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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1916
Page
4
Articles debate the ethics of German air raids on England highlighting the civilian toll. The piece notes three Zeppelins shot down, many killed or captured, and questions the financial logic of such attacks amid wartime terror.
A Kansas reader recounts how a country newspaper captures life’s joys and sorrows. The Oakley Graphic vignette shows editors balancing obituaries births marriages and public events while a budding showman seeks sensational copy and the editor preserves dignity in the paper.
Mrs. Sarah Payne sustained serious injuries from a fall at her Rest home on Saturday evening. She received severe cuts and bruises to her face and head. Drs. P. W. Boyd and M. G. Hoffman provided prompt medical aid.
A reflective passage notes the newspaper man’s deep devotion to recording daily facts. It contrasts the fixed, commonplace tasks of the old typewriter with the anticipation of Joy, Grief, Sorrow, Mirth, Sarcasm, Wit and Laughter that await each story.
Cross Junction Virginia items dated Sept 25 report Miss Love Braithwaite at Fort Loudoun Seminary Winchester. Samuel Baker returns from Baltimore to spend winter with C. G. Baker. Etha Reynolds visits sister Mrs John Kelly. O D Braithwaite couple plan Winchester move. Thompson drilled a well at Braithwaite tenant house. Lee Braithwaite and Bryan Stotler buy touring cars. Charles Coe and wife visit from Berryville.
Mr. G. Stotler and his sister Miss Opal Stotler from Clarke county, along with Mrs. S. H. Braithwaite and their daughter, spent the weekend visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Stotler.
Nineveh Virginia notes from September 25 report Rev Diggs, a ministerial student, returning to Richmond after summer duties at Nineveh Presbyterian Church. Local visitors include George Collier of Atlanta staying with sister in law Mrs J F McKay, and Miss Sallie Cabell improving after illness. Other items: J M Jett visiting Front Royal, Howard Stotler’s family at Cross Junction, George H Kinzel and daughters visiting Wheatland, Nellie Mecartney guest of aunt Irenee Mecartney, John McCauley and wife returning to Washington, Robert Miller in Charlestown W Va, Eugene McCauley visiting near Winchester.
A Winchester resident, G W Sowers, retired farmer of 210 St Braddock St, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills regulate his kidneys and reduce backache headaches dizziness and urinary trouble. He praises the medicine as old and reliable and notes it helps him for several years with satisfactory results. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
James M. Clevenger and Miss Orro B. Grim were issued a marriage license Saturday at the Frederick County Circuit Court clerk’s office. Both couples are residents of the county.
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