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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
4
The Winchester Star printed a Thanksgiving and Trade issue on November 24 with a historical view of Winchester and its business growth, featuring illustrations. Public notice mentions advance rates and health tip to eat apples daily.
The Charlottesville Progress editorializes on Congressman Hay as chairman of the Military Affairs Committee. It praises his views on preparedness while noting the risks and costs of another large standing army and higher taxes. It argues that war abroad does not mandate immediate massive military expansion.
A fragment recalls Binks the horo telling blue yarns at a table. The speaker laments the endless fables spun by Binks and his habit of waging on, while Noah’s family grew tired of the tales and urged to stop. The passage hints at a wearying storyteller whose interruptions stretch into night.
Poem fragment recalls Walt Mason style as a speaker riffs on telling yarns. The narrator predicts listeners react with snorts and sniffles while hearing old tales recycled as piffle in a light verse moment.
W MiltDer D V M defends city meat and milk inspections against Mr Sibert. He details hours for slaughterhouse operations, multiple visits to shops, tuberculin testing of 185 cows with 15 reactors, and monthly milk sampling to ensure butter fat standards.
Dayton resident Mrs. J. C. Schneider says Vinci cured her year long cough and headaches after one bottle. The ad promotes Vinci as cod liver extract based tonic without oil and urges others with chronic colds or run down health to try it, sold by Keller Drug Co.
A notice of gratitude from F S and J F Chapman of Trone Virginia thanking neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their husband and father dated December 3 1914.
A demented Black man who had terrorized Oranda residents for days was captured Monday by Constable S. S. Fisher and jailed in Woodstock. He was found in straw in Arthur Miller's urn.
Doctor J T R Neal of Greenville South Carolina touts Foley Kidney Pills as unmatched for kidney, bladder and backache relief based on 30 years of experience. Available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
Two deeds of trust dated October 11 and October 26 1912 authorize Trustees M M Lynch and James P Rhardon to offer for sale at public auction a dwelling and lot on Hairview Avenue No 380 fronting 24 feet with a 140 foot depth. Sale at noon in front of the County Court House Winchester with one third cash and balance in one and two years secured by bonds bearing 6 percent interest.
Gore Georgia resident P A Morgan recounts using Foley Cathartic Tablets saying they thoroughly cleaned his system and left him feeling light and free. He calls them the best medicine for constipation and notes they keep the stomach sweet and bowels regular. Available for sale by all druggists. Miss Virginia Hughes of Norfolk Virginia visits the area to see Miss Day's home.
A recital program at St Pauls A M E Church on Thursday evening December 10 features Rev Dr George Bowers and Rev W H Carter. The Empire and Auditorium managers will present slides of the recital, promising the finest effort yet from the committee.
Dr and Mrs B C Coates of Pasadena sue Jack Cudahy scion of a millionaire packing family for 30000 dollars for injuries to Mrs Coates stemming from an August 12 incident. They say Cudahy in a fit of violent rage threw her against a table causing a broken rib a wrenched rib and a severely injured spine while they were trying to pacify him.
The American Commission for Relief in Belgium bans any inscription inside or outside aid parcels sent to Belgians. Donors may not include Merry Christmas messages initials or private marks as officials fear hidden military codes. Packages risk confiscation if markings are present or suspected.
The Valley District Christian Endeavor rally opens December 8 at Second Presbyterian Church Staunton. All eight counties Augusta Page Warren Loudoun Frederick Shenandoah Madison Rockingham must send at least one delegate. J K Rubush as secretary notes free entertainment via Clyde Hellip Augusta National Bank Staunton VA.
Kernstown church announces no sermon next Sunday and no preaching until next spring due to winter weather. Pastor Alfreed Jowes notes the temporary closure and outdoor services are canceled.
Mr. George W. Murray general superintendent of agents of the Home Life Insurance Company of New York spent yesterday in town with Messrs Henry and R Bryarly and see he agents of the company in.
Alfred Noyes laments dreams of Truth Love and Justice and calls for a rise of a global peace movement. He speaks of a dawn unyielding to slay and urges building a highway of love to unite nations from east to west against hate and slaughter.
The Elks hold a memorial service with prayer by Rev. Ww. HH. Carter at First Baptist Church followed by tablet inscription of George Henry Kinzel. Miss Katharine McFadden sings with Adam Thatcher on piano as Randoth and Kinzel noted among the deceased. Hugh Duffey delivers annual address, floral tributes planned.
A 50 cent drug store tonic named Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy promises to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. It instructs readers to apply with a sponge or brush, claiming hair becomes darker, shinier, and dandruff disappears after use.
The remains of William Keeler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Keeler of Clarke county and brother of Charles R. Keeler of Winchester, fatally injured in an Los Angeles explosion, will be brought home for interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. A telegram said his widow and two sons left Los Angeles and expected to reach Washrut next Wednesday morning.
Luther W L Scherer, known for his role in the Henry C Beattie murder case, was shot while investigating a car robbery three miles from Covington Virginia. A .28 calibre pistol fired from a freight train struck him in the back, lodging near the spine. He was operated on at Clifton Forge and remains in critical condition.
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