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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
6
A fragment shows a Newtek representative named A. B. CLA with a mailing address at 916 Brunswick Building. The document mentions a delivery event scheduled for Thursday December 11 and an office postmark.
A fragment describes beating eggs and adding ingredients in stages. It mentions whisking eggs to a foam then incorporating six tablespoons of a sugar or sweetener and folding in whipped cream or similar. The text is garbled but signals a layered batter technique.
The Agricultural Department reports bouillon cubes are not concentrated meat essence and offer little real nutrition. Home made broth is cheaper and more nutritious, while cubes mainly provide salt and flavoring. Analyses show meat content low and plant extracts common. soups from cubes cost more per cup than using cheaper meats or leftovers.
Reports from Moultrie Georgia and Harrisonburg Virginia claim great health improvements from Root Juice treatment. Mrs Laker says her rheumatic daughter walks with aid after several bottles, gaining weight and strength. Hundreds report relief from indigestion headaches nervousness weak urination sleep disruption and rheumatism after initial doses. Keller Drug Co promotes the remedy as demand grows locally.
A humorous vignette by Walt Mason about a traveler turned away for lacking goods. The clerk demands prepayment, sparking a quarrel that ends with the guest humiliated on the street. The piece laments that hospitality favors those with visible assets, despite sympathy for the unlucky.
A devotional prayer likening gratitude for health, sunlit lands, nature, and human companionship to divine blessing. The speaker expresses steadfast faith, hope through aging, and deep appreciation for friends as central to daily gladness.
A brief observation on cooperation and mutual effort, likening progress to an electric lamp that shines only when its components touch and stay together. The metaphor emphasizes unity as essential to illuminate outcomes.
Judge in Va grants verdict for First National Bank against Western Union Telegraph Company for 100 dollars plus costs. Suit arose from a graphic money order sent to the bank for Mrs Bilder and the telegraph company failure to deliver the telegram promptly. Court had reserved decision pending similar cases heard before the U S Supreme Court.
John T Colston, 72, a prominent farmer and Confederate veteran, died Tuesday night at his home near Charles Town. He had extensive family connections in Frederick Clarke and other Virginia counties and was active in Democratic politics and the movement to abolish saloons in Jefferson County. He served as a jury commissioner for many years and was once on the state university board of regents.
The engagement of Miss Ann Pleasants Hopkins of Charlestown W Va to Reverend R Ashlin White former pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Gerrards town W Va now resident in Henderson NC is announced. White is brother of W S White of Winchester and son of the late Reverend George White of Moorefield WV Hopkins’s father served as Charlestown pastor for over 45 years and her mother was a daughter of the late Reverend Dr William Mayo Atkinson of Winchester a noted Presbyterian clergyman.
Mrs Blanche Legg visited Martinsburg last week while Mrs Emma Gaetts stayed with her sister Mrs Ben Abrell. Zeph Morgan taught near Salem spent weekend with family here. John T Hott returned from Florida. Bennie Pusey visited with Henry and John Busey in town. Ben Abrell visited son John Abrell in Pennsylvania. Shirley Abshire and daughter Elvira visited Rob ert Abshire. Edgar Collis and Snyder of Martinsburg called Friday. Mrs Walter Gang of McKeesport and Mrs Christian Shipley of Martinsburg visited Margie Weidman last week. Miss Blanche Braithwaite spent Friday in Martinsburg. Frank J Cheney swore Nic is senior partner of JF Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and that firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure.
Fashion notes praise peg-top and draped skirts as modern and flattering for slender figures. Corduroys and velvets rise in popularity with styles like smoke gray corduroy and cobalt blue patterns. Patterns No. 7950 and No. 7963 offered in sizes 14 to 18, each 55 cents, with a coupon to request by mail.
Burnt Factory Virginia December 11 Contractor N Russell has completed a large barn on the farm of C W Tanquary and is erecting several outbuildings to replace those destroyed by a May fire Miss Virginia Carver fell ill at home and is under care of Dr E C Stuart of Winchester with expected full recovery Sunday school is set to meet next.
Mr W S Bromley has been confined to his room for several days due to a heart ailment but his condition was reported improved today.
Pallbearers listed include John Totty Frank Totty Charles Sargent Otto Sargent and Meredith Carper among others. Distant attendees were J W Sargent and John S Sargent of Savage Maryland James A Sargent of Armel Virginia and all sisters except one residing in the west.
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