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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
5
Train schedule details for Cumberland Valley with arrivals to Winchester from the station times 9 20 am and 7 22 pm and 1 45 am. The notice is signed by Superintendent B A Riddle and General P A noting daily and Sunday service patterns.
The advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for rheumatism and other ill effects from impure blood. It claims blood cleansing improves the system, noting forty years of use and suitability for stomach and kidney troubles and general debility. It encourages purchase from local druggists.
Whitacre Virginia October 19 Mr John Stotler died Sunday morning at his home near Reynolds Store and was buried Monday in the McIntyre graveyard near Ridge West Virginia He was about 55 years old and had rheumatism Three sons survive Peter Grant and Albertis Stotler Also funeral news of infant son buried at Mount Hebron and other local notices including Miss Lee Whitacre visiting and Martin Kerns taking a position as engineer at W C Whitacre flouring mill.
Advertising copy touts Cascarets as a remedy for biliousness headaches and gas. It promises a clear head and regular liver and bowel action after a 10 cent box, claiming the product works while you sleep and never causes gripe.
Judge Woods urged the Jefferson county Circuit Court grand jury to probe tax ledging and election bribery after noting in Berkeley county that a third of voters were purchasable. The revival led by Evangelist Stevens spurred reform talk as Martinsburg residents implicated in vote traffic reportedly pledged to change. Mrs Ramsburg and two daughters joined relatives visiting Washington and Baltimore while Wayne Cooper recovers from typhoid fever.
An advertisement touts Danderine claiming dandruff removal and new hair growth within weeks. It promises glossy, fluffy, wavy hair after a 25 cent bottle and advises brushing through each strand. Also notes local illnesses of Wade Jenkins and Harry Chaddock with improving recoveries.
A 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone is pitched as a harmless vegetable liver and bowel cleanser that replaces dangerous calomel. The ad claims it cleanses the sluggish liver, awakens the body next morning, and has a money back guarantee from the druggist, noting calomel risks and reduced calomel sales.
Mr Charles Bowly left yesterday for Washington after several days at his home. Mrs J W Clipp who visited relatives in Martinsburg West Virginia has returned with her mother Mrs John Boyd and aunt Miss Mary Chamberlain. Mr and Mrs S S Chandler Mr and Mrs W E Barnes and Mr H McKrell of Pittsburgh Pa motoring in the Virginia Valley were registered Tuesday night at Hotel Jack. Mr A J Briggs of Berkeley Springs West Virginia spent several days in town on business and left yesterday for Washington. Miss Ella F Quinn of Joel Gutman and Company of Baltimore is registered at Hotel Evans.
In Canterburg Virginia on October 19, Mr and Mrs Hager of West Virginia tour the valley and stay with Mr and Mrs Clemons. Forest Clemons of Clothier West Virginia visits his parents. Various locals including Miss Mary Hale and Mrs Lavina Clevenger are mentioned with relatives and friends in surrounding towns. Little Margaret Cave injures arm in a wagon accident. several other visits and stays are noted across Canterburg and nearby communities.
Engineers report rapid progress surveying the Winchester and Western route from this city to Wardensville West Virginia by the Lost City Lumber Company. Right of way negotiations faced little opposition and completion is expected in a week or two. The company controls over 100 million feet of timber in Hampshire Hardy and Grant counties with significant hardwood stocks.
The article warns mothers that ignored colds can inflame the mucous membrane leading to chronic catarrh in children. It urges early use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent lifelong burden, noting Mrs. E. H. Wyman of Boston and her travels in the Shenandoah Valley staying at Hotel Evans.
Residents recall the fifty seventh anniversary of John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry Virginia West Virginia noting the 1859 event. Brown and followers were imprisoned in Charlestown jail with trials led by Judge Richard Parker of Winchester. A new post office building is planned on the site of the old jail.
The schedule lists sermons at Round Hill at 11 a.m. Paxton Chapel at 3 p.m. and Lamps Memorial on the fifth Sunday at 11 a.m. Pastor E W Brubaker directs the services.
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