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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1917
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from the station at 9 20 am daily except Sunday 11 45 am and 7 22 pm daily. Tower Supt BA Krpvie, Gen P A.
An advertisement urges readers with backache to try Hood's Sarsaparilla to strengthen weak kidneys and boost overall health, claiming it builds up the whole system and ends suffering.
A traveler extols Frederick County Florida during a trip to St Lucie County praising cheap land prices, new town amenities in Fort Pierce, and the Indian River area. The piece highlights roads, Riverside Drive, cattle, wells, lumber, a long oilFueled railroad, and idyllic climate while contrasting with northern winters.
Harry Cadwallader and Morrell Davis two Philadelphia boys who ran away from Massenatten Academy Woodstock Va were caught in Hagerstown Md and sent home by police. Parents wired for transportation and funded tickets to Philadelphia after the boys refused to return to the academy. The pair left Woodstock early in the week on bicycles, passed Winchester, and carried blankets ready to sleep outdoors.
Chief of Police reports James R Morris wanted on gold and platinum scrap theft here is in York Pennsylvania on a false pretenses charge. York authorities may detain him and deliver to Winchester after serving sentence, with possible Governor requisition to bring him here for trial. Mrs H Clay Krebs travels to Washington then Philadelphia to spend winter with daughter Nellie Krebs.
Asa Wour endorses Creager in the local election race aimed at Carter Yeast, signaling support and urging voter turnout.
The Man Who Forgot starring Robert Warwick and adapted from James May Jr. was shown at the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday night via World Film Corporation. The novel, once a Washington reporter’s work and now a best seller, follows John Smith a reforming drunkard and his fight for nationwide prohibition with Edith Mallon, daughter of a U.S. senator.
Preaching services follow tomorrow at 11 a m and 7 30 p m in the United Brethren Chapel led by Rev. George W. Stover. He will preach on Our Departed Dead and sing a solo A Mothers Influence by T C O Cain. New members to be received at both services. Sunday school at 9 45 a m and Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at 6 45 pm.
A fragment notes that among Idleps passing through global postifices two thirds are written by and directed to people who speak Inglish. The quirky observation hints at language dominance and communication gaps in international posts and media.
Mr. W. B. Williams, a popular Standard Lime Company employee from Strasburg Junction, Va., spent Thursday in Winchester on business and renewed his Star subscription for another year. He has many friends in the section and values the paper for keeping in touch.
A new linevel substance named wyt crnized fiber has a horn like surface and high insulating, pliable properties. It can be sawed bent or punched and is used in diverse electrical appliances. The material comes from the manufacturer as tubes, sheets and reds.
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