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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1916
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Company in Winchester Virginia offers daily editions except Sunday consolidated with multiple titles. Subscription rates in advance are 2.50 for one year 1.25 for six months 0.65 for three months and 0.25 for one month.
An editorial analyzes Charles Evans Hughes amid Republican divisions. It notes alleged paralysis in public speaking, the clash between old guard and Roosevelt followers, and the balancing act Hughes must perform between peace and war rhetoric, labor policy, and stance on Mexico.
Personal testimonial from Norfolk Virginia praising Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for severe coughs and a booster for digestion. The ad highlights blood purification and flesh-building effects, claiming recovery from near death after pneumonia treatment failed.
Local notes report marriages and social visits including Mr and Mrs Walter Steer honeymooning after their Baltimore wedding visiting Uncle Charles Smithey at Blue Ball Inn. Typhoid illness affects Douglass O Connell at home of his parents. An infant recovering from illness and several residents visiting relatives are noted along with teachers Larrick and Tanquary and gatherings at Dr T and Mrs Pine home.
Mrs Gaffney’s relatives Mr and Mrs George Wright hosted guests including Mrs Mollie Russell and her son Mr Robert Russell of Clarke county visiting Sunday with Mrs Frank Swimley.
Pear community buzzes as Rev. J. R. Collis returns from conference for another year. Nearby visits include Bessie and Alice Kline of Stephens City with Mrs. Albert Baker, Ruby and Maggie Hammack returning from Middletown to the Barrow aunts, and Mr. and Mrs. Hammack with Mollie Barrow visiting Rebecca Kline. Sarah Kline opens her Refuge school on Monday.
Stephens City Virginia notes report Miss Biste Lemiley leaving for Marion College and several local residents visiting relatives or returning home. The column lists a series of short travel and visit updates involving A M Smith, Bidhhoe, Mrs Perry’s boarding house, George Seilick, S B Grove, Altha W Steele, Milfred Lee Grove, Ophelia Young, Alberta Shannon, C W Shertzer, Charles Painter, W H Painter, William Lindawood, and Warren Wister with brief health and travel mentions.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tasting remedy that digests food in five minutes. It claims to relieve sour stomach, indigestion, gas, heartburn, and dyspepsia, with benefits of a clean stomach and no laxatives needed.
Reverends W O Talbert J H Lacy and W R Alexander spent last night in Martinsburg West Virginia and heard spirited discussion on community issues during their stop.
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