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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
3
Mrs. J. H. Cooper of Winchester testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her Bright's disease symptoms after nine weeks in bed. She reports doctors later said her kidneys were well and urges others with kidney trouble to use Doan's Kidney Pills priced 50c at all dealers, from Foster Milling Co Buffalo New York.
Memorial service will be held at the Christian Church in High View on the second Sunday in June at 11 a m with afternoon services. Flowers requested for cemetery observance. Mother's Day noted with special music and recitations. Several local residents and visitors noted, including the Oates and Garvin families, with various social events and a hospital stay for Champion Brill.
Frank B. Neville a Millwood resident and IRS special employee led a May 19 raid from Martinsville with deputies H. G. Stultz D. A. Nicholson and deputy marshal B. W. Gardner in the Shooting Creek area of Franklin County. They destroyed two illicit distilleries with capacities of 190 and 220 gallons and 1600 gallons of beer and related products amid warnings of danger from moonshiners awaiting prohibition.
Invitations issued in Winchester and Frederick County for the marriage of Miss Ethel M. Gaver of Pertinsbore West Virginia to Rev Edwin R. Athey of the same city. The ceremony is set for May 31 at the Winchester Avenue Christian Church with Rev Roy Schmucker officiating. The couple will then go to Roedgersville Pass where the groom elect has a pastorate. Athey recently graduated from Christian College Milligan Tennessee.
A fragmented recipe describes mixing two quarts of apple for every four quarts of barberries with minimal water, cooking until jelly forms, and combining apples with barberries to make juice. It instructs sugar per pint of juice, boiling, skimming, straining into hot glasses, then sealing.
Washington May 25 The eight minority members of the House naval affairs committee urge an immediate comprehensive program to strengthen the United States Navy. They call for two dreadnoughts six battle cruisers and a full auxiliary corps with extended construction and multiple work shifts to ensure faster completion.
New York May 25 The Waite trial opened with the defense attacking the possibility of mental illness in Dr Arthur W Waite who is charged with killing his millionaire father in law John E Peck The defense prepared to present few witnesses and aims to finish the case in a few days The defendant may describe a disturbed nervous condition prior to the murder
J. S. Calvert Western Union Commercial Superintendent announces in a letter to the company's employer that employees who wish to attend a military training camp may take a full four weeks vacation with pay, provided enough staff remain in each office to cover work.
Short classified item invites SHS students to inquire about a personal pickup or donation, noting location and contact method for interested buyers or recipients.
Greve the rind strain the juice of two lemons. Core, pare and chop one large tart apple. Crush one soft cracker fine. Melt butter and mix with cracker crumbs. Combine lemon rind, apple, sugar, egg yolks and whites beaten to froth, then fold in buttered crumbs. Bake twenty minutes until crust sets. Orange apple pie uses less sugar. Virginia Horticultural Society. Winchester, Va.
Quotations note public shifts in taste from Baltimore to Chicago and New York. Observers mock fashion slaves, describe skirts and fur trimming, and claim Russian styles influence Philadelphia readers with sharp, period tone.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on May 27 1916 noon the Strother farm. Land sits one half mile north of Winchester bounded by Kinzel Hiett Pendleton includes a stone house barn and orchards 12 acres bearing apple 10 acres bearing peach within a mile of apple shipping via Cumberland Valley Railroad rent 500 until March 1 1917 subject to tenant rights. One third cash day of sale balance two thirds secured by bonds two years at six percent with trust deed and fire policy or all cash. Roy P. Duvall auctioneer.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe effective tonic to cleanse and enrich the blood during spring illness. It claims to improve appetite sleep energy and overall health, urging customers to ask a pharmacist for the product and insisting no substitute matches its formula.
Dr J Sidney Peters prohibition commissioner announces on June 1 the appointment of clerical staff including at least three secret service men whose names will remain secret. The office will have three or four members plus a cashier to sell stamps for liquor shipments. Stamps priced at five cents will be affixed by carriers and added to shipment costs.
Mr. Fred D. Marburger of Iowa and Miss Iva P. Casey daughter of Capt and Mrs J F Casey of Charlestown West Virginia were married yesterday afternoon at 3 30 in the dental parlor of Dr E B C Yost Winchester with Rev W O Talbert officiating Mrs Ethel Williams of Charlestown came for dental work and a telephone notice to the minister arranged the license and ceremony The couple will reside in Iowa The bride and groom learned licenses could be issued locally and the clerk J B Beverley provided the papers
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