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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1915
Page
5
Railroad schedules show Cumberland Valley timetable dated June 27 1915 with daily and Sunday services. Listings include station names, train numbers, and departure patterns reflecting early 20th century schedule formats.
November 22, 1914 timetable lists Westbound No. 7 from Strasburg to Harrisonburg with 7:40 am departure and 9:30 am arrival, a Harrisonburg local to 10:15 pm. Eastbound No. 14 from Strasburg to Washington arriving 11:50 am, Buffet Parlor Car available, No. 24 local Morrisonburg to Strasburg arriving 7:30 pm.
Train No 27 departs at 6 38 p m for Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman sleeper and Winston Salem cafe car Shenandoah Gary connects at Roanoke with the Memphis special for southbound travel. No 28 9 32 a m northbound to Hagerstown New York and Philadelphia with Pullman service and connections at Junction.
Bank reports its closing date as June 23 1915 with resources listed at 925350.78 dollars plus 807 dollars and 100000 dollars. The fragment notes the bank’s assets and final status in Virginia.
The will of Richard Wells, long associated with ranches along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was admitted to record in the Circuit Court. Ernest M. Funk qualified as executor with bond of 400 dollars, and the Middletown house is left half to his children and half to grandchildren for life with subsequent transfer to survivors. If not made a home, the executor will rent and use rents for upkeep. life insurance is to be collected and the house kept in repair.
A Buford resident W. C. Jones recounts a two week diarrhoea episode that left him weak until a druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose provided relief and two days later he recovered fully. Obtainable everywhere.
Notices warn Shenandoah Valley National Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Union Bank of Winchester will be closed Monday July 5 a legal holiday. Maturing paper due July 5 may be paid July 6 and banks will reopen Tuesday July 6 with cashiers cited.
An advertisement touts Black-Draught for stomach troubles and colds, claiming 75 years of successful use and gentle action. It describes it as safe pleasant and effective for young and old and notes it is for sale everywhere.
The document lists resources and liabilities for a Winchester bank in 1915. It details loans overdrafts bonds securities real estate and cash items, deposits, capital stock and surplus, undivided profits, and dormant funds. It includes figures for U S bonds, Federal Reserve relations, and various deposit categories.
The Rev. Walter Mitchell rector at Potter Military Academy Charleston D C and kin of Col James Carr Baker Stephens City receives the doctor of divinity degree from the University of the South Sewanee Tenn conferred June 15 190X The degree honors his service to education and follows earlier divinity studies at the University of the South and General Theological Seminary He has led the academy six years expanding the curriculum adopting the Carnegie fourte n unit system and adding a year Graduates now enter Yale Harvard and other universities $47000 spent on buildings and equipment under his administration He and his family are visiting Colonel and Mrs Baker at their home.
Reported naval actions include British ships sunk by German submarines and Cologne reports of German advances in Russian Poland, with Allied counterattacks at Gallipoli and front lines. The Adriatic expected to reach Liverpool safely amid betting odds on the voyage.
An old advertising claim promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. It argues calomel is dangerous mercury that causes salivation and sickness, urging readers to try Liver Tone for a healthy liver and relief from biliousness without adverse effects.
Reports from Mullinville and surrounding area detail bizarre wind effects after a June 11 storm. Dozens of structures barns and outbuildings destroyed. livestock losses include cattle and horses. residents describe homes lifted and moved and cattle appearing from unknown origins.
The Winchester Inn baseball squad, after a hard season of training, is in good condition and heads to Berryville on Monday July 6. Manager Fisher will oversee the opener as the main event of a day full of activities. Fans expect Stickley to return to his old post alongside Hassley Pat Dunn Pop Shanner Conrad Spila Grimm Swanson Marshall and teammates.
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