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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
4
Mount Williams Virginia residents list weekend visitors from Winchester Strasburg and Opequon with several trips to Capon Springs and Mine Bank. Notable names include Mr. and Mrs W M Tevalt Mrs J M Orndorff Mrs Eliza Wolfe and Mr B R Clowser among others visiting relatives and attending local gatherings.
Mr F H Prye and family spent Saturday to Monday with Mr D F Dyke and family. Miss Nena Orndorff visits Mr H W Ashwood at Kernstown. Masters Howard and James Brewer visited grandparents J M Orndorff. Visitors at Mr E R Clowser's included Miss Katie Burkhart Ima Williams O L Tevyalt and C L Orndorff. C H White visited Isaac Lamps. Mrs J M Orndorff and Lena Orndorff were in Winchester Saturday. Carson Allamong visited Simon Snapp Sunday evening. Mrs E R Clowser and daughter Mary spent Thursday with Mrs W H Williams. Albert Snapp visited J M Orndorff Sunday evening. Communion services at St John s Lutheran next Sunday September 17 at 10 am with services Friday and Saturday nights preceding. Rev Norman Cooper in charge assisted by Rev Asa Richard Winchester. Mr and Mrs H W Orndorff visited his parents J F Moore on Sunday. Esten Williams called at J I White s Sunday evening.
Fairfax Virginia Sept 14 Mr Wilbur Jerman of Manassas spent last Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs J Jerman. Mr and Mrs Luther Sherwood spent a day last week with Mr and Mrs J Robert Snapp. LaRue Jerman and Lester Funkhouser spent last Sunday evening at Legato. Guy Funkhouser visits his father at Fawcett Gap. The Misses Haines plan to teach in Harrisonburg soon. Alda Funkhouser returned home after time with Mrs S S Swart at Clarendon. Mrs Annie Lee visited sister Mrs George Sherwood last Friday. Mrs J H Swartz and daughters Misses Maggie Flossie and Gwyndolyn, and Mrs Stacey Swart and Miss Alda Funkhouser spent a day recently at Chesapeake Beach.
Willow Brook Virginia notices list residents visiting Washington Martinsburg Winchester and Stephens City. People include E S Rubeck James Rodgers James Hepner Samuel Hepner Oliver Funkhouser Fannie Smith Lula Hemp Rosa Bishop Emma Kiger and others with family and illness updates and weekend gatherings.
In Virginia 22 infantile paralysis cases have been reported since September first, from 13 counties and cities. The State Board of Health enforces quarantines and requires two sanitary closets in all schools before opening and bans shareable drinking cups to curb virus spread.
Preaching at Relief at 11 a m Macedonia at 3 30 p m and Carpens Valley at 8 p m Pastor W Brubaker delivers the sermons at each location reflecting a local church schedule for Sunday worship.
In Philadelphia a church commission of bishops priests and laymen recommends removing the word obey from the marriage vow. Clergy split on the change while some say the issue has long been treated as a joke by ministers and women. A rector recalls a woman promising to owe honor and be gay.
Trent on New Jersey September 14. Joseph K Leigh a Pleasant Valley farmer was arrested and fined 200 dollars and costs for sewing up his hogs eyes to stop them from catching chickens. The full penalty is 240 dollars fine and six months imprisonment.
T G McDonald a Rommy West Virginia liveryman filed a voluntary petition in the office of Deputy Federal Clerk A C Nadenbousch in Martinsburg and will be adjudicated bankrupt by Judge Dayton within days. Liabilities are listed a little under 1500 dollars and assets at 742 with 200 dollars exempt.
An old advertisement notes Carter's Yeast sold at a nearby grocer, inviting homemakers to purchase for baking needs. The terse line highlights keeping yeast on hand for daily cooking.
A reflective piece notes that those who fear asking questions also fear learning, urging courage to seek knowledge and grow. It emphasizes mindset over ease and invites readers to embrace inquiry as a path to improvement.
A compact want ad appears in The Star. It lists a small personal notice with terse details and a contact point for interested parties.
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