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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
4
A consolidated item combines Morning News, Weekly News, Weekly Times, and Weekly Mirror from the issue dated 25. The compilation presents brief notes from each section with shared regional updates and notices. The merged page preserves the source’s period voice and local-item emphasis.
The author recalls a crowded vacation scene filled with cheerful traps and gambling tents. Tourists move listlessly from Rainbow Cataract to Windy Cavern, their faces sad and disappointed as guides falter and crowds feel the waste of time.
Mrs Vergie Myers and daughter Nellie left Friday to visit friends in Newark Ohio. Mr Dubby Peer and Mr J E Smoot h and family of Wardensville are visiting Mr Henry Kackley s family. Commissioner J P Snarr and wife of Mount Olive Va are visiting the Stickley family. Mr Charles M Stickley had a slight stroke Monday morning and was carried into the house from the barnyard. The cradle roll class of the Christian Sunday school will render an exercise the first Sunday in October after Sunday school. Mr Charles R Kelter made a business trip to Brunswick Md on Monday and Tuesday.
Dr J R Fletcher of Concville Va visits his sisters Mrs I L Pugh Mrs R M Pugh and Mrs D W Pugh and brother C W Fletcher in Whitacre Va Mrs W B Rind and son Paul stay with his brother Several dozen attend a joyful old Baptist hosting day with preaching and calling on friends
Mount Hebron church held Sunday services conducted by Rev. Mr Massey of Edinburg Virginia. Attendees at Shiloh camp last Sunday included Mr and Mrs J W Parish and Mr and Mrs W B Adams and several others visiting Mrs D Kern s daughter Mrs Bohr Goode in Intermont W V.
Virginia residents share updates on family visits and travel. Mrs Ruby Foreman returns from Silver Spring Maryland to home. Beulah Parish visits Beall Garvin at High View while Irene Crevely visits Mrs Edward Mellwee in Washington. D A Brodie spends time in Washington. Gore represented at Winchester fair. Amos Foreman ill at son James Foreman’s home.
Mrs Maggie Blair of Pittsburgh returns home after visiting Oakland farm and attending the Winchester fair. Mr and Mrs John Rosenberry of Hopewell and their parents are noted visiting Greenway and Miller Fries. Mrs Turner Lewis and son Olon Jo of McKeesport have come home after a summer with the Smiths. W H Huber spent a day in Winchester. Mrs R L Petrie and sons of Winchester spent the weekend at Meadow Brook farm. Mrs Rachel Funk and Mrs Jessie Tonk spent a day in Winchester.
Brucetown Virginia reports a surprise party for Mr and Mrs S B Purcell with about 40 guests enjoying games and music and light refreshments. A birthday dinner for Mrs Augustus Swartz at Summit Point featured a large cake with 68 candles and gifts from Mr G W Swartz of Hagerstown. Visitors included Mrs John Roland and Ernest from Rippon and Mr Charlie Hyer and family. Beulah Castleman suffered facial injuries from a jar accident but is improving. Mrs Brady’s grandson is mentioned in passing.
A communication argues for growers to hold to about $3 per barrel for No 1 York apples, noting higher costs and stricter sorting by buyers. It contrasts current farm prices with potato and bean markets, cites recent sales of York Imperial at $3.50 per barrel in Philadelphia and New York, and recalls past storage schemes that harmed growers.
The notice lists religious events on September 24 with service times at Burnt Factory Crums Memorial and Brucetown rally night. It notes visits by local residents from Winchester Hayfield Charlestown and Bunker Hill and praises recent rain aiding fall farming after a drought.
A health ad touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a vegetarian alternative to calomel for bilious symptoms. It claims calomel shocks the liver, may cause bone necrosis, and that one spoonful restores digestion, cleanses bowels, and keeps families well with no salivation.
The writer notes conditions differ from 1915 and 1916, predicting fair returns for growers with nerve and backbone. He says the 1916 crop is good though lighter than 1915, with New York as a weak competitor and Virginia yielding an unusually small crop. Frederick County boasts the best output of the Garden Spot.
The Ridgeway charge announces services on September 24 at Paynes Chapel 11 a.m. Arden 3 30 p.m. and Gerardstown 7 30 p.m. W R Hardesty is the pastor.
A well known remedy claims to speed recovery from colds by following the example of the user. It has a long standing reputation and is advertised as obtainable everywhere.
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