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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Company in Winchester Virginia lists subscription rates for advance terms and outlines consolidation with several local papers. It notes daily publication except Sundays and Post Office mail classification as second class matter.
The Rocky Mountain News notes many officers in today’s U S Army share lineage with Civil War figures. Generals Grant Lee Sheridan Longstreet Miles Wheeler Macomb Henry Stanley Buckner and MacArthur are descendants of Union or Confederate veterans. The piece highlights ongoing ties between past and present service and emphasizes a unified national defense.
A poem by Walt Mason depicts prairie farmers suffering through a damaging drought with parched fields and no crop. Dark clouds bring rain, reviving hopes as observers note a potential half crop and a sense of providence guiding farmers through hardship.
Apple Grove notes from Virginia list Mrs Moble Massie visiting Mrs Lizzie Wigginton. Paul Crabill and family returned to Pennsylvania after visiting relatives. Arvella Dunn and Jeannette Richard plus Austin Crabill and Ruth Manuel are mentioned as recent guests and travelers.
Miss Lucy Farnsworth returns to Richmond after visiting Summit Point West Virginia. She is employed as a private secretary for the superintendent of transportation of the Richmond Frederick Burgentine Railroad Company. She is accompanied by Miss Mary Woodward of Charlestown who will study business at John Marshall School in Richmond.
Charles Robert Cover qualified in the Corporation Court as guardian for his three children Robert Cover Thomas Cover and Frank Cover. He posted a bond of 700 with L. FE. Bawblitz as surety.
The notice lists preaching at Round Hill at 11 a.m. Paxton Chapel at 3 p.m. and Lambs at 7:30 p.m. Rev F M Richardson of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will preach at Paxton and likely at Lambs, hoping for good congregations.
Mount Olive hosts sermons next Sunday at 10 30 a m led by Rev W H Sampsell. Fairview holds services at 3 p m and Pleasan Valley at 7 30 p m by the same pastor. Mrs William Breckenidge returns from Baltimore visit. Mr and Mrs Harry M Baker depart for relatives in Baltimore.
Purified Calomel tablets named Calotabs marketed as a safer, tasteless liver cleansing remedy. Advertising claims no taste or unpleasant effects, one tablet nightly, twenty doses for thirty five cents, sold only in original sealed packages through druggists.
An old self help advertisement claims rheumatism stems from germs in blood and promises relief by Swift Specific S. S. S. and advice from the Chief Medical Adviser. It urges readers to write to Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga for personal treatment guidance.
Jane BE Brooks of Winchester and Olga Miller of Connellsville Pa colored were arrested by Deputy Marshall BE Athey on forged Baltimore and Ohio train passes. They claimed to have bought passes from two Connellsville black men for 4.26 each and were arraigned before U S Commissioner Harry A Downs. They plan to plead guilty.
A nostalgic appeal targets mothers urging a switch from harsh calomel oils to California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims a positive yet gentle effect, with dosing guidance on the bottle and warnings about counterfeits. The note also mentions Mrs. Carson Haymaker and Miss Minnie Haymaker returning from Baltimore after a several week visit.
The fragment lists financial line items such as total capital stock paid in and surplus fund and notes a correct attest statement. It appears as an OCR snippet from a financial record or corporate report without context for full interpretation.
The executor offers for sale at public auction in front of the courthouse at Berryville Virginia a 203 acre limestone farm owned by the late Jacob H Rinker. The property on Charles Town Road near Wadesville is offered as a whole or in two parcels with residence barn and outbuildings. Possession given March 1918 with crop sharing arrangements for wheat. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal yearly installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy.
Hugh Ashwood purchases 100 acres of the Keyser farm south of Aupeherer from H. C. Stuffer through real estate dealer W. L. Fultz. Consideration not disclosed.
Fragmentary notes describe kidneys continually filtering impurities and the strain on this organ. The text hints at remedies or tonics and mentions Foley in a brief, disjointed context.
Mrs. W. H. Williams of Stanley New York reports rapid relief from diarrhoea after using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. Her father used it last year with three doses achieving complete cure. For sale by all druggists.
On September 1 public offering begins for 30000 first mortgage bonds as part of 115000 issue backed by a modern cold storage and ice plant. Six percent interest paid semiannually, secured by first deed of trust on facilities with 120000 capacity and 25 tons daily output, built to high standards.
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