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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
5
Train arrive in Winchester from the above at 9 204 daily except Sun 11 450 mm and 7 72 pm Daily X daily except Sunday 5 Tower Supt BARipgte Gen P A.
The note lists train numbers and times serving Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah and Shenandoah connections. It mentions Pullman sleepers dining cars cafe car and parlor car services. Intermediary stations include Bristol Bluefield Stony and Winston Salem with connections to Memphis South.
A southbound Cumberland Valley Railroad passenger train narrowly avoided disaster when a man waved a red cloth signaling stop 20 miles east of Shippensburg. Harvey Cooper, a farmer, found an oak felled across the track during a storm and fetched a stopping signal. track clearance followed within thirty minutes. Harry G. Canter of Harrisonburg, Virginia, registered at Hotel Evans.
A brief want ad note invites readers to place advertisements in The Star, outlining how to submit copy and what classified sections are available for personal and business notices.
Five deeds of trust from C. W. Rogers and wife secure sale of a double frame dwelling and store in Winchester Virginia. Auction by trustees in front of the County Courthouse June 10 1916 at 11 am. One third cash, balance in two annual installments with bonds and deed of trust. Auctioneer R P Duval.
Public auction to sell 23 acre tract near Kernstown Frederick County Virginia at 11 am Monday June 5 1916 in front of the County Court House Winchester. Sale includes improvements and specifies payment terms one half cash day of sale and balance in one year with 5 percent interest secured by deed of trust. Trustee Harry R Kern authorized to complete sale.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court Winchester Virginia on May 15 1916 Gussie Hartford Buckey plaintiff sues Guy Elmer Buckey defendant seeking a divorce mensa et there and general relief An affidavit states the defendant is not a Virginia resident and he is ordered to appear fifteen days after due publication to protect his interest in the suit.
Middletown Agricultural High School staged its senior class play on May 22 with eight contestants in a declamation contest. Miss Mary Veach of Maryland won the girls’ medal, Philip Burner of Luray the boys’ medal. Graduation exercises on May 23 featured salutatory by Veach and valedictory by Burner. Diplomas were awarded by Supt. M. M. Lynch to Ruth Anderson Horace Lineburg Philip Burner Mary Veach and Clarke Willey.
On Tuesday May 30 1916 a legal holiday the following banks will be closed All paper maturing that day may be paid Wednesday May 31 Lee R Grim cashier Union Bank of Winchester Jo W Rice cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank Ho D Fuller cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Public auction notice by Special Commissioner J Hunter Williams sells four city plots in Winchester Virginia fronting Loudoun Kent and Baker streets. Terms: one third cash, two thirds by note secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Also brief testimonial on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy from Brandon Springs Alabama.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless alternative to calomel. It claims quick liver action without causing sickness or salivation and urges readers to try a fifty cent bottle with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox reflects on solitude, social reaction to joy and sorrow, and the inevitability of death. The speaker contrasts outward applause with internal suffering and notes how shared pleasure attracts companions while personal grief isolates.
A trustee sale of a 15 acre Frederick County farm near Hayfield takes place at noon on Saturday June 24 1916 in front of the County Court House Winchester Va. The property from J W Lupton to S Frank Cooper deed dated February 17 1910 includes a new dwelling and outbuildings with survey on record. Terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by bonds deed of trust and insurance.
Public sale by trustee of a 133 acre tract near Raceburg Virginia with a large house and barn and about 1200 apple trees and 200 peach trees. Sale in Chester Court House on June 8 1916 at 11 am with one third cash and balance due in one and two years secured by deed of trust and insurance.
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