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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1916
Page
4
The Evening Star is consolidated with Morning News Weekly News Weekly Times and Weekly Mirror. The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia Post Office as 2nd Class mail matter.
A brief item notes the saying eat apples every day to keep the doctor away. The entry dated Monday January 24 suggests a health reminder or proverb without citing a study or source.
A vintage recipe describes peeling and coring tart apples then cooking them in a sugar and water syrup. After tendering, the fruit rests on a platter, with gelatin dissolved in lemon juice added to the syrup and cooled into a mold, served with whipped cream. Free reprints offered by the Virginia State Horticultural Society in Winchester.
A persuasive column argues apples cost less than medical care and can replace frequent doctor visits. It urges a daily apple to prevent diseases, reduce meat reliance, and ease the burden of high living costs while emphasizing fruit as practical preventive care.
Virginia legislator from Clarke and Warren counties introduces a bill to standardize public school textbooks for ten years, aiming to save state funds spent on new books each year. Governor Henry Stuart backs the plan, but passage remains uncertain amid board resistance and parental cost concerns.
A humorous urban puzzle compares American Chicago to Irkutsk in Siberia as the wickedest city debate. The piece plays on perceptions of place names and sounds, noting Irkutsk carries a sharper, sharper tally in the author’s playful critique.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tasting remedy that digests food in five minutes. It promises relief from sour stomachs, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and indigestion, and claims no laxatives or biliousness.
The piece notes that arrests for murder are rare and convictions even rarer, prompting Irkutsk to form a local vigilance committee. Ex convicts and thugs seized power, leading to a reign of terror with massacres, public executions of merchants, and a system resembling wholesale burglary through house inspections and confiscations.
Walt Mason skewers speakers who stumble over words and flaunt bad grammar. Jim Jimpson and Hob Hoskin struggle with diction yet boast orate prowess. The piece lampoons pretentious civic talk and the shallow pretenders who claim eloquence.
Edith Jolliffe and Carrie Lupton returned from a visit with Edward Lupton in Martinsburg. Mrs. John D Bear and daughter Eleanor returned to Elkton after visiting Mrs. R. E. O'Rear. The Lupton surprise party was hosted Thursday evening and attended by friends.
Mr Purcell Sumption has been confined to his house for some time due to a severe attack of rheumatism.
Reports describe two German air assaults along Kent's east coast with bombings. One person died and six injured. Separately German forces reportedly captured a 266 yard long Allied position north of Arras. Also claimed Turkish substitutions and shifting fronts across Mesopotamia and the Adriatic.
The Rev. Roy Burke pastor of the Colored Baptist Church in Brunswick Md faces a trespassing charge for preaching in his own church on the Sabbath. Constable Runkles served notice to abandon preaching. Burke continued services leading to an arrest warrant sworn by two nonmembers.
Dr. E. W. Miller, the meat and milk inspector, departed yesterday for Philadelphia to study a University of Pennsylvania program on meat and milk inspection and veterinary and surgical work.
Mothers rest easy after giving California Syrup of Figs a gentle inside cleansing within hours. The ad claims a coated tongue signals a need for the fruit laxative, noting it suits all ages and warns against counterfeit fig syrups while praising the California Fig Syrup Company product.
A Patoka Illinois woman shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after years of infertility and difficulties. She credits the remedy with enabling pregnancy and a healthier life, praising its roots and herbs in addressing displacement, irregularities, and related symptoms.
Report of the Condition of Shenandoah Valley National Bank at Winchester Virginia as of December 31, 1915. Resources and liabilities listed with totals for bonds securities reserves deposits capital and surplus. Includes notes on circulation United States deposits and jurisdictional details.
In White Post Virginia on Tuesday evening Messrs Thomas Ashby and Custis Meade hosted friends for dancing and games. Attendees included L N Chinan Walter Dermy Joe Denny Charles Denny Joe Edison Jetson Spates Willie Green Emmett Stuart Ernest Armel Pratt Meade Gen Armel Harve Cornwell Fendall Bowie W A Dearmont Samuel Jarver J A Adams Albert Ashby Neil Fisher and others. Refreshments were served at midnight and the group reported a pleasant evening. Mr Marshall Denny sold a horse to the army for a fancy price.
After sickness many Winchester readers seek strength and better health. Vinci cod liver and iron, without oil, is promoted to improve blood appetite and overall vitality. Testimonial from Samuel Wood of North Adams, Mass, claims great recovery after pneumonia. Money back guarantee if vitality not restored. Geo F Miller's Sons Winchester Va stocks Vinci.
A list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Winchester Virginia post office for the week ending January 22, 1916. Recipients must pay one cent per letter. Names include Elsie Baker Martha Frazier Lula Green Walt James Hinton Rev R Nelson John Pancake Mrs EF B Reed W Charles Sache J W Sibert and others.
Cold weather aches and pains blamed on kidney failure to eliminate waste. Foley Kidney Pills target weak kidneys to ease rheumatism sore muscles and stiff joints. Sold everywhere.
A monument for James Rumsey, praised for launching the first steamboat on the Potomac, is being erected near Shepherdstown and will be dedicated on July 4. The event honors Rumsey’s historic achievement and local heritage.
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