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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1917

Page

4

Evening Star Entered At Winchester Post Office

The Evening Star is listed as 92nd class mail matter at the Winchester Virginia post office, indicating its routing status for mailing.

Winchester

Lives To Tell of Injury Noted In Fatal Accident

The article recalls repeated falls by Mr Stump and states he likely slipped while harnessing horses, causing a skull fracture as he struck a stone. Described as a quiet, peaceable man, he was highly esteemed with no known enemies, and authorities deem the death an accident.

Akhouser Stump

Fatally Hirt Between Gard: Railroad Brakeman Dies

Earl E. Waterman 37 a Pittsburgh and McKeesport Railroad brakeman was crushed between two cars at McKees Rock Pa. He slipped and fell. He married Jennie B. Jenkins and leaves a brother Harry J Waterman. Born Marion Ohio. Funeral at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Earl E. Waterman Pittsburgh and McKeesport McKees Rock Mr. Jenkins Harris Addi Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Mount Hebron Waterman Marion Ohio Rachel B. Waterman Jennie B. Jenkins F. W. Jenkins Harris Addition Harry J. Waterman Strasburg Junction

Dizzy Spells Helped by Cardui Woman’s Tonic

Whitwell Tennessee Mrs G P Cartwright recalls four years of dizzy spells easing after taking Cardui. She followed directions, bought a second bottle, and stopped medicines. She reports feeling well after the treatment. Cardui is advertised as purely vegetable and gentle.

Cardus Cardui

Frank Silver Is Slightly Better After Illness

Young Frank Silver, son of Mrs. Silver and the late Sheriff John Silver of Frederick county, shows slight improvement at Memorial Hospital after two operations for intestinal obstruction and prior appendicitis. His uncle Dr. W M Janney reports the condition improving though still serious at age sixteen.

Frank Silver

More Subscribers To Comfort Kits Acknowledge Gifts

A list of donations to comfort kits for Company I recruits is compiled by Miss Augusta Conrad. Contributions range from $0.50 to $6.00 with donors including Mrs Fay, Mrs Lines, Mrs Alexander Jones, Mrs Marshall Willis, Miss Mary Buchanan, Rev W D Smith, Miss Jacqueline Smith, Miss Carter Conrad, Miss Augusta Conrad, Mr Paul Gaylord, Mrs W A Baker, and others.

Company I Augusta Conrad Fay Lines Alexander Jones Marshall Willis William Massey Mary Buchanan Callie Oldham W. D. Smith Jacqueline Smith Holmes Conrad Carter Conrad Paul Gaylord W. A. Baker

Great Faith in Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy

Mrs. W. H. Williams of Stanley New York testifies the remedy gave immediate relief for diarrhoea after three doses. Her father used it about a year ago with complete cure. For sale by all druggists.

Chamberlain Chamberaln

Dodson's Liver Tone Outshines Calomel A Health Claim

An advertisement urges Calomel users to switch to Dodson's Liver Tone claiming it is a safe vegetable liver medicine that cleanses the bowels without causing salivation. The copy asserts Calomel damages bones, causes sickness, and promises a year's family use with its tastily pleasant dose.

Dodson

Undertaker first to ride in new hearse after accident

Bayard T. Fisher, 50, Avondale undertaker, was fatally injured when a rotted pole toppled by a windstorm struck as he stepped off his lawn to cross a railroad track. He died after his back and left leg were broken while awaiting release from the pole. E. E. Wilson aided in freeing him. Fisher had recently been nominated for burgess.

Undertaker Oxford Bayard T. Fisher Avondale Fisher Newark and Pomeroy E. E. Wilson Mr. Fisher

Farm Exemption Question Sparks Clerk Confusion

In Indianapolis, during conscription registration, a clerk asked a man to list dependents. The man claimed a farm, and the chief deputy warned that declaring a farm might risk losing it if exemptions were denied. The exchange highlighted confusion over exemption wording.

Thomas A. Riley Jone John Kennedy Kennedy Qould Indianapolis News

Oversight in Lecture Sparks Classwide Critique

A college professor delivered a sweeping weekly lecture and asked if he had missed anything. The class quips that there were many dandy places he might have stopped, signaling gaps in the talk.

Humorous Exchanges Highlighting Failures and Inventions

A collection of short humorous exchanges covers a clever boy, a faulty spotlight on Macbeth, tobacco ads, costly medical humor, and a pun about an airship. Dialogues feature miscommunications and wry observations about technology and advertising.

Up In the Air reads Rent Hike Sparks Tenant Grumble

A fragmented theater sketch shows a Landlord vowing rent increases provoking a sharp Tenant reply. Names like Bob White and Jim Meadow Lark appear in a clipped dialogue about appetite and price. The piece hints at economic tension and daily life woes.

Bob White Jim Meadow

Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertised in 19th century sale

A period advertisement promises a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure catarrh and related mucus issues. It claims the medicine strengthens the constitution and asserts actors endorse its efficacy with testimonials available on request from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. It states availability from all druggists.

Séoagall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo, Ohio

Winchester Cold Storage Seeks 30000 First Mortgage Bonds

Winchester Cold Storage Co offers 30000 first mortgage bonds as part of a 115000 issue with 6 percent interest. Bonds in 100 500 and 7000 denominations secured by a fire deed of trust on a modern cold storage and ice plant. Builders guarantee 115000 stock and expenses before sale plus strong safety margin. Reservations with C R McCann treasurer.

Public Sale of Middletown House and Lot in 1917 Virginia case

Special Commissioner Herbert Larrick will sell the Middletown property in Frederick County Virginia at 2 p.m. on sale day. The parcel fronts 43 feet on SenSany Avenue and extends 184 feet 7 inches to a public alley, deeded in 1895 from Sanford R Edmondson et al. One third cash now, balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance. Deed reference in Deed Book 114 page 28. J W Baker Jr Deputy Clerk notes bond issued August 9 1917. 8-10-4w.

Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia Laura Estelle -Edmondson Middletown Sensany Avenue Game Realty Laura Estelle Edmondson Sanford Herbert Larrick Herbert S. Larrick

Public Sale of 214 Acre Frederick County Land

Pursuant to a decree in Preston L. Anderson's heirs case the county court will auction 214 acres in western Frederick County near Gore Post Office at Winchester Virginia on Saturday September 8 1917 at 11 00 am. Terms require one third cash with deferred payments due in one and two years bearing simple interest, secured by a deed. Special Commissioner Robert M Ward has posted bond per decree. Judge J W Bardr Jr certifies.

Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia Preston L. Anderson County Court House Winchester Gore Post Office Robert M. Ward

Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company Annual Meeting Notice

Winchester Virginia August 22 1917 the annual meeting of the stockholders will be held at the office of R Gray Williams Winchester on Friday September 7 1917 at 12 15 p m for the election of a president and board of directors and for other business. C W Woolford Secretary.

Winchester Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company R. Gray Williams C. W. Woolford Sec

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