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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
5
A Cumberland Valley timetable dated May 28 1916 shows travel times and station notes for Winchester routes with trains operating daily except Sundays. The fragment mentions a 9 20 am departure and indicates service details tied to D X daily except Sunday ton.
Fragmentary timetable notes show No 8a m and No 1 p m trains with connections to Shenandoah and intermediate stations. Mentions Roanoke Roanoke Junction Washington Philadelphia Hagerstown and Shenandoah Junction with partial stops and parlor car service details.
The 1916 schedule shows westbound trains from Strasburg with daily departures to Harrisonburg at 7:30 am and 12:25 pm, arrival times around 9:30 am and 2:30 pm, plus late evening services to Harrisonburg and Washington with parlor car options and buffet service.
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a remedy for catarrh malaria and rheumatism. It claims to cleanse blood and aid tissue healing and offers a free booklet and medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia. It warns against other purgatives and promotes a vegetable formula.
Miss Eleanor Gertrude Funkhouser of Woodstock will wed Dr Charles Newman Wunder. The ceremony is set for Wednesday evening June 28 at 8 o clock in the Presbyterian Church. Dr Wunder, eldest son of County Clerk M B Wunder of Shenandoah County, is in educational work in Texas.
A Davia son College faculty member in North Carolina is noted for having many friends across the lower Shenandoah Valley region, reflecting strong local ties and regard.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan L. New and their young son Forrest have driven back to Pittsburgh via the Lincoln Highway after visiting friends and relatives here. Mrs. J. C. Carey of Pittsburg, formerly Miss Nannie Fletcher, is visiting her brother Mr. Fletcher at East Piccadilly Street.
A fire at the Northern Central Railroad grain elevator No 3 in Camton Baltimore yesterday afternoon causes extensive loss estimated at 2 million dollars. Forty or more workers are believed dead with many others injured as tugboat crews and nearby vessels aided in rescue efforts. The cause remains under investigation with theories of explosion, bomb, or spontaneous combustion.
George Lam, 24, shot himself in the heart near Lydia in Greene County after taking his wedding ring from his wife and kissing her. He fired from a few yards away, dying instantly. his wife Julia Dean had separated but they may have reconciled. The case follows a nearby fatality tied to a chicken fight quarrel. John C. Morris, named in connection, remains at large in the Blue Ridge mountains with a $350 reward.
Mrs. J. M. Clowser hosted a birthday gathering in Mount Williams on June 14 to honor her seventy eighth year. Relatives and friends from Kernstown and nearby areas attended including children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A family prepared meal followed the festivities before Mrs. Clowser fell ill during the event.
Public sale announced of the Lewis Calvert building lot at 616 North Main Street Winchester Virginia in front of the courthouse at 11 o clock a m under a 1913 Cor poration Court decree Scott Colvert vs Richard Colvert. Terms: one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and life insurance on buildings. Auctioneer M M Lynch bond approved by clerk J B Beverley. Sale date May 25 four weeks.
Mr and Mrs Frye are the proud parents of a fine baby boy Ima Williams who has been recuperating after a difficult birth. The family expresses happiness and gratitude on a recent occasion.
Visiting relatives and friends at Kernstown have returned to her home. Mr. Frank Dorsey of Winchester is here plastering for Mr. Himel Tight. Mrs. Jane Eye has recently purchased a team of horses.
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