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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
5
Local notes list various places including Winchester Martinsburo Shirpensburg Sarlisie Mechanicsbure near Harrisburg with figures 200 910 500 91130 1142. Reading remains fragmentary and uncertain for a clear event or人物.
May 20 1917 timetable lists Norfolk and Western trains No. 13 9:15 a.m. to Bristol and intermediate stations with parlor cars to Roanoke and Bristol. No. 1 2:27 a.m. serves Roanoke Bristol Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediates with sleepers to Gary Jacksonville Winston-Salem and a cafe car Shenandoah. No. 27 6:38 p.m. to Elkton and intermediates.
In Frederick County Circuit Court the Union Bank of Winchester versus Clementine M Kiger et al is referred to a Master Commissioner to determine real estate value liens priorities and related matters. The case consolidates with Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester v Lula May Anderson et al with a June 18 hearing set in Winchester Virginia and Steck as Commissioner.
Prof. Henry C. Barrett sold his 65 acre North Kent street farm inside the city limits to Joseph Sullivan a local oil dealer. The property is well cultivated and includes a comfortable residence.
Mr. George Stimmell Jr. was badly cut and bruised when thrown from a horse Sunday near Brucetown. The frightened animal rolled over him as he lay unconscious in the roadway. Suffering injuries were treated at home by Mr. S Castleman before medical aid arrived from Dr. Os burn and Frank Fiddler arranged further care for Mrs. Yeakley. He is expected to recover.
Mr. George Barrie has returned from the University of Virginia and is welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Alegpader on Amherst Street.
Cc H Boxwell Sr retired merchant of Winchester says kidney secretions sediment frequent passage disrupted rest and appetite. Doans Kidney Pills cured and he still keeps a box in the house. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY selling agent.
Citizens debate a health ordinance costing 480 dollars to enforce measures against fever outbreaks. Seven vote for and three against. passage requires eight. A special meeting is set for next Tuesday to decide final approval and compliance methods.
Recital by the pupils of Misses Sartelle at the Public School Building on Thursday evening June 7 at 8 o clock. Public cordially invited.
Dr and Mrs E C Yost returned from Front Royal Virginia where they spent Sunday as guests of Prof and Mrs Melton at Ranulf Macon Academy. They attended the academy baccalaureate services where the sermon was delivered by Rev W O Talbert Mrs Yost's father formerly of this city now in Salem Virginia.
A brief health note advises slowing eating, thorough chewing, and light meals to prevent sour stomach. It suggests avoiding meat at supper and using Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion if symptoms occur. Sold by all druggists.
Mr Newville and John Graham are mentioned with travel to Pennsylvania to visit Mrs Randolph and niece, with other unspecified relatives. The fragmentary text indicates movement and family connections without clear dates or outcomes.
In Franklin County officers discovered a graveyard of buried liquor while patrolling the woods near Roanoke. A hollow sound revealed a barrel with blockade whiskey and several graves marked by buried barrels. Police count over twenty such graves along the concealed site.
Dr and Mrs James C Clarke of Baltimore announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Theodora Keeney Clarke to Mr John Hampton Baumgartner of Baltimore. The ceremony took place Saturday June 2 in Baltimore. They will be at home after September 1 at the Wentworth in Baltimore. Baumgartner is publicity agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and has many friends among newspaper people.
The funeral services for John B. Chapman were held at his late home and graveside at Green Hill Cemetery in Stephens City. Rev C Sydenstricker officiated at the grave with Rev F M Richardson presiding at the home. Chapman's body was prepared by Funk and Son in Winchester and transported from the family residence.
Mr Wilbur Dyke, who recently underwent a severe operation at Memorial Hospital, has recovered enough to leave the hospital for home. His condition was critical for a time.
John W. Wightman a Covington Virginia drug clerk and Harrig de Jarnette Staples daughter of Abram P Staples Tate Professor at Washington and Lee University Lexington Virginia were married just before midnight at the Kappa Alpha House in Lexington by Rev William Denham. The couple soon after a wedding trip in the north returned to Covington where the groom registered.
Miss Gertrude Higgins left for St Louis to visit her sister Miss Anna Higgins Sister Anna of Charity of St Vincent's Institution underwent an operation last Friday. A telegram reports Sister Anna's condition very satisfactory and her steady improvement. Both women were once Winchester residents and are sisters of Mrs William T Sullivan.
Mrs P H Martin of Peru Indiana reports two daughters recovered from whooping cough after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The note notes the remedy was effective and widely available at druggists.
A homing pigeon reached the residence of Mr. B. L. Lineburg in Albin last week. The bird bore two leg bands marked Oo and K 9615, identified by onlookers as its tracking marks.
A license was issued in the Corporation Court by Clerk J. B. Beverley to T. N. Jackson and Miss May M. Ritenour. Jackson, 21, a Shenandoah county millwright and son of James M. Jackson, weds May M. Ritenour of Winchester, 16, daughter of William Ritenour, with parental consent.
Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy travels to Lynchburg Virginia for Randolph Macon Women’s College commencement where daughter Miss Margaret Lacy is student graduate. William Keating Jr of the University of Virginia medical school is at his home for summer vacation.
Judge Whiting convened a brief opening session described as the shortest in years. The docket called, then the court adjourned as officers worked to complete registration matters in advance of the registration day.
British airmen conducted another raid on German military establishments in Belgium Monday night. The raid targeted the Zeebrugge naval base with stores of supplies and airfields along the Blok canal were bombed. The war office said the raid had good results.
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