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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
3
Next Tuesday election day is a legal holiday, closing Winchester banks and Handley Library. The post office will operate normally with mail received and dispatched as usual. Mrs Charles Hirth of Wadesville Virginia visited town for the day.
A series of missionary lectures with new pictures will be held at the Presbyterian Church for several nights next week possibly the whole week. Rev. Cameron Johnson of Richmond Virginia arrived this afternoon and will discuss his long travels in the far east. He will preach at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning and likely open with travel lectures Sunday evening.
Winchester ladies arrange charity supper at Jennie May Manuel home on North Kent Street for the benefit of destitute colored children. Seasonable Virginia dishes prepared by old-time cooks will be served to appeal to every palate on Saturday evening November 6.
A marriage license was issued today at the office of the clerk of the corporation court to William Palmer a tailor formerly of Jacksonville Florida and Irene Jennings daughter of Robert Jennings both of whom are listed as to be married in the near future
Local buyers posted prices for corn tomatoes hay flour butter and eggs. Notable figures include corn at 2.50 per bushel retail eggs around 0.60 to 0.90, flour retail 6.75 per 25 pounds and creamery butter wholesale 26 cents. Also listed live chickens at about 10.07 each.
Market report lists corn carrots and cob values along with butter dairy prints and Virginia prices. Live poultry shows varied weights for chickens hens and roosters while hay commands 17 to 20 dollars per bale. Sheep and lamb quotes appear at 3.5 to 4.5 dollars per pound with head prices from 7 to 20 dollars for cattle supplies.
Local churches publish Sunday service times and schedules for 13 congregations including Centenary Reformed Messiah, Christ Protestant Episcopal, Last Baptist, First Christian, Grace Lutheran, Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South, Presbyterian, and United Brethren. Notable items list masses, prayers, Sunday schools, choir plans, and midweek meetings with specific days and times.
New York apple prices show steady demand with various barrel prices listed for multiple varieties. In Virginia, a legal notice in Winchester announces a suit by Union Bank of Winchester against T M Conner and Ida Conner Correll executrix to recover $502.02 plus interest and costs, with publication and posting requirements set.
A report explains indigestion can follow rye bread due to yeast. It notes intestinal temperature favors renewed yeast activity which can poison the intestines. It adds that acids from fruits and certain vegetables may worsen the condition.
A home remedy instructs filling a glass with water and drawing a deep breath through the mouth. The reader should take a mouthful of water, hold the glass above the head, raise the eyes to view the glass bottom, swallow, then exhale slowly.
A woman seeking a friend for a long time finally encounters him in an unexpected moment. He exclaims that he has spent the day on a perfect wild goose chase but is grateful to have found her at last.
The text notes no requirement that a wedding ring be gold and mentions marriages sometimes take place without a proper ring. It cites the ring on a church door key as a historic alternative used in absence of a traditional ring.
The Buffalo Times argues that famed military leaders like Napoleon and Frederick the Great were poor at chess, challenging the belief that top chess players make great tacticians. It notes the theory is weak and largely unfounded.
The readable fragment shows a speaker doubting a Italian refugee’s account. When asked about his past and job he claimed to be a cleaner in Venice, but the garbled text suggests uncertainty about his true identity and background.
A fragmentary passage expresses longing to quit tobacco and alcohol and to reform a household and environment. It muses on dreams as a force shaping a night, a garden, and a backyard space, with unclear context or clarity.
An excerpt notes that Hongkong is geographically part of China but politically belongs to Great Britain, citing the 1841-42 cession by the Treaty of Nanking as the turning point in British control.
From Lu ray Page county Washington Carter lies in critical condition after a violent confrontation with Burgard Smith, his neighbor. The two fought at Smith’s home in Dry Run after an alleged intrusion. Carter sustained deep facial wounds and chest injuries from a long pocketknife during the clash. Smith is confined in the Luray jail after the incident.
Arthur Lee Magalis, 23, died Thursday night at the municipal electric power plant 14 miles east of Harrisonburg after contacting a live wire. Twelve thousand volts passed through his body as he stood on a step ladder while adjusting a wire, a circuit completing and shocking him fully. An assistant nearby was severely shocked. Magalis was the son of W L Magalis, plant superintendent. A scar remained on his arm with no other burns or bruises.
An unnamed testimonial describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a regular prescription from top physicians for years and claims it purifies blood and mucous surfaces. A second note praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a bronchial cough with quick relief and full recommendation by Mrs. William Bright of Ft Wayne Indiana.
Executors announce a sale of 86 acres with 37 poles near Kernstown, including stone dwelling and barn, bearing orchard of Yorks Stayman Black Twig. Legal sale terms: one third cash, balance in installments, deed of trust, possession March 1 1916, fire insurance on crops. Executors James B. Russell Brent E. Clark announce.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester Virginia will be closed on Tuesday November 2 1915 due to the legal holiday. All papers maturing that day may be paid on Wednesday November 3 1915. WM. G. Hardy cashier.
Union Bank of Winchester and Farmers & Merchants National Bank announce closures on Tuesday November 2 1915 in observance of a legal holiday. All paper maturities due Wednesday November 3 1915 will be honored after the holiday.
G. W. Roberson of Wichita Falls Texas praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as the most delightful cleansing cathartic he has ever taken. The ad asserts they keep the stomach sweet and liver active, drive away biliousness bloating headache dullness and other effects of clogged bowels and notes availability everywhere.
A Louisville Courier Journal cartoon or column quotes dispute over whether fountain pen or reservoir pen is the proper term. The exchange highlights differing views on terminology for writing instruments and their liquid contents.
A visitor asks how the inmate lost liberty and the prisoner replies that before incarceration he faced heavy police scrutiny. He says the penitentiary, run on the honor system, provides relief from constant surveillance.
A humorous exchange notes that girls wait longer for a buggy than for a motor car as models age quickly, implying faster social trends favoring automobiles over horse-drawn vehicles. The quip contrasts dating pace with vehicle speed and novelty.
Sir Lander Brunton proposed snake lancets filled with perman ganate of potash to treat scorpion stings, noting the stings are intensely painful and can be deadly.
A doctor comments that Americans eat too much, while a statistician replies that figures show one third live in dingy houses, sparking a sharp exchange noted by a judge.
A report questions advancement toward municipal betterment. It notes some progress in statue work while claiming that all copper wood Indians have disappeared from in front of cigar stores.
The executor of Henry Shepherd Sr. offers at public auction the household furniture and estate items from the residence on German Street, Shepherdstown West Virginia, on Saturday November 6 1915 at 10:00 AM for division. Items include bedroom sets parlor and dining room furniture plus miscellaneous household goods. Terms: cash under $10, credit six months with a negotiable note payable at Jefferson Security Bank, interest from date.
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