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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1916

Page

5

Percheron Stallions Stand at Several Farms in Virginia

Gray registered Percheron stallion Grimsley weighs a ton and will stand for the season at Lees. Daniel a coming 3 year old gray is to stand at home with $10 Insurance. Joe a Black Percheron will stand at multiple locations on Berryville pike and nearby farms with weekly schedules and insurance. Co L Nicodemus Lenore Virginia lists United Phone for contact.

Grimsley E. B. White Lees E. Insurance Daniel Joe O. J. Hardesty Berryville Pike John Rutherford Berryville Albert Anderson White Hall Co. L. Nicodemus Lenore

Cumberland Valley Time Table June 27 1915

Trains arrive in Winchester from the noses pees acd 5 920am daily except Sus 145m 7229 m daily D daily X daily except Sunday Toros. Supt BH A RIppLE Gen P A.

Cumberland Valley Winchester P. A

Forthbound No 28 9 32 a.m Train Schedule Note

In this fragment the service lists a northbound departure at 28-9 32 a.m. from stations including Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction or Washington.

Forthbourd Hagerstown Inter Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Shenandoah Junction Washington

Personal Notes From Berryville

Guests at The Sign of Motor Car in Berryville include Foxhall Parker McCormick from St Louis Eliza Halliday of Los Angeles and J T Mann from Washington. The King's Daughters county convention is set for May 21 with Mrs Clarence Burton state secretary to attend and address attendees.

Berryville Foxhall Parker McCormick St. Louis Eliza Halliday Los Angeles Frank Bright J. T. Mann Hickey Washington, D. C J. Hammond Smith Memphis Tenn C. BE. Bond Fort Wayne Ind E. R. Bramwell New York Hannah Hanna Bramwell W. Va Katherine Bentley Baltimore Grant Fitch Milwaukee Wic Nat. Carpenter Kansas City Major Carpenter the Highlands Frazier Margaret Frazier

Late News Notes From Battle Fronts

British destroyers and monitors clashed with German destroyers off the Belgian coast. Germans withdrew to ports with no British casualties. Verdun front sees little infantry action. German fire checks French assault on Hill No. 304. Dubrovnik torpedo attack on Austrian steamer leaves casualties and missing aboard. Austrian air raid on Venice causes little damage due to anti aircraft defenses. Batavier V blown up in the North Sea. four crew members die. Mr and Mrs H A Craig return home after visiting relatives in Stephens City.

Belgian Verdun Paris Dead Man's Hill Berlin No. 304 Dubrovnick Adriatic Venice Batavier V North Sea London

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by F J Chenny Co

Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Internal remedies cure the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a tested prescription by leading physicians and purifies blood while addressing the mucous membranes. Testimonials offered free. Sold by druggists for five cents.

Hall F. J. Chenny & CO Props Toledo Ohio Price Stall

Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Relief

An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safer alternative to calomel for bilious symptoms. It claims the product is all vegetable, prevents salivation, and guarantees relief and improved health for the consumer and family, with a money back promise if not effective.

Dodson

Birth Control For The Hens of Texas

Shorman Texas May 18. Farmers armed with axes and hatchets killed most roosters to curb egg overproduction. Only a few roosters kept to ensure future chicken families amid plummeting eggs prices.

Shorman Texas

Episcopal Council Convened in Warrenton Virginia

The 121st council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia met at St James Church Warrenton on May 18. The opening session featured teachers training talks by Mrs. E S Osgood Miss Sallie Dean and Rev S A Wallis. Evening services supported diocesan missions with reports on colored work and a series of addresses.

Warrenton Hudred Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Virginia St. James’ Church E. S. Osgood Sallie Dean S. A. Wallis Virginia Theological Seminary Diocesan Missionary Society G. M. Brydon C. J. Gibson John B. Minor W. Roy Mason China William Brown Panama

Symbol of Health in Ancient Greece Inspires Modern Tablets

A red five pointed star on each Chamberlain's Tablets package symbolizes health, tracing to Pythagoreans who valued simple food temperance and purity. The ad promises quick relief from indigestion biliousness and weak constitution and urges readers to obtain the tablets from their druggist.

Ancient Greece

Mr Pepper to Lecture on Preparedness

Mr Pepper has studied preparedness and trained as a private soldier at Plattsburg last year. He is a vigorous American citizen who believes in a robust type of manhood. He will speak in a nonpartisan, nonpolitical manner and the public is invited.

Mr. Pepper Plattsburg

Sunday preaching schedule with offerings noted

The notice lists services on Sunday May 21 at Relief 11 a.m., Macedonia 3 30 p.m., Carpers Valley 8 p.m. It asks attendees to remember the offering for the American Bible Society and is signed by Pastor B W Brubaker.

Macedonia Carpers Valley American Bible Society B. W. Brubaker

See-Sold Star Suffers Bad Finish

A local sports note reports a star athlete’s disappointing end to an event. Details are sparse but indicate an unsteady performance impacting team standings and outcomes for the season.

New Virginia Game Commission to be self supporting

The new state game department will be funded entirely from hunting license sales when the act takes effect on June 18. Licenses dated July 1 will cover the prior twelve months and fund production, printing, and enforcement. Early purchase is urged to ensure wardens can begin active field work by fall, with county licenses at $1, state licenses $3, non resident $10, and alien $20.

Game Department State Game Department

Minnie Wood Notes from Virginia May 18

Local social notes record visits and events around Minnie Wood Chapel Virginia including gatherings at Kim Hill and the Hardesty home. Funeral services for the late Hallie Broadlus were held at Berryville Baptist Church. Virginia and Edna Baker stay with grandmother Mrs. Baker in Arabia, while Jim Hook, Beulah and Viola Keckle with Edward Keckley visit the Pommatt home. Frank Emmart called at the Rutherford home.

Minnie Wood Harry Light Summit Point Kim Hill Holmes Hardesty Hallie Broadlus Berryville Baptist Church Virginia Edna Baker Martin Bak Cer Arabia Jim Hook William Pommatt Beulah Viola Keckle Edward Keckley Walter Page Ruth‘rford H. Vv. Rutherford Frank _Emmart

Memorial bas relief portrait for Charles Francis Adams to be unveiled

In Virginia, a bronze bas relief portrait will be unveiled at Washington and Lee University on June 14 during commencement. The event honors the late Charles Francis Adams for his July 1907 Lexington address praising the South and General Robert E Lee. Henry W. Anderson will deliver the address.

Charles Francis Adams Lexington Lee South Robert E. Lee Adams Henry Louis Smith Washington and Lee University Henry W. Anderson Thomass. Wheelwright Boston Wheelwright

Memorial Fund Planned For Suitable Remembrance

A local group agreed to raise a fund to purchase a suitable memorial. The plan aims to honor a person or event, with community support to secure a lasting tribute and public recognition.

Mrs Flood Joins Representative At Shoreham

Mrs Flood is staying with Representative Flood at the Shoreham and plans to return to their country home in Manassas Virginia within a few days, which she has opened for the summer.

Manassas Washington Star

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