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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1916
Page
3
An old tobacco of advice claims Hood's Sarsaparilla doubles as a blood purifier and purifier for humors like scrofula. It touts a forty year track record and urges readers to get it today.
An order in a Maryland case grants Flora Perry a divorce from Edward Perry and requires his appearance within 15 days published in The Evening Star Winchester. The notice directs publication for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse, with a Rule Day deadline of October 16, 1916.
In Frederick County Virginia the Bolling Byrd versus James C Dolan decree directs recommittal to Master Commissioner T R Cather to take additional testimony and report entitled parties to the balance held by Special Commissioner R Gray Williams with a distribution scheme. Notice also sets hearing at Rouss Avenue Windster Virginia on November 11 1916 at 10 a m for interested parties to present evidence.
In Frederick County Virginia John F Cassin W D Cassin is directed to submit to a Master Commissioner a scheme of distribution for the balance in the hands of a Special Commissioner R Gray Williams. The Master Commissioner must report and settle accounts after gathering additional evidence and provide publication notice for four weeks in Winchester Virginia newspapers.
Notice from Commissioner John M Steck that he will execute a decree in Winchester Virginia and requests attendance to present evidence before Frederick County court official R Gray Willms P A dated October 14 4y.
An health advice note suggests taking Chamberlains Tablets along with a diet of vegetables and cereals, plus daily outdoor exercise. It promises a greatly improved complexion within months and claims availability everywhere.
The City Clerk of Winchester has issued licenses to 49 individuals to hunt in Frederick County with landowner permission, plus six state licenses. All licenses from city and county clerks are valid for one year from July 1.
Mrs R T Barton Miss Sophie Daker and Mrs Lewis H Hyde left this morning for Richmond to attend the annual convention of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Virginia. Mrs Barton has long served as an auxiliary officer.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a quick cleanse for the liver stomach and bowels claiming a 10 cent box brings relief by morning. It urges readers to use Cascarets nightly and notes benefits like clear head cheerfulness and healthy bowel action. Also mentions Miss Marianne Finkbine returning to Annapolis and travelers Dr M Ne Grier and Miss Elia Davidson staying at Hotel Evans after a Virginia Valley motor trip.
Mr and Mrs Gardner W Brown and their daughter visited Mrs Brown's parents Mr and Mrs James B Russell on South Washington street and turned to New York today.
Mrs C iN Williams and Mrs Francoise Willams of Chicago registered last night at Hotel Jack in Virginia while mooring.
Advice promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Claims include purifying the alimentary tract and removing toxins, with a quarter pound of phosphate suggested and a warning that the remedy must be kept up.
A bystander questions Rastus about his official capacity as he helps a weary person up dormitory stairs. He nonchalantly answers, declaring I am the director ob sports at his yeah Institution ob Tearnin.
Nancy prepares for her first party in a June dress. She runs home in tears after ice cream spills on her lap, lamenting that she wishes she had gone naked to the party.
A quotation asserts poetry exists beyond books in beauty power and harmony seen in nature. Hazlitt notes poetry in birds inspired by waves, growth, and a plant praising the sun. The passage links art to natural life and suggests beauty can be found in living creatures.
North and South Carolinians quarrel over where Andrew Jackson was born. Tradition ties him to the Waxhaw region in North Carolina, while Jackson claimed a birthplace near Waxhaw Creek in Lancaster County South Carolina. Most evidence appears to favor South Carolina.
The Minneapolis Journal notes a growing issue as many young men who have reached Swanhood in the past decade lack the know how to harness a horse, attach it to a buggy, crank, start, engage the clutch, and drive cross country with one horse.
A domestic article argues that teaching children cheerfulness is as vital as daily hygiene. It claims cheerfulness aids digestion and circulation, tones the body, and reduces complaints of minor ailments.
Quote advocates valuing a better world in the present over waiting for a better world after death. Emphasizes doing all we can now to address fears and ensure a good life, suggesting action rather than expectation.
Fragmentary exchange shows a driver remarking on a final outcome after a car collision. An interlocutor thanks the other for the achievement and notes it as the first time the person involved has faced such a situation.
The text notes typhoid fever inoculation is as effective as smallpox prevention and declares the disease no longer a menace where the serum is obtainable.
Quote warnings against waiting for inspiration and the moment to act. Emphasizes that idleness never inspires action and urges seizing timely opportunities.
A public straw poll at Miller drug store on Main Street records choices for the presidential race. Voters register by writing a candidate name on a slip and placing it in a box in the shop. the poll is conducted with no ballot stuffing. Figures from recent ballots show Wilson and Hughes leading at times, with updates expected from Rexall and national newspapers.
A humorous quote from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat shows a character asking Rastus about his sharp brutish eye and the response that he sought trouble and his eye found it first.
