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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
3
Winter brings pneumonia risk and water treatment cannot prevent all infections. Germs spread regardless of boiling. exposure lowers body defenses. The ad touts Amyl-Kijo and Kijo products as cures and preventive inhalants, urging nightly use to sleep better and stay healthy.
Misses Goldie and Eva Hicks visited relatives in Biot Va during the past week. Hugh Brill of Star Nancry spent a weekend with J. D. Wiright. Miss Gertrude Himelright visited Winchester. Mrs. George Dyke suffers rheumatic trouble and friends wish for her recovery. Frank Gilbert hosted John White and family for Sunday. Ben Hulver and Bradfield of West Virginia were in town for business. Mrs. Robert Worsley of Hayfield returned to her mother Mary Glynn. J. W. Cammer and Rev Gilbert hosted guests midweek. Wheeler Williams of Mounts is ill.
A New York City official from the construction department describes red headed woodpeckers as thieves of telegraph company property. He recalls inspecting western telegraph poles with hundreds of holes drilled by the birds, noting the damage grows as the birds target sound cavities.
The Godavari dance of the malay ers of Malabar features drummers and masked performers led by a sacred cow figure Kanithetu. A boy carries the cow prop as dancers parade in primitive dress with drums and singing. Audiences shower gifts of money paddy or rice to the performers, a custom lasting since time immemorial in Hindu Malabar agriculture.
A officer attempted to arrest a man for stealing a ham carried under a large white apron. At an open window the prisoner toppled the officer, the duo fell inside, and the ham vanished amid confusion. The full story may take years to clarify.
The quote “I expect to pass through this world but once” has no definite author. It has been attributed to Stephen Grellet and others. William C. Gannett cites the line in Blessed Be Drudgery noting the call to act kindly while one passes through life.
A fragmented single-page item mixes an offer for free ten day treatment for women's ailments with a humor column about famous writers and a technical aside on watch mechanisms. It mentions Mrs M Summers in Indiana and various appeals, then shifts to Poe Hawthorne Longfellow Holmes, and ends with a science note about watch balance wheel rotations.
London's oldest twins, Messrs. John and James Barker of Forest Hill, celebrated the ninety second anniversary of their birth. John Barker has died recently leaving James as survivor. John was a rope and sack merchant for years before retiring in 1886. James worked fifty three years for Kesterton coach builders of Long Acre.
The passage notes several famed ancient Greek painters and questions which individual could be called the greatest. It suggests Apelles, active around 332 B.C., as a possible holder of that honor.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item jokes about a father spending three hours on a Sunday with his children without losing his temper and then bragging about his patience for the rest of the week.
A Kansas City Star note describes Fredonia adopting a weekly tub cure for women. Participants rise before six, wash household linen in hot water with soap and a washboard, rub until pink, rinse in cold water, and claim the process benefits the complexion.
A merchant asks a portrait painter how much they would charge to paint his portrait if the painter supplies the paint. The exchange appears in Fliegende Blaetter reflecting practical bargaining for art services.
Doctors say electric shocks kill by disrupting heart rhythm and paralyzing lungs like an overdose of anesthesia.
Winchester resident Jacob H. Hillyard of 608 Kent Street reports backache relief after taking Deans Kidney Pills. He cites damp weather worsening his condition and irregular kidney secretions improving with the remedy priced 60 cents at dealers.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Milton A Conner and Mary Foltz are named parties in a 1914 decree. The Master Commissioner will report on land description, easements, rents, taxes, and any needed clarifications with notice by weekly publication for four weeks. Hearing set for December 7 1914 at Winchester office with adjournment if needed.
G W Firkins argues in Atlantic Monthly that social codes constrain behavior yet tend to improve conduct compared with unfettered impulse. He notes hypocrisy and stupidity exist but overall prescriptions often rise above selfish aims, shaping humane conduct across ages.
A brief social note recalls a stenographer’s job loss and a playful exchange about a boss’s temper, followed by a lighthearted invitation to a wedding reflecting small-town concerns and humor.
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