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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
5
Train arrivals to Winchester listed for June 27 1915 with daily and Sunday exclusions. Schedule shows times around 9 20 48 a m and 4 5 a m and 7 2 p m with various daily, Sunday excluded, and ton er notes. Gener al P A notes appear in the timetable.
H F Byrd argues for a practical, flexible state aid road plan in Frederick County. He proposes four road types with costs from 500 to 1500 per mile, maintenance funding, local control under state approval, and joint state county bridge projects to expand and sustain road networks.
Train timetable dated November 22 1914 lists westbound and eastbound trains from Strasburg to Alexandria Washington and Harrisonburg. No. 23 daily 730 am local to Harrisonburg arrives Narcisonburg 930 am. No. 49 noon local to Harrisonburg arrives 230 pm with buffet car. No. 21 799 m local to Harrisonburg arrives 1015 pm. No. 14 825 am limited to Alexandria Washington arrives 1150 am buffet car. No. 2 510 pm local to Washington arrives 915 pm buffet car. No. 24 daily local from Harrisonburg to Strasburg arrives Strasburg 7 pm. Signed Co. W Westbury gen agt Washington DC.
The notice lists NOS trains with routes and connections: No 13 at 9:18 am to Bristol and intermediates via Roanoke with Pullman Sleepers and dining cars. No 1 at 2:27 am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton with Gary Winston-Salem connections. No 27 at 6:38 pm to Shenandoah. No 28 at 9:32 am to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with Shenandoah Junction link to Washington. No 14 at 7:04 pm to Hagerstown and a New York sleeper. No 2 at 12:40 am to Hagerstown with Sleeper to New York and Philadelphia.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia H L Rust administrator of Albert O S Reilly deceased vs Arabelle Reilly Theodore Key Reily Philip J Reily and H L Rust guardian of Theodore Key Reily and Philip J Reily the decree refers to A J Tavenner as Commissioner in Chancery to ascertain the estate debts beneficiaries and accounts and to notify creditors by weekly publication for four weeks with a July 26 1915 hearing date in Winchester Virginia.
Miss Mary Feagan and Miss Annie Feagan visited Baltimore for two weeks. Misses Johnette Hutzler and Mary Hutzler stayed with their aunt near Willow Brook. Bessie Hemp visits relatives near Gerrardstown. Joseph Feagan family spent Sunday with the Paynes on the Opequon. John Ridgeway and family plus Emma Fred Ridgeway and Esther Ridgeway were in Washington last week. Ethel Bowers visited Emma Ridgeway Thursday. Mary Bogart of Martinsburg stayed with Grace Gordon. Sue Price of Shepherdstown returned home after visiting Mrs. J. B. Clagett. Ruth and Grace Schlack visited relatives in Pennsylvania.
The rural mail route will be extended from Stephens City along the Macedonia road to Meadow Brook farm and to Bartonville then up the Valley pike to Stephens City serving about forty families. Start date is August 2. Carrier assigned is Mr. Suddithh.
Grimes Virginia July 23. Albert Davis of Grimes was severely injured when his team of horses frightened by an automobile ran away. The animals threw him and then fell on him causing continued pain. Local residents and visitors from Chambersburg Martinsburg Winchester and Pike County appear in the report with multiple social notes.
A Harrisburg Pennsylvania couple in their seventies reports full recovery from kidney trouble after using Foley Kidney Pills. They say they feel as vigorous as thirty years ago and credit the product with stopping back ache rheumatism and joint pains. Sold everywhere.
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