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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
5
Train schedule note from Cumberland Valley shows arrivals at Winchester from stations above at 9 20 0 morning and 11 45 a m with 7 22 pm daily. Superintendent P A Ripplette signs as general passenger agent.
The record lists October 1915 timetable notes for Norfolk and Western trains. It describes No. 13 and No. 1 services to Roanoke, Bristol, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Welch, Norton, and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers, parlor and cafe cars, and connections at Roanoke to the Memphis special. No. 27 and No. 78 run to Shenandoah and onward toward Harrisburg Philadelphia New York, with junctions at Shenandoah Junction or Washington.
The message notes a 10:10 pm update for Harrisonburg with a rail car report from Strasburg and a 7:50 local for Harrisonburg.
Mascaretta Springs, the summer resort east of Harrisonburg, opened for the season with a large Tuesday night ball. The hotel looked splendid and a midnight supper was served. Out of town guests included Miss Eliza Meade, George Lee, and J. M. Jett of White Post, Virginia, and Capt. G. Gardner Waller of Front Royal in Warren County.
John D. Ruffner of Page county says he was robbed of 49 dollars while in Rockingham county jail after federal sentencing in Harrisonburg. Ruffner, convicted on illicit distilling and liquor licensing charges, faces one year and a day in Atlanta’s federal penitentiary and a 100 dollar fine. Deputy marshals search the jail inmates for the missing money yielded no results by early today.
A large crowd attended a grade school entertainment at Lemsleys Halls in Stephens City Va with strong talks by Rev Sydenstricker and Hon R Gray Williams of Winchester introduced by Rev R H Cline and Mr Leslie D Kline High School play set for tonight Other local residents and visitors are noted in the accompanying social updates and hospital visit reports
French war office reports cut off communication with Fort Vaux on the Verdun front leaving its fate uncertain. German bombardment continues after claims of initial German setbacks. Meanwhile Russians say they captured 40 000 Austrians and Italians report checks along Tyrolean fronts.
Public sale of a building lot in Winchester Virginia following a court decree. The property of Lewis Calvert at 616 North Main Street fronts 2 1/2 rods and runs back about 200 feet to an alley. Auction set for June 24 1916 at 11 am with one third cash and balance in two yearly installments secured by deed of trust and life insurance policy on the buildings.
Mr. Ralph B. Snapp of Winchester graduates from Georgetown University with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. He served as president of both his class and the Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity and was honor man of the graduating class. He previously attended Winchester High School and Shenandoah Valley Academy. Mrs. R Gray Williams departed yesterday for a short visit to friends in Washington.
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as internal remedies for catarrh and constipation. It claims a physician-prescribed formula cures blood and mucous surface ailments and cites testimonials. The text also mentions Chamberlain's Colic Remedy’s perceived India efficacy for cholera and bowel issues.
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