Fragmentary OCR note quotes a line praising wisdom usefulness and goodness as motivation for others to discover it, attributed to the Arkansas Democrat.
Uncle Eben claims the world will not achieve universal peace until individuals stop getting angry and fighting over politics. He emphasizes personal restraint and civility as the first step toward lasting harmony.
The farmer's wife and daughter maintain rosy complexions and smooth skin by outdoor exercise in the open air, using simple routines to stay healthy and youthful.
Merely being born into a family does not make a man great. deeds and actions, not pedigree, pave enduring fame, Skobeloff notes in a reflective quote about merit and achievement.
A humorous piece references the hymeneal knot as a metaphor for marital strain. It compares husbands to a tight collar and notes social pressures in relationships, reflecting early 20th century domestic wit.
Social notes reflect on joy and giving as a lonely woman shares happiness on her birthday by delivering gifts to the poor and sick. It notes Mary Kies as the first American woman to patent in 1803 and cites growth in female patents from 1798 to 1910, including inventions from a baby carriage to a telescope and a cooking stove.
In the New York Medical Journal Dr. Lewis Fisher and Isaac HB Jon argue that seasickness is an ear disturbance. The static labyrinth in the inner ear is affected by unfamiliar boat motions, explaining the condition.
A distressed couple quarrels over an engagement as she sobs. He asks why she cries and she recalls a harsh remark from Mafia about her prospects. The dialogue hints at regret and social pressure surrounding the proposal.
In a dramatic club setting Russell jokes about the number of scenes remaining. His parents attend a birthday dinner at a friend's home where several courses arrive with surprises enhancing the playful theatrical mood.
A courtroom exchange cited by the Boston Evening Transcript features a lawyer noting his gray hair and contrasting it with opposing counsel's black hair. The remark emphasizes personal appearance rather than legal arguments.
A grandmother visiting the city enjoys a popular musical play and marvels at a daring waltz. She whispers to her hostess that it’ll be a hit and invites the couple to perform again.
George Soule argues in the New York Republic that romances provide emotional relief, regardless of their truth or falsehood, by satisfying unexpressed feelings of the heart.
A reflective piece argues that loving enemies stems from kindness to loved ones and notes that those we are nice to rarely stay enemies. the text contends hatred toward an enemy persists.
In Brownsville Herald style the quote portrays a man who lets two weeds grow where one thrived, calling him an everlasting benefactor to mosquitoes and a poor promoter of public health in his hometown.
A reflective musing notes that everyone shows potential genius until they attempt a task in the world. It warns that understanding leads to exposure and suggests caution about being seen as clever.
A brief denunciation notes two kinds of obstinate men who never change their views. The speaker mocks fools and dead ones and derides those who refuse to learn from others as stiff necked mossbacks hindering progress.
Mr Dodds questions standardizing loaves while Mrs Dodds worries about doctors adding food stuffs to bread. The playful exchange reflects public unease over dietary science.
A vintage cartoon caption shows a bright boy answering a question about the fall of the Roman Empire. The boy attributes decline to external militarism while a speaker labels the remark as treacherous.
A short fragment urging self reflection and privacy, noting you should retreat to your room to moan it out privately.
A sharp exchange from the Boston Transcript features a woman retorting that her first husband had better sense than her current spouse. The jab follows a line claiming双方 foolish marriages.
Herbert S. Larrick as trustee will sell at public auction on Thursday November 2 1916 at 11 oclock A M at the Frederick County Court House Winchester Va. The 6 acre 3 rood 34 pole lot lies on the Hite Road near Benjamin Massie Ashby Wigginton and others. It is high grade limestone land improved by an orchard with fruit reserved. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with bonds and a deed of trust and insurance.
At market close in Baltimore this afternoon pot wheat was quoted at 1.90 and corn at 1.15. The report records quick price levels for key grain commodities in the local wholesale market.
Miss Nancy Shiner departed yesterday afternoon for Washington to visit relatives and friends.
Mr and Mrs A L Cumbon of Abingdon Virginia were among the motor guests registered last night at Hotel Evang.
By virtue of deeds and records in Frederick County Clerk's Office this auction offers for sale a one acre lot with a five room residence and outbuildings in Bridgeport near Winchester Virginia. The sale is set for Saturday November 4 1916 at 6 o clock noon. Terms require one third cash and the balance in two equal installments secured by two bonds and a deed of trust with a mortgage policy on buildings. Auctioneers M M Lynch and T om Powers conduct the sale.
Mr H F Byrd came back to town by noon on Sunday from Appomattox Virginia to attend the obsequies of his grandfather, the late Major Jos W Plood.
Miss Lillian Hirth has returned to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania after visiting her brother and his family.
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