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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR item shows a daily schedule line with times 16 10 11 05 11 20 and notes day names and a heading HLA Rippoie Gen P. A. The readable bits suggest a recurring timetable or event slots but lack context for full details or dates.
A county report notes a wedding ceremony planned to be held at the home of the bride-to-be. Details on date and participants are not provided in the fragment.
Second Lieut Anselm Marchal who flew over Berlin, was forced down in Russian Poland and captured by Austrians. At 33, he held a 1910 pilot's license and earned the Legion of Honor for bombing raids. His proclamation in Berlin argues neutrals' sympathy eroded and urges German people to decide war and peace themselves.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims rapid relief, no nausea, a morning wakefulness, and a money back guarantee. The copy warns calomel is dangerous, involves mercury, and can cause bone damage and salivation.
A notice indicates a meeting in Maurertown scheduled for Thursday at 2 p m. Details about the venue or agenda are not provided in the readable text.
Robert Brown a well known colored cabman is banished from the Cumberland Valley Railroad yards in front of the passenger station until next fall. Justice F H Krebs signed the banishment in police court and Brown paid 350 in fines and costs for crossing the dead line a whitewash streak at the station which the railroad forbids to avoid hindering travelers.
In a police court hearing, defendant Cohn explained he mistook a pier post for a stick while diving in the suburbs. He claimed exhaustion led to the error and that the incident caused alarm to a nearby woman.
Police and coroner pursue new clues in the Keister death case as the charred attic body of Mrs. Z E Keister is found. Keister, shot through the head, survived an attempted suicide hours after the discovery. Autopsy results to be released at today’s inquest while detectives review Wednesday night movements and family survivors.
Alexander Thurman, Lynchburg businessman and brother of the late General Thurman, traveled with his wife and friends to Battletown Inn in Bprryville Virginia. They visited local sights before continuing to Winchester and then along the Valley Pike on the return journey.
Chicago July 27 Carl Cohn plans extra caution after a shark scare mistaken for a pier post. While diving he grabbed what he thought a post and pulled himself up, noticing a girl nearby who screamed.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia on August 26 1916 at noon parcels of 200 acres more or less in Frederick County. Land lies on Winchester to Front Royal road with a dwelling and improvements and limestone grazing. Terms one third cash with two bonds covering two thirds at 6 percent interest payable in one and two years. R Gray Williams trustee.
The State Board of Health in Richmond announces new public health rules now available as a bulletin. The document updates quarantine provisions and disinfection policies, with revised classifications of disinfectants for health officers and physicians on the mailing list. Copies are free upon request from the board's Richmond headquarters.
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