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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1917
Page
5
Mrs. Alice Johnson of Marksville describes a year of back and side pain that kept her bedridden and unable to sleep. After taking Cardui the entire bottle, she regained strength, could straighten up, and nearly all pain vanished.
Mr Liond Womeldorph wed Miss Nan nie Branner at the Lutheran parsonage in CITY Virginia. The groom, Roanoke College graduate, is son of Henry Womelgerply of Fawcetts Gap. The bride is daughter of farmer George Branner. They left next day for Washington.
Kernstown Va July 28 Dr and Mrs Alfred Jones of Roanoke Va spend weeks with Rev Dr and Mrs Alfred Jones at the manse. Miss Mary Turner returns home after three weeks with Mrs Littleton. Mr Eugene Campbell back from White Sulphur Springs. Mrs Perry Strickler recovering from surgery in Winchester Memorial Hospital moved to her parents home. Robert Rodgers and son of Pittsburgh visit relatives here. Mr and Mrs G H Inskip and son from Stephens City visit relatives. Rev Dr Alfred Jones reported ill and confined to his room. Carnival in Winchester draws many locals. Mrs William Hite of Winchester visits cousin Mrs Jacob Metz. Miss Eva Cammer back from two weeks in Hagerstown Md. Mrs Edward Campbell and children visit sister Mrs Hinkel at Stephens City. Mr and Mrs Edward Grove, Mr Lovell Grove, Mr Cla Grove and Miss Bright Grove return from motor trip to Reading Pa and other points. Stanley Cooper recovering from appendicitis at Chester Memorial Hospital and has gone home.
Happy readers extend thanks to those who supported Katharine Fisher. The message expresses gratitude for kindness and assistance shown to her and her family during illness and after.
In Winchester a deed from John Wesley Larrick and others transfers a lot on the west side of South Washington street to the Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South with 55 feet of frontage and 150 feet depth. The plan is to erect a parsonage for the regular resident pastor, with a restriction that no hog pen or stable be built and no hogs or cattle kept on the property. The start date for construction is not announced. the current parsonage at North Washington and Amherst is nearly forty years old.
Announcement from Winchester records the marriage of Miss Augusta Wolfe Russell to Dr Archibald Robinson Ward, now with government service in Washington. The ceremony occurred Wednesday at Forest Park Maryland, with plans for residence at The Mendota in Washington after September first.
Charlestown WV July 28. The long record says Charlotte Summers died in June leaving a house and lot to her daughters Eliza Arter Lucinda Backus and Frances Carter with Frances to have the left side of the house and pantry half and Lucinda the right side with a key. Either Frances or Lucinda must unlock for Eliza and penalties for heirs who fault the will. They are to have nothing if they object.
Mrs Charles T Frazier and nieces Hilda and Elsie Miller went to Winchester to visit Mrs G M Hansbrough. Today Mrs Frazier and Hilda Miller travel to Baltimore. Frazier plans to visit her brother Charles C Peery while Miller resumes training at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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