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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1915
Page
5
Dr Samuel Arr Baer dies at his Frostburg Maryland home last Friday. He had long connections to Shenandoah Valley and served as president of a college in Front Royal Virginia. Funeral held in Frostburg with burial in Reading Pennsylvania.
Westbound trains depart Strasburg daily at 7 30 am for Harrisonburg arriving 9 30 am No 49 at noon local to Harrisonburg arriving 2 30 pm No 21 buffet parlor car departs 7 59 pm local to Harrisonburg arriving 10 15 pm Eastbound trains depart Strasburg at 6 25 am limited to Alexandria and Washington arriving 11 50 am Parlor Car 28 departs 5 10 pm local to Alexandria and Washington arriving 9 15 pm No 24 local from Harrisonburg to Strasburg 7 30 pm Westbury Washington DC general agent signed.
Train timetable from Norfolk and Western listing departures and routes for October 18 1914. Details include No 13 9 18 a m to Bristol with Pullman Sleepers and dining cars to Roanoke. No 1 2 27 a m to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton. No 27 6 38 p m to Shenandoah. No 28 9 32 a m to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York. No 14 7 04 p m to Hagerstown with Pullman sleeper to New York. No 2 12 54 a m Sleeper to New York and Philadelphia.
Several hundred meals have been served at Charlestown for the fall festival to be held on Thursday and Friday. The principal streets will be roped off. An fine agricultural exhibit from the lower Shenandoah Valley is promised. Farmers orchardists school children and truck garden owners will display and prizes totaling 500 will be awarded. The festival is free with band concerts vaudeville and other amusements. Friday night features a parade and a large mask ball followed by automobile displays.
A Wichita Falls Texas man, G. W. Roberson, reports Foley Cathartic Tablets are the most delightful cleansing cathartic he has taken. He claims they keep the stomach sweet, aid the liver, and drive away biliousness bloating headaches dullness and other results of clogged bowels. Sold everywhere.
A vintage advertorial urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to constipated children showing signs of illness. It touts quick relief through a gentle laxative action, notes a 50 cent bottle, warns against counterfeit syrups, and directs to the California Fig Syrup Company.
Miss Teresa Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Murphy of Wadesville Clarke county wins first prize for first year girls in the Clarke county Girls Canning Club. She receives a free trip to the Richmond State Fair and is accompanied by county agent Mrs L M Stinson and club member Miss Lillie Garver. The group travels from Boyce to Washington Richmond and visits the state prison and fair grounds then returns via Mount Vernon and Washington.
A brief note describes a small 0.1 acre ground yielding 3,556 pounds of tomatoes, highlighting unusually productive output from a tiny parcel.
Mrs Archibald Osborne hosted a Monday dinner for Miss Mary Morrison. She weds Mr John Kerfodt this Wednesday at her Barryville home. Pink and white decorations and ten place settings. Guests included Grace Church choir members, bridal party, and receiving line. Several visitors noted from St Louis Chicago and Washington.
The Baltimore and Ohio system ran unusually large excursion traffic on Sunday with no reported accidents. Winchester to Washington and Baltimore drew 321 tickets in the local station. 223 to Washington and 98 to Baltimore. Harpers Ferry hosted 559 passengers. no tickets were sold beyond that point. An earlier Baltimore to Winchester excursion drew 125 attendees to the city. Ideal weather boosted the turnout and overall travel.
Brooklyn man Robert Mitchell writes of regaining appetite and energy after using Vinci, claiming it rebuilt his strength after a decline in health. The letter is used to persuade Winchester readers to try Vinci with a money back guarantee from Geo. F. Millers Sons, Winchester Va.
Parkerburg authorities have practically abandoned the hunt for the bandits who robbed a Baltimore and Ohio express near the city on October 7. The theft yielded over $57,000 in government bank notes. Scores of sleuths have failed to locate clues and all secret service agents have been withdrawn.
Mr. W. R. Lucas of Hotel Evans departed yesterday for Washington and is meeting today with hotel managers connected to the Capitol Tour project as arrangements proceed.
Landowners in the Shenandoah Valley and West Virginia mountains watch a new push to urge Congress to reauthorize the Weeks law. No funds are available now for forest land purchases, though options have been taken on properties. Attorneys review titles, with deeds dating to the Lord Fairfax era in Winchester.
Ministers and laymen of the Reformed Church in this Virginia section depart for Greencastle Pennsylvania to attend the forty third annual Potomac Synod session. The gathering opens October 26 with a sermon by Rev Dr Slagle of Avepmninster Maryland and a missionary address by Rev Dr Schneider of Sendai Japan. The synod lists 185 active pastors and about 50000 members spanning Virginia West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Rev T K Cromer of Centenary Reformed Winchester plans to attend.
Washington bureau journalist John R. Crown spent part of Saturday in the city gathering material for a forthcoming Baltimore Sun feature on local interests. Crown is the son of the late John O. Crown of Berryville Virginia, longtime Clarke Courier editor and owner.
The Star notes Mr. John Bailey of White Hall showed a punch of lilac blossoms at The Star office. His yard is full of lilacs for the second bloom period this fall, following earlier second crops of berries in the county.
Albert G. Robink friends report his son underwent an operation for appendicitis at Memorial Hospital. He has passed successfully through the procedure and is in favorable condition.
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