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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1923
Page
2
Grandmother’s recipe promises to restore natural dark hair. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound claims to remove gray hair after one or two applications and gives a lustrous, youthful look. Millions of bottles sold annually.
A fragment recalls Miss Cather’s recital ending on a beautiful note with deft writing. The text mentions marriage to a wealthy South American and a message of love, with thanks for her care and a critique of AP Peeranically devised plots.
In Medina New York a woman reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for two years of illness consorting with testimonials from Rochester and Medina residents. Another speaker at a Blue Ridge meeting cites ongoing regional violations ignored by state and federal authorities.
Walter Hoxserman of Winchester was among Roanoke College Salem Virginia students who today entered the final tennis tournament at the institution.
Ben R. Powell reported his Danville Virginia mercantile business burglarized for the seventh time in three years. Thieves stole clothing and small items valued at several hundred dollars. Mayor Webb and the police chief visited the scene but left no clues.
Miss Cather’s portrait of Marian Forrester in A Lost Lady centers on an aging railroad contractor and a devoted youth observer. The narrative traces class distinctions, manners, and a fading beauty amid the western setting and railroad prosperity. The youth recalls her as an angel even after her wings fade.
In Martinsburg West Virginia on October 8, reports note moonshine stills and liquor use by adults and children as a major obstacle in missionary efforts among mountain peoples. Miss Dorsey leads affairs at St. Andrews and the Episcopal Eastern Convocation.
A court ordered public auction of the 330 acre Home Place farm in Frederick County near the Northwestern Grade, with a brick dwelling, barn, and outbuildings. Sale at the County Court House in Winchester on October 18, 1928 at 11 A M. One third cash, balance in one and two years with interest, bonds secured by a deed of trust and a buildings insurance policy. Plat viewable at 22 Rouss Avenue. Robert T. Barton administrator.
The Pennsylvania Railroad runs an excursion from Winchester to Philadelphia and back on October 21. Round trip fare is 3.50. The special train leaves Winchester at 11 PM Saturday, arrives Broad Street at 5:57 AM Sunday, and departs Broad Street at 5 PM Sunday, returning to Winchester near midnight.
Train timetable lists connections and services from Berryville and Shenandoah Junction including No 11 9.20 a m to Roanoke Bristol with Pullman parlor car, No 1 3.46 a m to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield and beyond, No 27 5.53 p m to Shenandoah, and No 14 9.29 p m Parlor car to Hagerstown with Pullman sleeper to Philadelphia. Agents H H Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanke provide fares and reservations.
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