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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
7
The Department of Agriculture released December 1 figures for the United States showing acreage, yield, production and value for major crops. Corn leads with 105 820 acres. wheat totals include winter and spring components. potatoes and sweet potatoes show strong yields. hay production and value rounded out the report.
In Carpers Valley Virginia on December 17 Mr and Mrs Weather Carper of Martinsburg West Virginia visit his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Edgar W Carper. Noah Siler and family of Greenwood visit Sewell Shearer family. Robert Carper family spend Sunday with Irwin Carper in Winchester. Robert Dick moves to Mrs Miller farm near Sulphur Spring road. Mrs John Carper and friends visit sister Mrs George Keblican. Beulah and Emma Hawkins of Boyce visit Lucy Carper. Luther Carper and Magnus Carper guests of Winchester residents. Catherine Ford visits Hilda Harmer. Refert Golightly’s son Parton Golightly improving. Florence Glean of near Winchester visits Lucy Carper.
Mrs Alva Baxter of Orange Texas reports severe back pains and nervous prostration from kidney trouble. After using Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root she improved quickly and was cured after several bottles. Notarized March 21 1912 by John J Hall with testimonial from a grateful patient.
A letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton N Y offers a sample size bottle for ten cents and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mention The Winchester Star when writing. Regular fifty cent to one dollar size bottles advertised for sale at all drug stores.
Henry Bryant a vaudeville performer who has played juvenile parts with the Matt and Jeff company was en route home to Winchester from Martinsburg after Sunday morning travel. He left the company at Kansas City and is expected to join the troupe in Detroit for Christmas.
Mr Harry Cather and Miss Vivian Powell daughter of Mrs C Vernon Ford of Fairfax Va were married Tuesday morning at the bride’s grandparents home Dr and Mrs W Peyton Moncure The ceremony was quiet due to the recent death of the groom’s parents Rev Frank W Page officiated The bride wore brown chiffon broadcloth and a matching hat Attendants included Miss Mary Aud Best man was Dr David T Cather USNB of Philadelphia The couple left for a southern wedding trip and will reside in Herndon Va after December 30
Millwood on December 17 records Miss Margaret Burwell returning to Philadelphia after visiting Miss Marguerite Burwell. Miss Carrie Kennedy returns to Norfolk after visiting relatives. Dr. Scott returns home from Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin of Bluemont visit the Burds. Miss Blanche Wilt returns to Rippon from Jenkins. Mr. Albert Warner of Winchester visits Holland household. Messrs Truxten Boyce and Lawrence Jones return to Wilmington Delaware.
An anonymous verse urges a life of toil and virtue, fighting wrong, loving right, and seeking truth. It calls for hope in hardship, rising toward paradise, and helping others by freeing the enslaved, with a moral focus on self improvement and service.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co that the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Halzi's Catarrh Cure. The oath dated December 6, 1886, before A W Glabeason, includes promotional note for the remedy and a dealer distribution claim.
A letter from Ford Ginn of Middleton Ga praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as highly effective against croup. The writer notes children are easily affected by colds but quickly recover with the remedy and recommends keeping it at home to prevent croup. Sold by all druggists.
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