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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
4
Consolidated with Morning News Weekly News Weekly Times Weekly Mirror The Evening Star is entered at the Post Office in Winchester Virginia as second class mail matter.
The New York World notes the fall of imperial influence over the Russian church and state power shifts from Czarist control to liberal momentum. It contrasts religious authority with papal and royal models and cites Jefferson's religious freedom legacy as a cautionary example.
Railroads filed requests with the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise coal rates to Great Lake ports by 5 to 15 cents a ton and to adjust earlier small consumer charges. They plan post April 1 to 16 increases and urge Congress to pass laws boosting freight and passenger rates to offset wage costs under the eight hour law. A government official noted the Supreme Court ruling gives Congress power to fix wages and apply the rule to railroad rates.
A domestic narrator describes his wife singing while she works amid domestic tasks and contrasts her contentment with wealth and luxury. He asserts they must save earnings and dismiss material temptations, acknowledging underlying tensions about appearances and security.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason about a man on hard times who cannot afford ice yet finds cheer in his wife’s singing. He recalls past boats sailing for ballast and laments not meeting monetary prices while his wife sings in the shack. Her singing lifts his mood despite poverty.
Funeral services for Briscoe C. Shull retired farmer and Confederate veteran were held at his South Washington street home with Rev. Walter R. Alexander officiating. Many friends from Winchester and the county attended, with Union Bank directors and Gen Turner Ashby Camp members present. Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were eight of Shull’s sons. honorary pallbearers included doctors and local officials.
In Burnt Factory Virginia on March 22 a large crowd attended the double funeral of Mr and Mrs Rinker from Wade s ville. The Fishpaw sale at the Fishpaw farm drew many buyers with cows 50 to 115 dollars hogs up 30 to 40 percent from last year and stock cattle and horses at top prices. Measles lessen while Rev Lambert prepares last sermon and Loyal Workers lunch receipts total about 26 dollars. Laura Grove returns home from Martinsburg and Harvey Feltner recovers from appendicitis at Memorial Hospital. Sunday school set for 10 am March 25 with preaching at 11 am.
Torrytown West Virginia reports Mrs Luke Morgan spent a day in Martinsburg last week. Samuel G Morgan and his sister Miss Josephine Morgan also traveled to Winchester to visit their macley.
Huntsberry's William Simiciey John T Hott spent a couple of days in Baltimore last week. Miss Josephine Morgan visits cousin Mrs Mack Cain in Clarke County Virginia. Elizabeth Legg visiting brother George Legg in Martinsburg West Virginia. Mack Cain and wife of Berryville Virginia welcome a daughter weighing 10 1 2 pounds. Advertise in the want column.
A pretty wedding solemnized at Mrs. B. C. Cooper’s home in Boyce county on Tuesday afternoon uniting Lena M. Cooper and Raymond G. Bettis in marriage. Rev. Wilson of White Post Methodist Church officiated. The bride wore white embroidered gown and carried white carnations and ferns. A reception followed with many relatives and friends in attendance.
Mrs. W. B. Harlee of 720 S. Braddock St Winchester praises Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble saying they give beneficial results. Ad promises price 50 cents at all dealers and urges readers to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y is listed as the manufacturer.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a sleeping cleanser for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to remove sour undigested food foul gases and bile toxins, ease headaches and sleeplessness, and keep bowels regular with a 10 cent box. It urges both adults and children to use the product.
City officer justice via phone. Chief M A Doran received a request to arrest Robert Brown a colored taxi driver for speeding on March 9 in Winchester. Mayor W J Martin of Boyce advised a fine and costs of 10.50. Brown pleaded guilty and paid the amount, closing the case.
Shenandoah City in Page County is entering a major growth phase as the Norfolk and Western Railway commits 250000 dollars to a new roundhouse and machine shops. The project aims to modernize facilities after a prior fire and expand yards, signaling municipal improvements and Shenandoah’s emergence as a key division point.
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