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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1917
Page
3
Special services announced for tomorrow at St Pauls AME Church with Rev W Oliver Wing preaching at 11 am and 8 pm and Sunday school reopening at 2 30 pm The pastor will speak on The Power of God Through His Word All members urged to pay dues and contribute All are welcome with invitation extended to white people.
Due to the pastor being absent there will be no preaching services tomorrow at the First Baptist Church. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. and the Young People's Society at 6:30 p.m.
Mr A J Tavenner a justice of the peace county road superintendent surveyor lawyer farmer and former United States commissioner receives congratulations on the birth of a son last night Mrs Tavenner and the child are reported as doing well
A colloquial note from Uncle Eben critiques public fascination with gambling like raffles or boss races, framing politics as a risky game and warning against quick, reckless bets affecting civic outcomes.
Market report lists winter and spring wheat flour prices, cracked corn, middlings, timothy hay, mixed hay, butter, creamery butter, potatoes, butter fat, young chickens, hams, salt, corn, timothy and clover hay, cattle and hog quotes. Also notes closing corrections and commodity bids for Virginia and nearby prints.
The sea swallows and stores away valuables attracting many tales of treasures from wrecks. Fish overturns and disgorges items like rings pipes boots books money clothing and hardware from stomachs. Sharks release pipes money and other hoards found in sea depths.
The Christian Science Monitor cites a letter from John Wesley's mother to Timothy in college. It urges judging pleasure by effects on reason conscience and spiritual longing, warning that anything weakening reason dulls piety and yields bodily authority over mind.
A fragment reflecting on how living with nature makes life fully lived. The passage contrasts light and freedom with the human condition, noting humanity as a drift into night. The author cites Auerbach to emphasize the bond between nature and human essence.
Nemo's Notes admires T. C. Harbaugh of Casstown Ohio, noted prose and poetry writer. The paper reprints verses from The Burial of Moses and The Three Flags, plus an 1884 mount Hebron Cemetery poem on Daniel Morgan. A Saturday Night Thought reflects on easing pain and sparing a heart from breaking.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets a ten cent box for cleansing bowels to cure indigestion foul breath and a torpid stomach. It claims results by morning and claims they keep stomach liver and bowels regulated. Also notes Miss Laura Fansler’s departure for Charlottesville Virginia for a weeks visit.
Evangelist Bidwell will discuss the doctrine of a second probation at the gospel tent on National avenue and Berryville pike Sunday night at 7 45. The tonight topic is Evidences of Conversion. Attend with friends at both services.
Mrs. I. J. Kaveney of Washington visiting cousin Mrs. Chas. E. Supinger on North Braddock Street. She is the daughter of the late Capt. A. Merrell and wife of Dr. Kaveney of the United States Navy, stationed in New York City.
An unusually loud B and O Railroad engine whistle sparked a false fire alarm this afternoon. Fire apparatus and many residents rushed to response, but no fire was found and people returned home disappointed.
The excerpt discusses readiness to lead and the value of taking a necessary secondary role. It notes some people excel when in charge, while others criticise when not in control. It emphasizes humility and cooperation alongside leadership.
The executor will offer for public auction a 203 acre limestone farm owned by the late Jacob H. Rinker. The sale, in front of Berryville Court House, Virginia, starts at 1:80 p.m. on Saturday October 20 1917, with option for private sale beforehand. The property includes two parcels and a residence with outbuildings, located near Wadesville along the Charles Town Road, seven miles from Berryville.
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