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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
4
In a sharp exchange, Lawson and Congressman Henry are labeled perjurers by supporters of both sides. The commentary mocks Lawson as a national blathershite and cites the New York World calling the investigation a field day for fools.
A Washington Post clipping reflects on the author behind Nick Carter and the elusive identity of the "Author of Waverly." It notes the vanished presence of these writers in major libraries and discusses submerged literature, comparing early juvenile thrillers to later realist fiction and praising an author who can pit a hero against arch criminals.
Fragmentary dialogue mocks a named man James P Jinks and a flaky delegate. A youth named Charles claims payment then warns of unreliable behaviour and broken promises as the speaker recalls a petty dispute.
Winter social highlights in Wickliffe Virginia include visits by J W Symons and family from Charlestown West Virginia and Katie Symons from Mercer Pennsylvania to the home of William A Johnston. Alice Grubbs visits Front Royal relatives. Flora Castleman returns to R B Smith home in Baltimore after stays in Baltimore and Philadelphia. B F Johnston of Middletown spent last week with brother William A Johnston.
Mrs. Cooper Read, widow of a former justice of the peace and pike gatekeeper, recalled as grandmother of seventy two and great grandmother of thirty five. She was the last survivor of Abraham at Lydia Keller’s Shenandoah County kinship family. The couple married March 25, 1852 and celebrated a golden anniversary in 1902. Mr. Cooper died January 20, 1907.
Mrs Bessie Carter of State Road North Carolina says Vinci rebuilt her strength after overwork and weakness. She reports improved appetite and energy after using the beef and cod liver peptones product. Geo F Millers SonsDruggists Winchester and other Virginia towns stock it.
The funeral for a longtime member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will be held at her daughter Lydia E. Hawkins home 627 Fairmont avenue Sunday at 2 PM. With her pastor absent, Rev H G Spencer of Market Street M E Church and Rev Dr J H Lacy of the local Presbyterian Church will lead. Eight grandchildren Grover C Cooper Walter Cooper Stanford Hawkins Harvey Hawkins Ollie Cooper Sales Cooper Julian Cooper Stanley Cooper will serve as pallbearers.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician approved remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims testing over years and broad benefits including uric acid neutralization and rheumatic relief. It urges readers to buy a bottle or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co.
W Mitter Fletcher of East Piccadilly street received a pen of Speckled Sussex chickens imported from England. The pen includes five females and one male to be used for breeding, drawing attention from local fanciers after his Anconas exhibition at a York Pennsylvania poultry show where he won three blue ribbons.
At the annual Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Board meeting officers for the coming year were elected. Huunter N. Kern is Superintendent with BE B. Sartelle as assistant, Harry H. Willis and David Eagle as librarians, J. M. Spurr as secretary, W. M. Seal as treasurer, George H. Eagle as chorister, and an orchestra lineup including Bessie Sartelle Meta Sartelle J. M. Spurr J. O. Ritter W. P. Reardon W. A. Stultz Charles Bryant Peter Rousoupolous Claude Grim and E. P. Spillman. Spurr has served as secretary about thirty years. The past year was described as one of the best in Sunday school history with improvements planned for the near future.
Shenandoah Valley Academy Winchester requests a match with the first team of the local YMCA. The YMCA manager notes recent results where the YMCA second team beat by the VA boys in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Charles Grim of Boyce VA have returned home after a stay with the latter. Mrs Floree Russell contemplates further details.
A damaged text shows a farm sales column with multiple entries across February and March. Listings include sellers Fep Jan 29 Virginia Aiken near White Hall with cattle and household goods. February entries for Clearbrook and Waitedville with stock, poultry, and houses. Wadesville near Morehead Crums stock and rents. City listings for R J Pook stock and feed. February 19 J Luttrell N W Grade stock harness implements. February 20 William Craig near Stephens City with horses and farming tools. February 21 W H Smith White Hall stock and feed. February 22 Jas L Prince Valley Pike stock and implements. February 23 W F Bragg Front Royal road stock and tools. February 26 Carson Shade Siler stock and implements. February 27 Floyd Chiles Kernstown stock and household. March 6 Hiram Cochran near Swimley stock. March 7 Shenk Bros Old Chapel Millwood stock. March 8 D Z Roger near Kernesville with mules and cattle.
Washington and Lee University in Lexington received a gift of 8400 from its alumni chapter in Washington. Jr Henry Louis Smith, university president, announced the donation which will become part of the alumni endowment fund and was turned over to the trustees at their meeting this week.
Virginia became the first state to cast its electoral vote for Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall. The Maryland vote arrived later as its messenger's pay was misprinted and required correction at Annapolis, delaying Maryland’s submission.
A circulated health text claims taking salt reduces kidney strain from excess meat. It advises drinking large water, using a lemon juice solution, and taking specified salts to flush wastes and relieve dull backache and headaches.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad petitions the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for advancing interstate passenger rates from 2 cents to about 2.142 cents per mile. A hearing is set for February 27. The company runs in 32 of 55 counties with 4,132 miles of track, roughly a quarter of the state’s total mileage.
An 87 year old H H Adams of Neffield Mo praises Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and bladder relief. Mrs H Spencer and children visit relatives near Dickerson Md. Thomas H Lewis of Luray Va visits town for business and stays at Hotel Evans.
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Mrs. M C Fawcett of 122 Market Street Winchester Virginia says she used Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney disorders and found them effective. She urges others in need of a good kidney medicine to try Doan's Kidney Pills priced 60 cents at all dealers.
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