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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
5
A moonlit croquet party hosted by the Misses Hall at Halltown Hayfield Virginia celebrated Miss Myrtle Hall visiting from Wheeling West Virginia on a brief vacation. The event, held Thursday night, reflected a charming social gathering with neighbors and friends in attendance.
A community gathering saw Miss Angie Larrick and Mr Henry Kern win a ball set contest as Miss Margarie Orn dorff and Pauline Hall supervised. Attendees included Misses Virginia and Amgie Larrick, Mary McIlwee, plus several Larrick and Hall relatives. Local officials and visitors from Washington and Gerardstown joined in as primary elections approach with farmers active in regional harvest efforts.
White Post items note Bryarly and Putnam party fishing on the Shenandoah river. Robert Green of Winchester visited friends in the village. T M Kennerly of Bom Air spent the weekend with his mother. Susie and Mary Beverley joined Mrs Sommerville at Saratoga near Millwood. The Bowers hosted a Saturday dance. Denny and Skinker families visited friends. Sommerville family guests from Newport News.
Fragmentary report from Shreveport describes Mr. Marshall's recovery attributed to cod liver extract tonic and medicinal tissue building. Mention of Miller's Drug Store and widespread druggists, with advertising tone and dubious medical claims.
A Winchester car driven by a woman crashed into the wind windows of Roy Lingy’s confectionary on Mary Street Keadysville causing pane damage. The driver attempted to stop at the crossing as a train approached but could not brake and backed across the pavement. No injuries were reported. Virginia license No 1355 sustained rear and top damage. Lingy estimated minimal losses.
The piece notes American and Virginia Copp lines tracing to 1632 Boston beginnings with William Copp and Christ Church vestrymen, linking to Paul Revere’s signal light. It mentions Rev George A Copp of Strasburg as an early Shenandoah settler, and records the reunion guests including Rev George A Copp and Rev Zed Copp, with congratulations from distant Copps.
A Saturday Evening Post writer recalls a Belgian town cemetery in wartime Europe. The shelled graveyard shows crosses toppled or inverted, graves laid bare, and a churchyard desecrated as shells rattle the sacred ground.
An advertisement touts a freckle removal pill by a famed physician claiming dramatic results. It promises a clear complexion and offers a money back guarantee if it fails, noting quick improvement after first use and early fading of lighter freckles.
A narrator recalls broken tombstones and trenches in a ruined cemetery. Wet earth fills shell holes as soldiers note the diggers burying their own, reflecting on the scarred landscape and ruined street with headquarters nearby.
Rev Russell H Conwell founder of Temple University and builder of the Baptist Temple and Garretson and Samaritan Hospitals in Philadelphia says he may not live through the year. He spoke of working sixteen hours daily, saying his life is interwoven with many others and he cannot stop. He will be remembered in Winchester during the April chautauqua when he lectures on Acres of Diamonds.
A British admiralty announcement reports the torpedo boat Lightning lost at sea with 14 crew unaccounted for. Officials suspect a mine or torpedo strike, as Germany’s actions are cited to justify recent Allied losses. The British Board of Trade says 103 ships were sunk by submarines or mines in June. An Athens dispatch claims Allied forces captured Krithia on Gallipoli. The British steamer Lamas was sunk by a German submarine near the Seilly Islands.
The report notes Teutonic allies trying to clear a path toward Warsaw while Russians admit continued offensives between the Bug and Wieprz. German water attack on Windau is repelled. Austro Italian fronts show activity with inconclusive results. June German tallies claim 409 Russian officers and over 140000 men captured, plus guns and machine guns. British casualties cited from Dardanelles, and Swiss frontier passenger traffic halted.
An account from Swimley reports a small rat terrier owned by Mr M Swimley killed a pole kitten after barking at a den of polecats. The event occurred while Swimley worked in the harvest field, drawing attention from nearby residents and visitors including Mr Waldeck from Shepherdstown and Rev D Wy Metcare. The surrounding farming community notes a good harvest season and growing travel as Mr Stanley Hardesty shows a touring car.
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