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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
5
Schedule lists daily departures and special Sunday service times for Cumberland Valley lines with times around 7 11 45 and 7 22 pm. Tower and Superintendent B A Rippler sign off on the May 28 1916 timetable.
The Norfolk and Western timetable lists rerouted or rerouted services affecting Bristol and Shenandoah routes with connections at Shenandoah Junction and Washington. It notes sleepers and multiple cars including a dining and Pullman service linked to Roanoke and intermedate stations toward Memphis and the South.
A substitute trustee auctions a 100 acre Frederick County Virginia farm four miles south of Winchester. The sale on July 15 1916 at noon in front of the county courthouse offers a brick dwelling and outbuildings. One third cash with the remainder in two yearly installments secured by two purchaser bonds and a deed of trust.
A Pottsville reader reports a child with a bad cough relieved by Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad promotes the product as a safe, non opiate remedy for families and notes it is sold widely.
In Kernstown Virginia on June 28 Mr. and Mrs. J N Cammer hosted a surprise party for their daughter Eva Cammer. Guests included Beulah Rosenberger Rena Keckley Mary Turner Edna Carpenter Viola Cooper Maggie Carper Beulah Pingley Mabel Eva Jackson Ruth Pifer Lila Ritenour Lillian Anderson Mary Holler Ruth Frye Katie Lantz Flossie Kuhr Nancy Crisman Marguerite Daugherty Sidney Ragle Lena Lichliter Anna Gill Sallie Grove and many others plus Graham Cooper Russell Carpenter Carroll Smith Charles Brill and more. The lawn glowed with Japanese lanterns as outdoor games music and refreshments filled the evening.
BURNT VA July 6 Mr C W Tanquary survives after a barn struck by lightning several weeks ago He endures pain while his companions except contractor J H Stewart who died instantly have recovered Edgewood Camp sermon by Rev O C Lambert July 5 11 am Lucy Tanquary visiting with Mrs Ellen Hoff man guests at J M Fishpaw home H L Carper injures hand on self binder improving Mrs John Stewart ill Mary Stewart from Martinsburg visiting locally Ce A Try a Want of It brings results
A glimpse of a remedy for expectant mothers promising restful nights and calm comfort. The advertisement touts Mothers Friend as a relief for anxiety and discomfort before birth and urges readers to obtain it through druggists with queries and letters to Bradfield Co. in Atlanta.
Deeds exchange between Harry C. Stuffer of Winchester and Dr. Franklyn Pyles of Washington DC for Waterlick White Sulphur Springs with about 75 acres. The $20,000 deal, arranged by Dudley P. Pierce of National Real Estate and Auction Co., Va., confirms a leased resort awaiting repairs to attract visitors in Warren County near Winchester and Strasburg.
Mr and Mrs John Garland Miss Mar on Garland and John Garland Jr of Dubuque Iowa with Mrs J F Segar of Dubuque and Mrs L M Small of Waterloo Iowa touring through there spent the Fourth with Mrs E M Brubaker of No 448 N Math street. They have traveled about 1500 miles in a big Cadillac car and will visit local places of interest before returning west.
Jake Bradley, chauffeur for Mrs. H. D. Flood, was fined $11.50 for speeding. John Stuart received a $3.50 fine for interfering with an officer. Both fines were paid. Mrs. A. C. Carson left for Washington to visit Mr. and Mrs. Angus McDonald Crawford.
Special commissioner to sell the Middletown house and lot in Frederick County Virginia. Sale set for Saturday August 5 1916 at 11 oclock in front of the Winchester Court House. Terms: one third cash day of sale and balance in one or two years secured by deed of trust and fire insurance policy or cash to suit purchaser.
The notice urges all households to keep Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea Medicine on hand during hot summer months. It claims high value and cost efficiency, stating it is almost certain to be needed before summer ends and has no superior for its intended purpose. Buy now here.
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