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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
3
The page shows daily market quotes with prices for corn, hay, barley, timothy hay, creamery butter, butter, spring chickens, and potatoes. It lists retail and wholesale figures and notes retail formats and per bushel or per peck pricing.
These markets are correct as of closing on the day preceding publication. Butter and creamery products list prices for various grades, live poultry prices for Knicken s and spring hens, corn and hay values, sheep and lamb figures, cattle prices per head, and pigs priced by size and condition.
A garbled fragment hints at a museum attendant and a pre historic bird with a bill riddled by holes. The text mentions enthusiasm from a congressman and a judge, implying a display or introduction in a ceremonial setting.
Editor Thomeas Laorhne Carrington of the Staurton Daily News wed Miss Martha McClure Shreckhise daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Shreckhise in Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church Staurton Va. Rev W G McDowell officiated. The bride wore a divetaffeta suit with lilies of the valley and orchids. Attendants included her sister Mrs Rawleigh Taylor matron of honor. Best man William Fitzhugh Fickien and groomsmen Herbert A. Jacob Rawleigh Taylor Charles Hoge William McChesmey Yarbrough. Out of town guests included Mrs J C Eastham and Mrs James McAllister.
Willow Brook Virginia notes residents visiting relatives across Staunton Clifton Forge and Vaucluse. Mrs B P Hempant and her two sons John and Ray visit kin while Masters Elder and Arthur Trenary visit grandparents. Mr C R Abrell from Darkesville spent Sunday with his brother.
Mrs John Stewart of Bunker Hill died Sunday night at midnight after six months of heart trouble. She was sixty five and a lifelong Presbyterian. Funeral was at the Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church with Rev M E Hien sel. Interment in Presbyterian Cemetery at Ger ardstown. Survived by husband John M Stewart and children Mrs S S Cline Mrs Harry Cline Mrs Goldie Balenger Miss Mary Leo Stewart and Mr Harry Stewart.
A vintage advertisement promotes Doctor Pierce's Anuric as a cure for uric acid buildup causing rheumatism lumbago and joint pain. It claims hot water daily and Anuric cleanse the system and aid kidney function, urging readers to mail a dollar for full treatment or ten cents for a trial package.
Torrytown Wy Va June 13. Mr and Mrs Turner Sencindiver spent Sunday with her mother Mrs David Hott. Miss Mary Josephine Lulu and Mabel Morgan spent Tuesday in Winchester. Henry Busey visiting brother Martin Busey in Indiana and relatives in the west. Prayer meeting at Mt Pleasant United Brethren Church to be held each Sunday. Bernard Busey and family in Winchester. Bishop Gravatt preached at Bunker Hill Episcopal Church. William Murphy of Green Spring visited. Lee Evans recovering from bicycle accident. Children services planned at Mount Pleasant U B Church June 18.
Mr John Cooper leaves in the morning for Washington to view the big preparedness parade and then goes to New York City for several days on business.
Wilson and Marshall discuss the Democratic platform and the role of delegates. Cdronel Bryan states he is a Democrat and citizen with no plans to attend the convention as a proxy. He urges the party to seek Progressive support now without a candidate.
An editorial exhortation questions how many men understand the pain endured by women at home from sex related illnesses. It urges women to consult the decades proven Jaydia FE Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to regain health and ease suffering.
A Lowell Courier-Citizen excerpt notes a fable about a man with 100 hens producing one egg daily. It questions profit when each hen costs two cents to keep while eggs sell for seven cents, ending with a moral about blaming the hens for losses.
Bartonville Virginia June 13 Mr and Mrs R E Reid gave a Thursday afternoon party at their home Shady Oak in honor of Katharine and Frances Jolliffe. Guests included Mary Virginia Martha Alicea Funk Frances Watson Helen Watson and others. Refreshments served at 430 PM. Several relatives and local residents are noted visiting or staying with kin in the area.
By deed of trust dated May 8 1912 Edward Mason and wife transfer property in Winchester fronting 30 feet on Bond Street running 125 feet. The frame dwelling at No 12 East Bond Street will be sold at public auction in front of the County Court House at 11 00 a m with one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire insurance policy. T Russell Cather Trustee Roy P Duvall Auctioneer
In Frederick County Virginia on May 13 1916 Eudora Orissa Keyser sues Elmer Elsworth Keyser and unknown heirs of Elizabeth H Keyser to collect a judgment with interest from August 1 1915 and costs. The petition seeks a settlement of a purported partnership and a decree that Elmer is the owner of an undivided interest in 165 acres near Bartonsville to be sold with proceeds applied to complainant and for other equity relief. Unknown heirs must appear within 15 days and a copy of the order is to be published in The Winchester Evening Star and posted at the county courthouse.
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