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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1916
Page
4
A playful poem contrasts schoolboys rejoicing in snow with an aged man suffering its hazards. It notes sledding and snowball fun for youth and the dangers of slips and injuries for the elderly, ending with a lament about the snow.
Washington Star reports Mitchell Harrison president of Warrenia and Fairfax Turnpike Company announces Virginia Legislature approved a bill to build a motor road linking Fairfax Court House to Buckland Fauquier county. About twenty five miles remain to Fauquier and completed road will extend to Warrenton and beyond toward the Shenandoah Valley crossing the Rappahannock River.
The article outlines preserving root crops in winter with uniform 45 degree temperatures and good ventilation, separating storage from heating, and using a sturdy wall and ventilator. It also covers colt housing and feeding: a south facing tight shed, dry bed, exercise access, and a balanced grain mix with oats bran and possible corn, barley and oilmeal adjustments based on price and roughage.
Under decree of the Winchester Corporation Court trustees will offer at public sale the Baker Steam Flour Mill on Market Street facing North Mercer Street. The brick mill rises three and a half stories with modern machinery and a 250 barrel daily capacity, including rail siding and convenient wagon delivery access.
A playful exchange frames a joke where a father and mother define an unreasonable husband as one who expects his wife to be reasonable. The son Willie is sent to the cellar as a punchline.
A puzzle rhyme notes caution in social signals. A smiling friend may offer a hat while warning to beware the devil, but a dog wagging its tail signals honesty and trustworthiness.
Short readers’ notes and quips from letters and columns including baby choirs in Lebanon Kentucky and real estate chatter from Caldwell Ohio. Vignettes mention Miss Coyla Springs on the Lyceum platform and Doc Squirt’s town visit, with jokes about bill posters and cucumber seeds.
One fourth of the purchase money is cash with the balance in three equal sums due at two and three years from sale. Interest accrues at 6 percent per year and is paid semi annually. Purchaser bonds secured by a deed of trust and a fire insurance policy of at least 30000 dollars. Existing fire insurance of 29500 dollars will transfer with the property. Property open for examination. contact Barton and Barton, Winchester Virginia. R Gray Williams, Trustee. R T Parton Jr, Trustee. E D Newman, Special Com’r.
J B Beverley Clerk of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia certifies that the bond required by the decree of sale has been duly executed before him by Robt T Barton Jr Trustee as required by the decree.
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County Union Bank of Winchester vs T M Conner et al an order renames a commissioner to asce rtain Correll estate assets debts and liens and to settle executrix accounts. The commissioner will convene creditors in Winchester Virginia on February 1 1916 to proceed with the reference and adjournments if needed.
Cold weather blamed on kidney inefficiency causing aches and rheumatism. Foley Kidney Pills claim to tone up weak kidneys and provide prompt relief from pains. Sold everywhere.
Bennie Roderick seven and Carrie Staubs sixteen eloped to Ha gerstown but faced license refusals due to age. After parental intervention, they secured a Rockville Maryland license and wed with a minister, returning home for blessings not reported.
The Staunton Daily News reports Mrs. McHenry Holliday hosted a tea for house guests Misses Motter of Winchester. Neilson and Mary Allen Blackford greeted guests. parlor decor featured white and green. dining room had red carnations and candles. punch, coffee, and a salad course were served. The Misses Motter, city representatives, were praised for charm and friendship.
Rat or dandruff causes feverish scalp irritation. Hair roots shrink loosen and hair falls out quickly. To stop shedding apply Danderine for dandruff relief. A 25 cent bottle at any drug store used on the scalp rids dandruff and stops hair loss after several applications.
About 40 000 acres in Augusta and High Virginia and Pendleton West Virginia counties were sold to the United States government and added to the Shenandoah forest reserve. Virginia Mining and Improvement Company, owned by Philadelphia interests, received nearly 126 000 dollars. The deed, recorded at Staunton Virginia, covers four pages with twelve dollars in revenue stamps. The Hollingsworth survey was 1794 grant from Virginia to Levi Hollingsworth of Philadelphia. Some heirs remain with the Virginia Mining and Improvement Company, which will liquidate after distributing proceeds to stockholders, mostly Philadelphia residents.
An advertisement touts What Weak Women Need Vincl as a tonic containing cod liver extracts iron peptonate and beef peptone. It cites a testimonial from Savannah Georgia a woman named Sarah White praising renewed strength and sleep and offers a money back guarantee through Geo F Miller's Sons in Winchester Virginia.
A bill creating the state aid fund was introduced in the House of Delegates on Saturday by Delegates Steck Ramsey Gilpin Stubbs Cummins and Horsley and identically in the Senate on Thursday by Senator Byrd.
A reader criticizes support for a municipal White Way street lighting plan. He denounces city and merchant funding as wasteful, argues for preserving funds for the poor, and mocks the notion of emulating another city. He urges prioritizing safe back streets over a grand lighted display.
Mrs. Ann 8 Wingfield of Rochester died Saturday at her niece’s home in Charlottesville aged 87. She had been bedbound over three months after a fractured hip. Interred at Culpeper. Formerly Miss Ann Slaughter she married Lieutenant Wingfield during the Civil War. her husband was killed in battle the week after their marriage. She taught at Culpeper school for over fifty years.
The measure decentralizes the State Highway Commission authority to local boards, aiming to grant supervisors greater power in road improvement and expenditure decisions.
EL PASO Jan 17 United States army regulars saluted and stood at attention as they passed six year old Charles Watson son of R Watson mining engineer assassinated by Mexican bandits last Monday in a demonstration of respect following the killing.
Frank Gould and J. S. McNeill, noted traveling men from Har, sustained knee and head injuries and bruises to several parts of the body in a vehicle crash. The coach was damaged but the horses, caught by Mr. McNeill, escaped unharmed after a short distance.
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