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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1916
Page
5
Train schedule fragment lists Cumberland Valley timetable dated May 28 1916 with daily services and exceptions noted. Includes mentions of Sundays and weekdays and partial station identifiers and times.
Partial text notes Roanoke and Bristol routes with a Memphis special to the south. Mentions Shenandoah and a schedule segment around 38 p.m. but lacks clear details on the exact stops, dates, or operator.
Local train schedule fragment shows arrivals and departures for Harrisonburg and Strasburg with times around 9 30 am 12 25 pm 2 30 pm and 10 10 pm. Service notes are incomplete but indicate multiple daily local runs and a late evening arrival in Harrisonburg.
Rental notice for a five room house with a half acre of ground. Ad lists dusty area and care of Miller and Anderson. Reference date 9-18 generic newsroom style classified brief.
Trust officer announces public auction of a 26 acre farm near Chambersville in Frederick County Virginia. Sale set for September 30 1916 at noon in Winchester with improvements including a four room dwelling and apple orchard. Terms: one third cash and balance in six and eighteen months secured by deed of trust. Immediate possession given.
Purports to cleanse and enrich the blood to prevent disease and strengthen the whole system. Claims forty years of effectiveness and urges readers to purchase Hood's Sarsaparilla today for help.
Virginia measure outlines duties of sheriffs attorneys and police to enforce the act detailing warrants seizures definitions penalties and sales of seized vessels vehicles and containers plus monthly reporting of revenue tax receipts and publication requirements. The text sets fines from fifty to five hundred dollars and jail terms up to six months with bond provisions and sale procedures for seized property.
The article recounts a large air engagement over Obendorf with 100 planes involved. It notes nine Allied and six German aircraft downed, and mentions Allied airships approaching Mauser munitions plant though no damage to the plant is reported. Five people were killed as houses were demolished.
The fair week boosted marriages with forty couples wed on Thursday by local preachers. Virginias and West Virginians from towns like Clearbrook Stephenson Clifton Light Gainesboro Gerrardstown Luray Shanghai Charlestown Cedarville Lacey and more took licenses as the event drew crowds.
An old advertisement warns against calomel’s dangers and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable, gentler liver remedy. It claims calomel can cause cramps, biliousness, and salivation, while Liver Tone starts the liver safely, has no side effects, and is suitable for children.
Mrs. Sarah M. of Mt Alry North Carolina recounts years of distress and backaches and credits six bottles of Cardui the women’s tonic with dramatic improvement. She urges other readers to try Cardui and notes many others are now taking it with positive results. All druggists carry Cardui and readers may write Chattanooga Medicine Co for a free 4 page booklet.
A chronic woman shopper asked a salesgirl to hold items overnight. Returning later she could not recall who assisted her. After pondering, she asked the clerk if she had bought embroidery yesterday, and the girl confirmed the sale.
A museum display of a prehistoric bird skull features thousands of pore holes drawing praise from a congressman and a judge. The caption hints at satire and advertisement pitches in the paper.
Public sale to be held in Winchester Virginia on November 4 1916 at noon. The property is a one acre lot with a five room residence in Bridgeport recently occupied by Mark A Armel. Terms: one third cash with balance in two equal annual installments secured by two deeds of trust and a policy of insurance. M M Lynch trustee. Wim M Bowen auctioneer.
A New York lawyer said his safe was robbed and the only items taken were a nightshirt, a comb, and a brush. The note ends with advice to ask a grocer for Carter's Yeast.
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