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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1917
Page
2
John M. Steck, Commissioner in Chancery, presides over a matter involving M. M. Lynch as party at issue dated June 23. The notice directs action and outlines procedural steps for creditors claim or filing in the chancery proceeding.
Miss Tabb marries Prescott Lyon of Pittsburgh in a Belpre ceremony with bridesmaids from Belpre and Charlestown. A small reception followed at the bride’s home on West Clifford street. Out-of-town guests include Lyon family members from Pittsburgh and others from Lynchburg Springfield Baltimore and New York City. The couple plans to reside in Pittsburgh after a honeymoon trip.
Journal urges women to drop high heel wear to avoid corns and calls attention to a drug named Freezone for quick relief. The ad promotes clipping and sharing with spouses as a consumer tip.
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce announces the United States Bureau of Markets will maintain its Winchester sub-office for the 1917 apple shipping season. A June 20, 1917 reply from Wells A Sherman confirms plans to establish the office again to aid local apple growers and business interests. William G. Dorsey and family visited Mrs. Lewis Miller on East Monmouth Street yesterday.
A nostalgic plea urges parents to switch from harsh old remedies to California Syrup of Figs a fruit laxative that cleanses stomach liver and bowels. It touts a 50 cent bottle with child friendly directions and warns to avoid imitation products.
The Wigginton Bridge Grafting method, used for over three years, claims to save trees girdled by mice, borers, or collar blight by rerouting sap through grafts. Demonstrations cite Apple trees on Mr. Harry F. Byrd’s Winchester orchard yielding fruit after grafting, with guarantees and a $100,000 backing.
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