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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
5
To Breeders see gray registered Percheron stallion weighing a ton bred by E Bahine Leesburg. Insurance 12 dollars. Daniel a coming 3 year old gay registered Percheron also at home Insurance 10 dollars. Joe black registered Percheron will stand at various locations including Berryville Pike and White Hall with weekly schedule. Co L Nicodemus Lenore Va.
Trains arrive in Winchester from the station at 9 20 am daily except Sundays. An entry notes variations and commuter patterns with references to numbers and times, reflecting a late 19th century timetable fragment.
May 4 in Chambersville Virginia the Round Hill graded school will hold a Friday night program after business the event will include a spelling bee with a one dollar prize and an ice cream social admission charged. Visitors included Miss Bertha Kickley Miss Pearl Cooper and others from nearby areas.
Torrytown West Virginia May 4 notices of visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs John Adams visited relatives on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Lulu Morgan and daughters spent last Saturday in Martinsburg. Several Morgan and Hutton family members appeared in local social rounds and a funeral at Mount Pleasant.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications as the disease affects the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood. advertised as a reputable prescription from a top physician. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. testimonials offered, Toledo Ohio. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Trustees will offer at public auction in front of Winchester Court House on May 20 1916 a 42 1/2 acre farm in Frederick County six miles north of Winchester on the south side of North Frederick Grade near A. D. Cather. Improvements include a residence and barn with a spring and stream. One third cash, balance in two equal installments with bonds and deed of trust and a policy of insurance on buildings. Trustees M M Lynch and Herbert S Larrick. 4-19-4wks.
The Winchester Inn owned by James B. Russell estate Major Holmes Conrad and Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith opens for the season under George C. Shepard. The interior is renovated with new bathrooms and refreshed bedrooms. Dances and parties are planned with a renovated basement ballroom ready for use.
Miss Bessie Crisman has returned to Orange New Jersey after visiting Kernstown and relatives. Mr and Mrs J W Cammer and two children spent Sunday with cousins Mr and Mrs John Legg at Chambersville. The public school at this place Evans last night.
The school under Miss Effie Argenbright of Stephens City closed last Thursday after a successful term. Mr. Earl Robertson built a new barn on his farm. Mrs. Samuel Fritz of Wheeling, W Va, visits her mother Mrs. Nannie Turner. Kernstown residents attend chau tauqua entertainments in Winchester this week. Miss Nannie Triplett visits Winchester for several days.
Local buyers offered prices for a variety of goods including corn at 3.55 per measured unit, mids at 1.70, crackled corn and rye near 0.70 and 1.46 respectively, spring chickens at 0.26, butter 0.26 to 0.41, seed potatoes 1.60 per bushel, potatoes 1.00 per bushel, and assorted meats and farm products with wholesale and retail figures noted.
Prices as of the prior day show corn and carrots at 83.5 cents, cob corn 4.10, and butter ranges from 25.5 to 34.5 cents. Poultry includes winter chickens at 36 cents, spring at 38, hens 20, roosters 11, with hay priced by quality from 16.50 to 23. Sheep and lambs list fat sheep 6 cents per pound, spring lambs up to 13, pigs priced 1.50 to 4 per head.
The Young People's Meeting at the United Brethren Church in Relief Virginia drew a strong crowd. Mr Canter of Stephens City gave an appreciated address. Local residents recoveries and visits are noted, with social events at the Ginn and Copenhaver homes and a remodelling of a home by Ashley Wigginton returning to live in Relief.
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