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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
5
Cumberland Valley timetable page lists train routes and schedules for May 28 1916. It mentions connections from Philadelphia to New York and Winchester services, with daily and Sunday exceptions and a general schedule pattern. The fragment references specific times and stations but is incomplete.
The notice lists No 13 9 18 a m route to Bristol and intermediates with Pullman and dining cars, Roanoke connections to Roanoke and intermediate stops, and No 77 6 34 p m service to Shenandoah and intermediates. Northbound No 78 9 32 a m serves Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction or Washington.
For rent two adjacent store rooms numbered 12 to 14 on the east side of South Main Street known as the Faulkner Dr Goods Building. Contact Peps Hansbrou 4 and Carter 4-10-1 for details.
By authority of a deed of trust dated March 8, 1905 by George O Crisman and wife the substituted Trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Va at 12 oclock noon on Saturday July 15 1916 to the highest bidder the described lands to satisfy the secured debt.
A farm of about 100 acres in Frederick County Virginia on both sides of Front Royal Road four miles south of Winchester is offered. Improvements include a brick dwelling and outbuildings. Terms require one third cash at sale and balance in two equal annual installments secured by two bonds, deed of trust, and fire insurance.
Classified note urges readers to try PRL Ree for a paid want ad. Mentions potential earnings and quick posting option with simple steps. Local readers are guided to send inquiries to the publication.
Preparations underway for the sixth annual Ridgeway camp meeting in Ridgeway West Virginia from August 11 to 22 under Ridgeway charge authority. Rev John A Anderson and Rev O D Lambert lead evangelical services with ministers from the Winchester district. Prof J H Roebush of Dayton oversees music. Tent rentals and accommodations arranged by C E Ridgeway. Board meals and prices listed. no sales during services.
Berlin reports strengthened German resistance in Volhynia with gains west of Sokul on the Styr and the storming of Winiewka and southern positions. Italian forces push on the Asia Go plateau and parts of the Assa Valley between Posina and Astica. Dispatches note intensified bombardment on the Western Front while French lines north of Verdun hold against renewed German attacks in the Thiaumont and Fleury sectors.
The ad touts Mother’s Friend as a natural external remedy aiding childbirth and reducing worry. It promises safe use for mothers with no drug effects and offers a free copy via Bradfield Regulator Co. 406 Lamar Atlanta Ga, claiming decades of favorable letters from grateful mothers.
Funeral services were held for Dr. Thomas A. Ashby of the University of Maryland Medical School at his Baltimore home. He was born in Front Royal and buried today in Prospect Hill Cemetery after a service in Front Royal conducted by Reverends De Witt M. Benham and J. H. Sironey.
West Virginia reports of snakes emerge with sun after rain. Clyde East in Marlinton was bitten in the leg by a rattlesnake that trapped him in his trousers. he freed himself and the snake was killed. In Mason County Grace Hartley, 11, stepped on a blacksnake and freed herself with no injuries.
New York June 29 Colonel Roosevelt plans to ask the government to raise a division of volunteers for Mexican service as soon as war is declared and a volunteer call goes out. He has completed plans and will seek a commission as major general upon offer to Washington.
Miss Louisa Barton Myers of Norfolk will wed Rev. John Hubard Lloyd of Lynchburg in Kyoto during early autumn. Miss Catherine Myers departs Norfolk for Washington to join the Tsousser family and sail July 8 for Yokohama to join her sister in Japan.
Public auction at 11 00 a m in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia of a lot 20 feet on Bond Street between Maine and Market and 125 feet deep improved by a new frame dwelling No 12 East Bond Street One third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire insurance policy Auctioneer Roy P Duvall
Mrs. E Riley of Mion North reports six months use of Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion. She says she has never used a remedy that did her so much good and notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
A quip about 100 hens laying one egg daily with seven cent eggs and two cent daily upkeep per hen. The twist notes none of the hens is blamed for not laying, ending with a humorous flourish.
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