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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
5
The notice lists train arrivals and schedules for Winchester Harrisburg Philadelphia and other towns with times such as 1145 am and 722 pm daily except Sunday. It mentions stations and personnel including a superintendent and regional reference labels.
Train note lists stop pattern and connections for Hagerstown and intermediate stations to Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with transfers at Shenandoah Junction or Washington. Potential regional rail detail indicates service routing and interchange options for travelers.
Westbound from Strasburg No. 23 Daily at 7 30 am local for Harrisonburg arrives 9 30 am No 49 Daily at 12 25 noon local for Harrisonburg arrives 2 30 pm Buffet Parlor Car No 2 Daily 7 50 pm local for Harrisonburg arrives 10 10 pm
By virtue of a deed of trust dated March 8 1905 recorded in Frederick County Virginia the substituted trustee will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester at noon one third cash and the balance in two equal annual installments secured by two bonds bearing six percent interest and including homestead exemption waiver and insurance requirement.
Rest Virginia July 14. Mr and Mrs E S Rubeck and children visited Clear Spring Maryland and called on his parents who are critically ill. Joseph Snapp and children from Bunker Hill joined her parents A S Bowers at their home. Annie Feagan stayed with cousin Mrs Henry Jobe in Brucetown. Walter Flowers of Welltown visited at Harry Moulden and Mrs Moulden’s home. A S Bowers and Harry Moulden remodel the White Hall Methodist Church. May Snapp spent weekend with aunt Mrs John Cochran in Winchester. Mae Rubeck and children visited near Brucetown at Charter Jefferson’s home. Taylor Jefferson of Martinsburg spent weekend at his old home near the village.
A mother left Jack at home alone while she visited a distant part of town. He asked to go to a cousin nearby and was told he could if he behaved. He phoned to say he would be quiet and claimed he had already arrived there.
A school authority on oratory states that mastering the art is difficult. The speaker must choose precise words, have the right temperament, a pleasant adaptable voice, and full control of facial and bodily muscles, all attained through hard persistent work.
Arthur, born February 29 80, claims his birthday is the last day in February two years ago after being asked his birth date at a school frat day. The remark highlights the quirky reality of leap year birthdays.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors met to review the annual treasurer settlement. Receipts totaled 12 793.85 with disbursements 12 076.46 leaving 717.39 on hand. Delinquent taxes 65.44 state taxes 229.0 dog tax 47.84.
An advertisement claims a physicians prescription removes freckles with double strength ethine. The Winchester Star urges readers to ask for the product with a money back guarantee if it fails to deliver a clear complexion.
Special commissioner advertises sale of the Sanford R Edmondson house and lot in Middletown Frederick County Virginia to be held at the Winchester Court House on Saturday August 5 1916 at 11 oclock AM The terms offer one third cash with balance in one or two years secured by deed of trust and fire insurance policy or full cash price. Roy P Puvall is auctioneer and J W Baker Deputy Clerk certifies bond guidance per decree.
The Stonewall Gainesboro and Back Creek districts offer for sale at public auction on Saturday July 22 1916 at 11 o clock a m in the Winchester Virginia court house the described school houses and lots including the old Round Hill property near Chambersville the Gainesboro suburb parcel near JH Whitacre Cross Junction and Hudso r school house two miles southwest of Gainesboro with land reverting to the owners and Roanoke property in Back Creek district two miles east of Mt Williams sale cash terms announced by the three district boards.
Excerpted text notes how the name John is pronounced differently in languages and regions. It mentions Russians pronouncing Ivan similar to Yvonne, and observers laughing at anglicized pronunciations as they travel and adapt the name in their own lands.
A woman lingered outside a tobacconist shop for about half an hour and returned with a small packet. She untied it to reveal a stub end of her husband’s special cigar and asked the tobacconist if he had anything to match it.
The article notes many pipes found at camps of the parliamentary armies in England. It questions Cromwell's smoking, mentions Milton smoking nightly, and recalls a Presbyterian minister who would not smoke a pipe until he had saved grace.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a father noting his son studies at a university and comments on his progress. An unrelated line urges advertising in The Suar it pays, suggesting a local newspaper ad pitch. The text appears as OCR garble with stray phrases and missing context.
A reflective aphorism on life lessons from misty notes. It emphasizes that effort and persistence shape success more than raw cleverness and lists that patience and purpose outrank mere skill.
Described dialogue shows Mose pressing for a town grogshop license with a fifty dollar fee and a requirement to claim seventy five percent of the pie in the block. The commissioner confirms the terms and Mose questions the distribution among inhabitants Jim Sallie and Joneses in that block.
Meerschaum fragments bound with a solution create blocks used to cleanse stains from costly fabrics. The process also yields tire chips used in pipe making.
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