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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
4
A narrator laments seasonal costs and taxes while neighbors and beggars seek aid as winter looms. He notes necessities like coal, flour, cheese, and clothing, and recalls residents who refuse work yet demand donations, painting a picture of communal strain and obliged charity.
Kernstown notes report Mr Dudley Lichliter visiting Hagerstown to see relatives. Grace Barrick, nurse at Martinsburg King s Daughters Hospital, visits home. Mr and Mrs William Freer of Washington guest of Mrs John Bright. Amelia Evans and Alice Elbon visit Mrs R S Smith. Phil Cammer family and Harry Bell party visit Casa Cammer Mount Williams. Neil Cooper visits daughter in Middletown. Robert Smith and family move to new pebble dashed home with modern conveniences.
The annual conference of the Church met at Bethlehem Church at Tenth and Rockingham with Rev. Dr. W. T. Waiters presiding. Delegates enrolled as Rev. A. W. Andes led devotional exercises and the theme Conference Goals guided the gathering. Charles D. Johnson urged support for Christian Orphanage and Blén College. Mrs. W. T. Walters read Dr. W. A. Harper’s Social Gospel.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion heartburn bloating gas and upset stomach. It claims relief within five minutes and urges households to keep a bottle on hand for daytime or nighttime stomach derangements.
A Staunton Virginia Navy recruiting letter to The Star urges all draft registrants to appear for examinations and join the Navy. It warns that once called before local boards, the opportunity to enlist in naval service will be lost if they delay.
The National Stockman and Farmer argues exemptions must be case by case, not class based. It notes some workers claim farm status without farming, and stresses essential workers should be exempt only if they support food production and dependents.
An order in the circuit court of Frederick County appoints a commission in the condemnation case between Winchester and Western Railroad and A S Pratt and Sons Incorporated to acquire a right of way through Rock Enon Springs property. The five commissioners are B E M Funk J T McKnee Meredith Anderson J W Rhodes and Jacob I Crabill who will qualify and report their findings.
Notice to the public that Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company will apply to the Corporation Commission in Richmond on November 8 1917 at 10 a m for approval of a gas rate schedule. Rates vary by monthly consumption from 1.75 per thousand feet for up to 2000 cu ft to 1.40 per thousand feet for 10000 cu ft and over, all with a 5 percent prompt payment deduction. a minimum monthly charge of 25 cents is listed.
Color in cheeks and poor appetite signal a need for Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. This vegetable compound with olive oil acts on liver and bowels like calomel but with no dangerous after effects. Millions buy boxes at 10c and 25c. take one or two nightly for relief.
A truncated public notice lists daily train arrivals in Winchester with times at 1145 am and 727 pm and notes exceptions on Sundays. The notice credits J. H. Toner Superintendent HA Rippte and Gen P. A. with station duties as shown.
Daily and weekend trains listed from Strasburg to Harrisonburg and Washington with times for arrivals and departures. Buffet parlor cars are noted on several No. trains, including No 23 and No 14. D H Debutts, Division Passenger Agent, Washington DC, signs the schedule.
Norfolk and Western schedule lists No. 13-: 22 a.m. to Bristol and intermediate stations with Parlor car to Roanoke and Bristol. No. 1-2:27 a.m. to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stations with Gary and Winston Salem sleepers and Shenandoah cafe car at Bluefield. connection at Roanoke to Memphis special. No. 28-95:32 a.m. to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with Shenandoah Junction connection. No. 14-7.10 p.m. Parlor car to Hagerstown and Sleeper to New York. Now 2?-12.54 a.m. Sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. Contact Wm. Saunders and Pyvill for details.
Invitations from Mr and Mrs Richard Henry Stokes of Rockville Md announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Margaret Tyler Stokes to Mr Julian Wythe Whiting at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Rockville at noon on Saturday November 3. She is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs C S Baker of Winchester and niece of Misses Ida and Minnie Baker who recently left to spend time in Rockville.
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