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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from the stations above at 9 20 am daily except Sunday and 7 22 pm daily. Schedules list towns and codes with daily exceptions noted.
Rail timetable effective November 22 1914 shows westbound and eastbound trains from Strasburg to Harrisonburg and Washington with local and limited services. Parlor car service noted. Westbury general agent Washington DC signs the schedule.
Norfolk and Western timetable details include train connections from Roanoke to Bristol Shenandoah Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers to New York and Philadelphia. Northbound service lists connections at Shenandoah Junction to Washington and further stops at Harrisburg Philadelphia and York.
Frederick Maryland June 29 Dr Frank M Humphrey formerly of this city now of Bluelont Virginia and a child escaped serious injury after a car went over an embankment on the south side of the pomn bridge at Steiner's.
Front raute was bent and brought to Frederick for repairs at Frederick City Garage with work underway.
Wilson W. Butler vice president of Canadian Steel Foundries and Canadian Car and Foundry reports abroad that a contract for shells was closed in Petrograd. The agreement involves 6,000,000 shells to be manufactured and shipped. Butler arrived from Liverpool aboard the Philadelphia.
Ammunition shells will be manufactured in Canada and shipped to Canadian ports for delivery to the Russian government.
Advert says bilious attacks impair liver function causing constipation fermentation of food, leading to nausea vomiting and headache. Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to tonify liver and clean stomach, selling for a quarter and available everywhere.
Mr and Mrs L R Swimley from Staunton Virginia are visiting at the home of Dr and Mrs W A Swimley in Rast.
Sinking of the British steamship Indrant off Tuskar Ireland with crew saved. French bark Dumfriesshire sunk. British aviators bomb Smyrna causing heavy Turkish garrison casualties. British attack on Bukoba destroys fort wireless station boats sunk guns captured. Germans seize Halicz and cross the Dnister as Russians retreat toward the Bug. Czar presides over ministers council with Grand Duke Nicholas. Cardinal Caspari denies Latapie Pope quotes. Italy breaks relations with Turkey and moves to the Dardanelles. Friedericksburg bombing and Swiss landing after engine trouble.
The Washington Sunday Star society editor notes Mrs William Hitt formerly Miss Katherine Elkins and her party of friends spent a day or two in Winchester. Mrs Stephen B Elkins has had rhododendrons outside her home replaced by grass. Whenever Mrs Hitt visits from Homewood near Warrenton she can go underscores local society ties.
The article notes that while grand residences lure buyers, prospective owners have not yet completed construction. The line suggests buyers value opulent homes and await finalized plans before proceeding.
An appeal urges women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore balance after daily home duties cause strain and illness. The advertisement claims the product has helped many women for forty years.
President Alderman announced the qualifying exam for the Rhodes scholarship will be held at the University of Virginia on October 6. The scholarship funds $1,600 per year for three years, awarded to a U.S. citizen aged 19 to 25 who meets entry requirements.
The passage notes Oxford residents have finished at least their second year at a degree granting American university or college. It highlights ongoing study and eligibility criteria for degrees.
An official court note from the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court in Frederick County dated June 28 1915 identifies the plaintiff in a pending suit.
A reader recounts a comic exchange with a post office clerk about weighing letters. The woman asks why an extra stamp is needed and jokes about the clerk's complaints.
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