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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
4
A wartime poem by Walt Mason expresses fatigue with loud political advisers who dictate actions and rhetoric. The speaker wants to support the war effort but resents being told where to spend, what to eat, and which paths to take, signaling a desire for independent judgment.
Mrs G P Morrison of Martinsburg visits her sister Mrs A Clendening. George Taylor and wife of Winchester join friends at Mrs John W Tabb’s home. A F Gardner and others, including J Ford Laise and Elizabeth Lese, drive to Berryville Winchester. Payne, Thornton and J M Coyle also appear in local outings.
Community details include visits from Mr Samuel Bane and wife of In wood and Prof Miller and wife who traveled to Gettysburg. Others from Berkeley Martinsburg Cedarville Ohio share time with relatives. Hagerstown fair tickets sold from this point. Apple picking slowed by labor shortage. Rev. W L Pinder preached on Love at the M E Church with prayer meeting planned midweek.
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and exhaustion. It claims to help nervous debility insomnia and internal conditions with no alcohol and urges readers to write for confidential medical advice from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York. It promotes tablets and labels ingredients and price.
Be Trone Virginia October notes list visits by Mrs T F Morrison Mrs Fannie Chapman and Miss Bula Shoover at Mrs Sarah Triplette home. Mr and Mrs L J Hook visited at the Yatters parents. Wesley Alderton dies at Chambersville home of his brother in law and sister. Other outings include trips to Winchester and Charlestown West Virginia and a Sunday visit at Cross Junction.
An advertisement urges readers to cleanse the blood of germs causing catarrh using S. S. S. The copy claims the product reaches the roots of the disease and offers information via Swift YS Co Dept G Atlanta.
A dance will be held at the Battletown Inn on Friday evening October 26 for the benefit of the Red Cross. Admission is to be charged.
H H McCormick of Charles Town sued Southern Express for 450 dollars over a rooster shipped from Warrenton Virginia to Catonsville Maryland that was killed in transit. The Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's 300 dollar verdict for the plaintiff. The black Langshan rooster is valued by local fanciers in Winchester for its lineage and yard performance.
In Berryville Virginia on Sunday morning Rev T A Painter was ordained and installed by Winchester Presbytery with Rev Dr J H Lacy Rev W J King and Rev H M Moffett taking part. Dr Lacy preached the sermon and Rev King and Rev Moffett gave the charges. Afternoon services were held at Stones Chapel where Painter will have charge.
Billy, after reception praises, stands before the couple and compliments his sister on her appearance. He adds a hopeful note that she should stay married, in a warm family moment after the relatives’ congratulations.
Stephenson Virginia residents report trips to Baltimore and Hagerstown fair attendance. Visits include Mrs Ernest Payne and Frances Payne with Charles Grove and the Ashwood family. Protracted meeting to begin. Kauffman’s school opens with Virginia Dean as principal and Ridgely Jackson as primary teacher.
Mrs H. D. Fuller and her daughter Miss Douglas Fuller and Miss Mary K. Strickler district nurse traveled to Baltimore to attend a convention at the Anti-Tu- venue.
Mrs. Alice Johnson of Marksville credits Cardus with ending a year of constant back and side pain that kept her bedridden. She reports rapid improvement after finishing the bottle and long term restoration to health, praising Cardus for easing her female complaint related symptoms.
By a decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester entered at the September term 1917 in the case Mary R Trundle's Executor vs Louis M Trundle et al the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction in front of Court House Winchester at 12 o'clock on Saturday November 10 1917.
Executor offers for sale at public auction in front of the Berryville courthouse at 1 30 p m on Oct 20 1917 a 203 acre limestone farm once owned by Jacob H Rinker. Property lies along Charles Town Road near Wadesville with a residence barn and other buildings and will be sold as a whole or in two parcels 113 acres with improvements and 90 acres unimproved. Crops on premises reserved. Possession March 1 1915. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust with insurance. executor IO M Fishpaw Berryville Va contact addresses listed.
Neighborhood letter from Mrs Anna Peizer of 2526 Jefferson St Omaha Nebraska cites Foley's Honey and Tar as curing her daughter and family of a bad cold. She notes many in the neighborhood praise its effectiveness for coughs and colds.
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