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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
5
Train schedule details from Cumberland Valley dated May 28 1916. Mentions Philadelphia to New York routes with pasta fare, arrivals in Winchester, and daily service with exceptions on Sundays. Includes times such as 2a, 450m, and 7:22 pm alongside station notes and personnel initials.
Norfolk and Western timetable lists No. 13 9 18 a m for Bristol and intermediate stops with Pullman sleepers and dining at Roanoke and Bristol. No. 1 227 a m serves Roanoke Bristol Bine Seid Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediates with Pullman sleepers Gary Winston Salem cafe car Shenandoah and Gary. No. 76 638 p m to Shenandoah and intermediate stations. Northbound No. 932 a m to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with Shenandoah Junction or Washington connection.
An old newspaper ad proclaims catarrh as a blood infection and touts S. S. S. as the cure. It claims blood cleansing removes nasal drips hawking and sores, urging readers to buy the vegetable formula at drug stores and contact Swift Specific Co. for advice if long standing.
Bruce, a self professed landscape painter, travels to Addingtonia to woo Miss Letitia Addingtons heirless estate. He meets a disguised heiress in antique garb who reveals she is Aunt Letitias granddaughter in disguise. They form a plan to collaborate on the estate gardens. Dr C E Channing of Washington spent the weekend in Winchester staying at Hotel Jack.
The Rev. C. V. Van Der Linden, Methodist pastor at Gainesboro, was thrown from his buggy when the horse stumbled. He suffered bruises to his right leg and side and his face, while his wife was not thrown. He canceled church appointments due to injuries.
Albin Virginia notes list visits by Howard Lewis and daughter from Masilon Ohio and Alvie Smith of White Hall. Nellie Flowers visits friends in the area. Edith Alkire calls on village friends. J D Hartmans visit son L J Hartman at Clearbrook last week.
Jubilee Virginia notes report ongoing illnesses including Abert Slonaker and J B Fries relations. Social visits are listed with families such as Fries Croson Lind and Haldeman attending schools, visiting kin, and relatives in Winchester Harrisonburg Nain and Gerardstown.
Misses Eliza and Catherine Meade visited sister Mrs Walstein Snell in Harrisonburg. Mabel and Eva Massey spent Thursday in Winchester. Maud Kennerly returned from Charlestown West Virginia. Mrs Skinker returned after months in New York. Chester W. Scherf of Baltimore visited here. F W Alberly of Royal Indemnity Philadelphia was a visitor. Richard Sommerville visiting his uncle. C Somerville and Miss Mary Sommerville in Wood Rock. Eva Kaymeir of New York visiting Dorothy Skinker Greenway Court, returned home. Mrs P W Bowers spent weekend with her mother and sister Mrs Shipp and Miss Annie Shipp.
A moral contrast outlines two worker types. The diligent youth earns trust by cheerful effort and steady toil whether the boss is present or not. In contrast the lazy loafer loafs when the boss is away, hoping for privilege without effort, earning only a poor wage.
Eugene Van Horn Weems, recent Tome School graduate from Port Deposit Maryland, has returned to Winchester and will probably enter Cornell in the fall. He is expected to pursue studies at the university.
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