet humorist and impersonator, sẽ present his "Nineteen Hundred and Now" at 8 30 p m in City Hall Auditorium in a Handley series event. Free admission. audience invited to hear his blend of verse and serious reflections.
A reflective note ponders how death is judged not by inevitability but by the manner of its approach. It contrasts a slow crawl with a sudden pounce and questions the value of the act itself versus the circumstances surrounding it.
A Friday evening gathering at Mr and Mrs Ernest McDonald home celebrated their son James McDonald home from Morgantown college for Christmas holidays. Games and music featured the event with refreshments served late. Attendees included Misses Virginia Guinn Schollie Mary Payne Bryarty L Lee Pine Margarette Seibert and Messrs Lee Tabler William Payne from Martinsburg and others.
The Mutual Farmers' Club of Frederick County gathered December 20 at Welitown for an informal meeting hosted by FL A Cochran. Members discussed future programs, agriculture publications, field mice damage to orchards, and plans for a farmers' institute. Clarence S. Shapard was welcomed as a new member. resignation from E. Brinson noted. next meeting slated for January 27, 1917 with a formal program.
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