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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star prints a cheer up poem by Wilt Mason urging resilience amid rising living costs. It contrasts labor value with goods prices and exalts the hustler’s path. A church notice follows, stating Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy will preach at Valley Union Chapel on October 21 at 3 30 p m, urging a large turnout.
Friends in Winchester report Capt. Clarence C Newport a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad conductor died at his Baltimore home two days ago. He long served in the railroad and had many friends in the region.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church will observe Woman's Day with a 10 o'clock service on Sunday October 21. A missionary sermon by the pastor will follow and all are invited. Presented by Mrs J C S Myers president.
Household goods, stove, implements, horse, buggy, harness to be sold October 26 at 1 p.m. at the matisé Kernstown. Auction listed under Mrs Alfred Jones with catalog reference 1741p-21.
The piece rebuts Union reports of Winchester in the Civil War. It attacks Colonel Gordon as a liar for accusing Winchester women of guerrilla fighting and asserts misdeeds by rebel troops including bayoneting wounded. The writer rejects the idea of a panicked Union retreat and defends Winchester’s reputation.
A Whitwell woman credits Cardus for curing dizziness after years of illness. The piece then shifts to a historical note from Winchester about early Red Cross efforts in 1862, praising Dr. Hunter McGuire and Stonewall Jackson for humane treatment allowing surgeons to aid both sides, and recounts Confederate and Federal wartime acts and personal testimonies.
A reflective piece on autumn beauty along the Shenandoah between Castleman's Ferry and the Opequon, contrasting picturesque landscapes with Civil War memories. It recalls Lee and Jackson, the invaders, native peoples, and the land’s changing guardians. The author muses on heritage, loss, renewal, and a Browning-inspired call to sow goodness.
The Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company seeks approval from the Richmond Corporation Commission on November 8, 1917, for a revised gas rate schedule in Winchester Virginia. Rates range from 1.75 per thousand cu ft for up to 2000 cu ft to 1.40 for 10,000 cu ft and over, with a 5 percent prompt payment deduction and a miningum monthly rate of 25 cents.
timetable fragment lists departures from Morriesberg Martinsburg and Reninoe work Pa with service details unclear due to damaged OCR.
Fragmentary timetable notes schedules for Harrisonburg bound trains including No. 23 Daily Lang 7:30 am for Harrisonburg arriving 2:30 pm No. 21 Weekend 7:50 pm local to Harrisonburg arriving 10 pm with buffet parlor car No. 12% Saturday only local to Harrisonburg arriving 5:10 pm.
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