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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from various stations with noted times around 9 20 am and 2 pm daily except Sunday. Superintendent and general passenger agent signatures present indicate formal timetable release for Cumberland Valley lines.
An OCR fragment notes sleeper cars and parlor car service on Norfolk and Western trains. It mentions Roanoke and No. 1 2:27 a.m. for Roanoke, Bristol, Bluefield, Welch, Norton and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers, cafe car Shenandoah and Gary, plus connections with the Memphis special No 27 at 6:38 p.m. toward Shenandoah and intermediate stations.
Mrs Laon mranit of Ready Kentucky says after six months of illness she found relief with Cardui the Woman’s Remedy. She reports weight gain renewed energy and ability to work and wash. She urges other women to try Cardui now available at druggists.
A Department of Agriculture specialist reports rising per capita mutton consumption in the United States and growing wool demand. He notes profit depends on proper management, farm-led production, and cooperative marketing, citing Tennessee lamb clubs like Goodlettsville. Sheep’s rapid growth, foraging versatility, and grain efficiency favor farming on varied lands.
In Stephens City Virginia on June 22 Mr B Grove and Harry J Frazier returned from the Shenandoah river with a boatload of large fish they claimed were man-eater sharks. Experts later identified them as harmless sleeper sharks and Channel Cats.
Practical poultry guidance notes health signals from a hen's comb and wattles and links them to laying condition. It contrasts bright red, plump combs with raised energy against shriveled purplish combs indicating illness. It advises feeding at night to ensure crops are full before roosting.
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote notes a bluff may work like a bank until balancing accounts becomes necessary, highlighting risk in financial deceit and the consequences of overconfidence.
Winchester resident Mrs. W. E. Harlee testifies Doan's Kidney Pills ease lame back and kidney trouble. The ad urges readers to use Dean's Kidney Pills, priced 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N. Y. as proprietors.
William H. Gardner, a longtime Plainfield resident, tells a tall tale of a cabbage winding his watch. He claims a cabbage leaf grew around the timepiece and, to everyone's astonishment, the watch kept ticking. The report notes political divisions while focusing on Gardner's unusual anecdote from a hot day.
Rev. J R Augustus of St Pauls A M E Church will preach the final sermon in a series on the Seven Seals titled The Eloquence of Silence. All are invited to attend Sunday night service.
It warns travelers of the risk of bowel complaints and urges carrying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since it cannot be obtained on trains or ships. The notice stresses abrupt, severe attacks and advises preparedness and availability everywhere.
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