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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
4
Evening Star listed at the Winchester Virginia Post Office as a second class mail matter. Rates shown include 2.50 and 1.25 with figures 65 and 25 appearing in the notice.
Refuge Virginia reports a social roundup with dinner guests from Arco Happy Creek and nearby towns. Visits include the Pifer, Conner, Haws, Grim, Lauck, and Bowman households as residents attend services, travels, and family gatherings amid local church activity and a funeral service.
Ridings Chapel mourns with a burial in the adjoining graveyard on Tuesday. Mr Mark Hummer of GreencastlePa has returned from a brief visit among relatives. Miss Ida Smith is critically ill from copperhead snake bites in the ankle and hand. Dr B F Montgomery of Stephens City attends her. The neighborhood expected strong representation at the Winchester fair this week.
The Roanoke Times editorializes on the word brotherhood, noting it is spoken often on Sundays but neglected in everyday actions. It argues true brotherhood requires daily living and practical kindness, not mere talk, to benefit all people.
Mrs. Joseph W. Dellinger of Washington visits with Mr. Dellinger connected to the National Fruit Proj ects Company and staying at Hotel Jack. Miss Gertrude Myers of Baltimore and Miss Tompkins of Louisville, faculty at Fort Loudoun Seminary, return from summer homes. Various visitors and locals are listed as staying at Hotel Evans and Hotel Jack, with names and hometowns including Deland Florida Guilford College North Carolina and Woodstock Maryland.
A Frankfort Kentucky woman recalls illnesses from female weakness that left her unable to work. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained health and now urges others to try the medicine. The letter endorses the product as a longtime tonic for women and invites confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
In Torrytown West Virginia on September 15 residents report a busy social circle. Families including Morgans and Crims visited Greenspring and Martinsburg while others attended the Morgans Grove fair. A farewell sermon was delivered at Pleasant U B Church and several locals planned moves and visits to Maryland and nearby towns.
Ridgeway charge preaching at Methodist Episcopal Church South Darkesville 11 a m and Rest Chapel 7 45 p m. An opportunity will be given at Rest Chapel for those wishing to unite with the church of profession of faith. W R Hardesty, Pastor.
Millwood Sept 15 William Lanham a prosperous Shenandoah River farmer died after an extended illness. He farmed part of Springsberry farm for years. Funeral home services were led by Rev J H Bean then interred at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. He leaves a widow and a large family.
Berryville shooters Wisecarver Grubbs Lippitt Blencow and Hughes competed in Lynchburg for the Virginia Trapshooting Association state championship. Wisecarver won a solid silver cup in the Virginian handicap race valued around 50 dollars. others earned 5 to 20 dollars. A two day shoot is planned for early May 1917 with entrants from the Valley Piedmont and Southwest.
Records from the University of Virginia Observatory show August was normal with a mean temperature of 75.8 degrees and a high of 93 on the 8th. Total precipitation reached 4.47 inches, with 14 clear days and 11 rainy days, winds mainly from the north.
A health tip extols drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels of wastes acids and toxins. It claims invigorating effects improving appetite and appearance, with cost noted as inexpensive.
The Safety First campaign extends with a new booklet for maintenance of way workers. It mirrors train operation rules, stresses strict obedience to superiors, urges utmost care to prevent injuries, and highlights proper use of tools in track repair and roadbed work.
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