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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
5
Rail timetable lists trains arriving Winchester from stations above at 9 20 am daily except Sunday and 7 28 pm daily. Includes note daily X daily except Sunday and a signature Swit HA Rippie Gen P.AY.
The November 22 1914 timetable lists No 23 daily at 730 am from Strasburg to Harrisonburg arriving 908 am No 49 daily at 1228 noon local to Harrisonburg arriving 230 pm Buffet Parlor Car No 14 daily at 825 am limited to Alexandria and Washington arriving 1150 pm No 11 daily 759 pm local to Harrisonburg No 74 daily local from Harrisonburg to Strasburg arriving 730 pm Westbury Gen Art Washington DC
Norfolk and Western timetable lists October 18 1914 departures to Bristol Roanoke and intercity routes. No. 13-9:18 a m offers Pullman sleep ers dining cars to Roanoke with parlor car to Roanoke in late night service. No 27 638 p m serves Shenandoah and intermediate stations with connections to Memphis special.
A 1914 account describes a ten year facial skin ailment that resisted remedies until a product called Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, advertised by Dr. Wea, cured the eruptions and disfigurements within days. The ad promotes these preparations as a trusted solution used by doctors for eighteen years and available at druggists.
The article reports Germany asserting the Lusitania was not an ordinary ship, but an armed merchantman equipped with cannons and ammunition. It claims British ships generally carried weapons and trained gunners, with Lusitania also said to have hidden cannons aboard. The piece notes U S officials view the vessel as unarmed.
A fragmented report outlines German claims of justified self defense over the Lusitania sinking, citing ammunition carried on the liner and British responsibility. It references a British prize system, American law on passengers with ammunition, and calls for U.S. examination of mediation proposals while noting local registrations and travels of residents.
Miss Ethel Jones of Baltimore visits Mr and Mrs BP Janney while Mrs Thwaite called on neighbors. Mrs W A Orndorff stays with her father Mr William Smith at White Hall. Mr and Mrs D and Mattison spent Friday with Lew friends. Mr Thomas Parlett of Winchester called on friends. Miss Edith Luttrell visits her uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Howard Luttrell.
Bunker Hill West Virginia May 31 entertainment by public school teachers and pupils marked the term’s end with a Wednesday show and Thursday picnic. Frost reported in lowlands along the Greek. L C Hoffman in Baltimore earlier week. W B Clendening in Martinsburg. Mrs Della Morgan at home with pneumonia.
Mr and Mrs. C. E. B. Roy of South Market Street announce the birth of a daughter weighing nine pounds.
Public sale of a two and one quarter acre tract with improvements in Shawnee District Frederick County on the Little North Mountain slope six miles west of Winchester and one mile west of Opequon Post Office. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two years with bonds and deed of trust. June 26 1915. John M Steck Trustee.
Town residents report visits and travel. Townsend Burwell and family motor to Winchester. Reed family from Charlestown spent time with Miss Garvin. Randolph family updates include Norfolk and Philadelphia visits. Gilbert Jenkins of Philadelphia visiting relatives in Millwood.
In Winchester Virginia the Corporation Court appoints a Master Commissioner to determine estate realty debts heirs and partitions for R W Walter decd. The report will include liens creditors and beneficiary interests with notices published weekly for four weeks.
Marlboro May 31 notes Mrs. S. Jam son hosts guests Mr. and Mrs. B C Shull of Winchester and Mr Riley Shull of Keyser W Va Also Mrs E B Brent returns from Winchester and remains at Sibole place Mr D S Brill returns from a business trip to Moorefield and Romney W Va
Mrs M P Smith spent Wednesday evening with her daughter Mrs M B Boggs and her new tenant house today. Mr H M Clagett began work on the project this week.
A Courier-Journal item condemns the loss of the Americ an victims as an excessive price to remove Dr Dernburg and to calm Herman Ridder, while insisting the situation proves the saying that what blows the body may not heal the mind.
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