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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
5
Train times show arrival in Winchester from listed stations at 4 04 am and 7 22 pm daily. service excludes Sundays. Superintendent Harippie is mentioned with Gen P A.
The notice lists Southern Railway timetables effective November 22 1914 for westbound and eastbound services from Strasburg including local trains to Harrisonburg with arrival times at 9 30 am 2 30 pm and 10 15 pm. It notes limited and local services to Alexandria and Washington with arrivals around 11 50 am and 9 15 pm and mentions buffet and parlor cars.
Readable parts show Norfolk and Western timetable entries dated October 18 1914 listing routes to Bristol intermed stations Roanoke Shenandoah and interme stations and northbound connections at Shenandoah Junction to Washington New York Philadelphia with Pullman cars cafe car and parlor car service.
In Clearbrook on September 30 a surprise gathering at Mr. and Mrs. John Jolliffe home honored Miss Bowers. Attendees arrived about eight, enjoyed games and amusements, then shared a buffet supper before departing pleased with the hospitality.
Paris reports the German lines broken on a broad front as Allied force advances. The French official tally claims 120000 Germans killed wounded or missing since the offensive began, with 23090 prisoners taken and 79 cannons captured and much other material secured.
Amsterdam reports two German generals dismissed with hints von Hindenburg may take command. German War Office claims recapture of territory north of Loos, repulsed French attacks near Souchez Neuville and Champagne, and sunk transport with heavy crew losses at Constantinople. London cites Mesopotamian victory as Turks flee toward Baghdad. An Athens dispatch notes a planned 300,000 strong Austrian German push into Serbia. Austrians halt Russian advance in southern Poland and retake Lutsk. German forces renew Dvinsk offensive.
E. L DuPont De Nemours & Company of Delaware filed corporation papers today. The firm will invest $500,000 in West Virginia to buy land and build a powder factory at Nemours and magazines for storing explosives in Charlestown Martinsburg Huntington Piedmont Bluefield Scarboro Kellogg Blaine and Rock all within the state.
Long distance wireless telephone communication was achieved when human voice transmissions spanned 2500 miles from Arlington Virginia to Mare Island California. Captain Bullard led the Navy radio service with Bell Telephone and Western Electric in the experiment. Secretary Daniels said wireless telephony would transform military and commercial long distance communication.
Emperor Nicholas telegraphed to President Poincare congratulating France on the Champagne region victory and praising the French army. Poincare replied with thanks for the warm compliments and laudation of Russian troops allied with France.
Mrs Bettie N Ogden 48 widow of F N Ogden died after a brief illness at her home near Greeneville Augusta county. Funeral services were held at her home and in Berryville led by Rev S A Parker. Interred beside husband and child in Green Hill Cemetery. She was born Bettie Houser and leaves three sisters and one brother who accompanied the remains.
The Winchester Bar Association met in Judge Thomas W. Harrison's City Hall offices yesterday afternoon with significant business discussed. Mr. Robert M. Ward presided over the session.
Henry Turner of near Weverton aged 60 attempted hanging in his garret after telling his wife he would die. His wife and nearby men cut him down. Dr. Horine found him in critical condition. Despondent over the Potomac river’s muddy, season-long impact on his fishing guiding livelihood.
A sick room convenience uses a large red earthen flower pot with a saucer as a base, a small wire trivet, and ice. Place the pot on the saucer, add ice on top, invert the pot over it, stop the hole with cotton, and cover with a damp rag.
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