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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1916
Page
5
Cumberland Valley time table shows daily service to Winchester from stations at 9 20 am with Sunday exceptions. Superintendent A Rippee and General Passenger Agent P. A. are referenced in the listing.
Train notices show October 20 1915 leave Berryville for Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah and intermediate stations. Pullman sleepers dining car broiler parlor car and cafe car connections to Welch Memphis and Gary. Schedule lists 1638 p.m. for Shenandoah and 932 a.m. for Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia connections at Shenandoah Junction.
Fragmentary timetable note lists westbound local from Strasburg toward Harrison and Harrisonburg with 9 30 time and additional cryptic codes. No clear date or full destinations available.
G W Sowers a retired farmer of 210 8 Braddock St Winchester says Doan's Kidney Pills regulate his kidneys and reduce trouble He reports good results from taking the medicine for years and recommends others buy the same product priced at 50 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
A series of arrivals and registrations highlight a busy night and day in town. W H Gross from Philadelphia checked into Hotel Evans, Leslie Kline from Stephens City visited for business, Julius Landau from Cumberland Md registered at Hotel Jack, and William J S Harmer along with daughter Josephine Harmer from Shinneston W Va visited the Harmer household on West Cork street. Mrs Hare Miss Hare and J B Hare from Philadelphia motor through Virginia and stayed at Hotel Jack.
The one hundred twenty-seventh annual Valley Convocation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia will assemble in Lynwood Rockingham county starting Monday at 8 o clock. Rev Dr W D Smith rector of Christ Church Winchester dean of the convocation presides. Rev J R Elis Lynwood parish rector presides as secretary and Rev C J Gibson Luray is treasurer. The gathering runs through Thursday with daily services and a program of interest for ministers and church members.
George W. Marlowe age 75 a Clarke county native and Charlestown West Virginia resident for 40 years was a leading Jefferson County farmer and Civil War veteran He enlisted in the Sixth Virginia Cavalry under Capt Bruce Gibson He is survived by a widow Katharine Urton two daughters and two brothers Funeral services are set for Monday with burial at Edge Hill Cemetery Charlestown
Chapin Sacks Manufacturing Company begins constructing a new fireproof plant in Woodstock Virginia on the Southern Railway track. The facility will use sanitary services modern machinery gravity systems and automatic receiving cans and scales. The ice plant will supply forty tons daily. The firm currently ships two carloads weekly from Winchester and spends about 11000 monthly on milk hauled from Melrose Rockingham County to Valeuse Frederick County.
Funeral for the late Patrick Finnegan of Stephenson will be at Sacred Heart Church at 12 o'clock Sunday with burial in the Catholic Cemetery. The Friendship Fire Company, of which he was a member, will attend in a body and meet at their hall at 11 o'clock.
Announcement reveals Miss Janet Boo Bootman of Han cock Maryland will wed Mr. Joseph Gruver son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W F Gruver of Martinsburg West Virginia. The couple plan a October wedding. Also noted is Mr and Mrs J A Ritter who wed in Winchester June 4 spending the week with C B Legg in Middletown before visiting Mrs E Cle Venger and returning to Baltimore.
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