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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
4
The Berryville Horse Show earned high marks for attendance, weather, order, and smooth operation. Officers and visitors are commended for intelligent effort, fair judging, and amicable resolutions, with officials believed to have achieved a task well done and deserving of an efficiency badge.
A farmer surveys ruined fields after a hot wind from the south scorches crops and pastures. The speaker consoles with humor and resolves to join neighbors in hopeful resilience next year as rain and cooler days may return.
The First Baptist Church will hold 11 o clock Sunday morning services with Rev W H Carter out of town. One of the clergymen attending the Christian Church conference will likely be in charge. There will be no evening service.
Miss Edith Jackson of Chicago visits at the Waverley country home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B Shearer near Middletown. She recently earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Chicago and toured England and the continent.
The Methodists of Kernstown hold an old-time revival with 7 pm nightly services. Absalom Knox leads preaching assisted by neighboring ministers as Rev W R Hardesty of Winchester preached last night and Rev W C Talbert of Braddock Street Church preaches tonight. Prof Sird active as singer. Saturday evening and Sunday schedules include 10 am and 12 pm and 7 pm services with a youth hour in the morning. L S Rudasill from Lewisburg Va to assist for two weeks arrives soon.
The General Safety Committee reports three railway worker fatalities at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in July the lowest monthly total since safety measures began. Two other serious incidents were due to employees struck by passing trains and the committee urges vigilance and cross‑track awareness among workers.
The report lists numerous arrivals and visits in Lancaster and nearby towns. Guests include Mr W C Hough Sr and Jr Miss Nell Hough Mary Hough Euphemic Ganson from Lancaster, and Mr P F Rederd Harrisonburg Va. Others: James W Gaver Berryville Va W H Sanford Harrisburg Pa Leo Levy Richmond C A Lamar Martinsburg B F Baldwin C A Truex Jerome Pa and Mary Lumley with daughter. Dr and Mrs Roszel returning from Europe aboard the President Grant plan to land in New York August 20 and visit Col R P Chew in Charlestown before coming here.
A Needlepoint advertisement showcases Cuticura Soap and Ointment claiming to cure scalp itching dandruff and hair loss. It features a testimonial by Mrs. Ella Sheffield dated 1912 and promotes a routine using Cuticura products for pimples and blackheads with steps and free samples.
Frederick County public sale on Saturday August 2 at 11 a.m. offers a 232 acre farm with 24 poles on Buffalo Lick Road three miles southeast of Winchester and one mile east of Front Royal Road. Includes two story weatherboard house, outbuildings, ten acre apple orchard, fine well and stream. Terms: one card cash, balance in one and two years with interest. may be subject to a $2000 lien. Sale by Sallie M. Riley and Carroll G. Walter trustees.
Mr Want and J Winstel return to Pittsburch from TM town while Grace Pletcher visits in Alexandria and Miss Virginia Clarke visits Wilmington aunt Mrs J L Muphis on North Main. Various residents, including Mrs John Black and Miss Roselle Keister, travel or stay with local hosts as others arrive from Chicago and Virginia.
Patient notes offer home treatment for piles with a claimed absorption method. The ad promises immediate relief and permanent care, asks for address and references, and urges sharing the method locally. Include Mrs. Moutiners Box P Notre Dame Inc for reply.
Allie a bay gelding driven by J P Evans won the heat race with Lieut Bradford's Battle Axe second. Henry Russell's bay mare Ali a was disqualified for rough riding. Prizes were 60 and 25 dollars. Robert Barr of Winchester rode Robert B to win the speedway class by a neck over Country Jake, Henry Russell's bay gelding. The mile race stayed neck and neck to the wire, with 40 and 15 dollars awarded.
The Bowman Real Estate Company of Huntington buys Mountain Lake property for 85000 and plans to run it as a summer resort. About 600 acres of land stay unsold.
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