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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
5
Railroad schedules show May timetable details for Cumberland Valley with arrivals at Winchester from Philadelphia and New York stations. The listing notes trains 233 and 848 50 1158, times 9 20 am daily except Sunday, 1 5 am and 7 weeks, and references Gen P A likely station or timetable author.
In effect from November 22, the eastbound from Strasburg lists No 7 daily at 7:00 am to Harrisonburg arriving 9:04 am, No 49 daily at 12:25 pm to Morrisonburg arriving 2:30 pm, Buffet Parlor Car No 2 at 7:59 pm for Harrisonburg arriving 10:15 pm. Westbound No 14 at 8:25 am limited to Alexandria and Washington arriving 11:00 am, Buffet Parlor Car No 28 at 6:40 pm to Washington arriving 9:15 pm. Parlor Car No 24 daily and other notes for Washington routes.
Norfolk and Western No 13 918 a m to Bristol and intermediate stations Pullman sleepers and dining to Roanoke Parlor car to Roanoke Bristol Blue Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stations Pullman cars Gary and Winston-Salem cafe Shenandoah Gary connects at Roanoke with Memphis special south No 27 6 38 p m to Shenandoah and intermediate stations No 28 922 a m to Hagerstown intermediate Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York connection at Shenandoah Junction for Washington No 14704 p m to Hagerstown Pullman sleeper to New York No 2 12 4 a m to Hagerstown Pullman Sleeper to New York and Philadelphia
Mrs. Joseph Snapp of the Rest section Frederick County was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital days ago where doctors amputated a limb. She endured the operation with courage and rests comfortably, with many friends in the northern county and Winchester hoping for her full recovery.
London May 29. In a Royal Institution lecture Lieutenant Colonel Hadcock of Elswick compared big guns with a butterfly. He said the butterfly ages in 24 hours, while the gun only stays alive when fired, and with a continuous stream of projectiles its active life would be about 12 seconds.
The year 1816 endured as a year without a proper summer across the United States. January felt unusually mild and furnaces were often unused, while February seemed like an extension of March.
The report notes prolonged cold, damaged crops including young leaves stripped from trees, and a harsh June mirroring May with snow and ice across the corn belt. It mentions back pain from rheumatic muscle strain among hard workers and suggests relief through warm baths.
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