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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
5
Mr Frederick Wonderly and nephew Mr Charles Crossland return to Elizabeth town Pa after a tourney trip through City. They enjoyed the Valley especially the large apple orchards on their first visit and were greatly pleased with the journey.
Charles Haymaker, aged 79, died from paralysis at his Armel home after a long illness. A Stonewall Brigade veteran and former local minister, he was survived by his widow Margaret Clark Haymaker, a son G Waymaker, a brother Samuel, a half sister, and grandchildren. Funeral services were at Macedonia Church with Rev. E W Brubaker officiating.
Macedonia Virginia residents Mr and Mrs Pugh near White Post spent the day in town. Mr M H Reardon joined friends in town. Mrs Peter Petrie and Mrs Rudolph of Bartonville visited. George and Anna Smith of Pittsburgh returned home after two weeks with Anna Craig and James Smith. John Craig of Baltimore visited his mother Anna Craig.
A fragment discusses a major American industrial concern with an educational department selling practical books. It notes flytraps and venom covered feet as a metaphor for dangerous branding around plows and harrows. The piece critiques advertising tactics and adaptation by the company.
An advertisement promotes lemon lotion made from juice of two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to produce a quarter pint of skin brightening cream. It claims to whiten freckles and tan, soften and smooth skin, and suggest daily facial massage for rosy complexion with low cost per use.
Miss Elsie Oates a trained nurse from City Hospital Martinsburg W Va visited relatives in Trone Va and returned Friday to resume nursing duties accompanied home by Mr and Mrs L J Hook Several local residents shared visits and Sunday gatherings with family and friends including Mrs Sailes Cooper Esther Cooper and others from Gore and Monesseh Pa
The piece recalls early feats of animals and novelty acts. An elephant on a ball became a seven days wonder, Captain codward introduced singing seals that played instruments and hurled a ball, and Leoni Clarke earned wealth teaching a cat to ascend in a parachute attached to a balloon.
A Philadelphia woman and her son Mr Linden Sumption together with her sister Mrs Margaret Cooper of Kingston New Jersey traveled by car to Staunton yesterday for a week long visit with relatives.
This fragment notes a belief that wealth brings happiness by forcing people into many parties where true joy is unlikely. It presents a cautious view of riches and social life, attributed to Unete Eben in dialect form.
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