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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
5
Schedule note from Cumberland Valley lime table dated May 2 1916 shows trains arriving in Winchester from above stations at 9 20 am daily except Sunday and 7 22 pm daily. Superintendent P. A. Bariporrs listed.
Interpreting fragmented timetable data, this item lists Pullman Sleepers and dining cars operating between Roanoke Bristol and Shenandoah with intermediate stops. It mentions specific train times around 4:48 a.m. and 12:27 a.m. and references Memphis special connections.
Trustees sell at public auction a 100 acre Frederick County farm four miles south of Winchester on Front Royal Road. Sale set for July 14 1916 at 12 noon in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. One third cash at sale with balance in two equal annual installments secured by two promissory bonds and a deed of trust. J S Haldeman substituted trustee with W A Bowen as auctioneer.
E Marchi of North Main street was fined 3.50 after a police court hearing on a dispute with Marcus Copenhaver who was collecting a freight bill. The case stated Marchi started the trouble while Copenhaver acted in self defense. Mrs G O Miller and her daughter Mary are visiting relatives in Washington.
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky describes months of illness and weakness. After exhausting doctors she used Cardus, claiming it restored strength and health after years of suffering. The Chattanooga Medicine Co advertises Cardus as a long proven tonic for weak women.
Local buyers posted daily market prices for grains and produce. Cracked corn retail per bushel 0.80. rye and middling retail around 1.60. hay baled at 16.00 to 17.00. creamery butter wholesale 0.27. butter store packed 0.18. spring chickens live 0.50 to 0.60 per pound. bacon and pork products listed with varied rates. potatoes retail per peck 0.50.
A prices list shows butter and creamery entries, Virginia rolls, dairy products, live poultry with weights, corn and hay quotes, sheep and lamb values by grade, hogs by size, and pigs per head. Values are given per unit or per hundredweight with nominal and approximate figures.
At eight this afternoon the Baltimore wharf markets quoted No 2 red wheat at 1.03 14 per bushel and corn at 86 cents per bushel.
In Richmond on July 1 Special to The Star Lieutenant Fred S Anderson led the Winchester recruitment detail to Company I, Sec ond Virginia Regiment. Several new recruits failed federal medical exams and will be sent home, while some remain in state militia limbo awaiting orders. Also Pwatt Johnston of White Post is commissioned second Lieutenant in the machine gun company being formed.
A vintage recipe lists 4 to 6 tart apples with 1 to 3 cupfuls of sugar, 4 teaspoons grated nutmeg, 1 to 3 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon butter, and lemon juice with rind. Line a pie plate, fill with seasoned apples, top with crusts, seal edges, and bake forty five minutes in a moderate oven.
Bake eight or ten apples filled with sugar and spice or sugar butter and lemon. Arrange in a mound with quince jelly, cover with meringue made from four egg whites and powdered sugar, press blanched almonds on top, bake until lightly browned, and serve with boiled custard.
A vintage recipe lists 8 red apples and two cups sugar with one cup water and one cup cream. It instructs to core and arrange apples, cook gently until tender, then thicken by boiling and fold in lemon and orange juice with rinds before pouring around the fruit and serving with whipped cream.
R F Beatty, a retired farmer from Reliance in Warren County near Frederick County, died this morning at his son James S Beatty's home after a lengthy illness. He was about sixty and a native of the region, with many friends across Winchester Frederick and nearby counties. Survived by five sons and two daughters. Funeral Sunday at 8 PM at Ridings Chapel with burial at the adjoining cemetery.
The feast of the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament was observed with solemn rites across Catholic churches. In Winchester the Church of the Sacred Heart featured daylong exposure of the sacrament, devotions for peace, multiple masses by Rev. Michael Ahern of Fortress Monroe and Rev. John McVerry, and an evening vesper and benediction.
Beginning tomorrow the Christian Church will host special Sunday evening services. The Christian Endeavor Society and regular preaching will combine at 8 o'clock, with a short address by the pastor or a visitor at the close. Mr Henry S Baker will deliver the address at the inaugural combined meeting. all are invited.
Miss Gertrude Ellen Meyer travels to Baltimore to spend time with friends, as reported in local social notes.
The Winchester Sunday Star urges readers to buy the Washington Sunday Star for the latest news from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore with late Saturday delivery and early Sunday morning availability. Mary Tee Larrick reports a visit to friends in Washington.
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