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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
5
The Cumberland Valley timetable lists daily arrivals in Winchester at 9:20 am and 4:58 pm and 7:22 pm except Sundays. It notes Tower and Superintendent HA Rippte as officials and references general office details.
Mothers and wives across towns have restored health using the root and herb remedy Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The product is praised as a reliable treatment for female ailments, widely used by women seeking renewed strength.
A reader seeks to purchase a good limestone farm of about 150 to 200 acres at a reasonable price. Desired land should be suitable for farming. Address replies to Farm care of Star at 10 31 tt.
Banks will close Tuesday November 7 1916 a legal holiday. Paper maturing that day may be paid Wednesday November 8. Signatories include WM G Hardy cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank H D Fuller cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank Lee R Grim cashier Union Bank of Winchester John L Sloat cashier of the Winchester Savings Bank.
Twenty three additional hunting licenses were issued today by Capt J B Beverley of the Winchester Corporation Court. Licenses issued by the city clerk and those from the Circuit Court are valid outside city limits. City residents may obtain licenses at City Hall and county residents at the Circuit Court office of Clerk Phil H Gold.
The letter argues tariffs on foreign goods would hurt U S manufacturing and export trade. It cites a paper maker’s claim on wage costs and cites the London Observer predicting postwar competition from British industry. The writer urges backing President Wilson and the Democratic ticket.
The semi annual meeting of the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Minneapolis wrapped up with bishops assigned to 60 annual conference sessions from Nov 15 to Aug 13 next year. The question of union with the Methodist Episcopal Church South will be postponed until the board's spring meeting.
Advertises Pope's Diapepsin as a quick harmless remedy for indigestion sour stomach and gas. Claims it digests food in five minutes and helps you eat without fear, priced at fifty cents for a large bottle at drug stores.
The Winchester W C T U will hold a thanksgiving service on Thursday afternoon November 2 at 3 o'clock in the Sunday school room of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church to mark the closing of saloons in Virginia. Regular business meetings start at 2 30. Members are urged to attend.
The San Felix cigar makers The Deisel-Wemmer Company raise prices due to higher tobacco costs. The San Felice will be sold to consumers at 5 cents each rather than 6 for a quarter, as an unavoidable move to preserve quality. The makers seek continued support from quality cigar users.
Mr. and Mrs. Pifer hosted a Sunday afternoon visit at Sunrise on October 29 with Rev. and Mrs. Stickley of Strasburg, the Stickley and Orn iloff families, Watsons of Stephens City, Hockman of Bartonville, Massie, Pifer, and several others from Winchester, North Carolina and Clearbrook. The group enjoyed a bountiful menu and left expressing a delightful day.
In Frederick County Virginia a decree directs Master Commissioner James P. Reardon to ascertain heirs and share of Mortimer Q. Crosen estate and report details on real and personal property debts and creditors. He will convene creditors and review administrator accounts and advertise four weeks in Winchester papers before proceeding. November 25, 1916 in Winchester.
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