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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
4
One minute remedy claim for clogged nostrils and catarrh using Ely's Cream Balm. Ad copy promises instant relief from nasal congestion and head cold symptoms with continued use overnight. Mentions drug store availability and soothing effects on nasal passages and throat.
The 1913 ordinance invites bids for leasing the Winchester Virginia City Hall Auditorium for a year from March 1 1914 with options to renew. Terms cover use of stage, piano, boxes, and ingress, rental payments in four installments, and City Hall supervision.
Dec 19 White Post items report Messrs Robert and Ellis Denny of Winchester visiting at the home of their brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Marshall Denny. Mrs J H Skinker returned home after weeks in Boston and New York. Misses Louise and Rosalie Meade spent Monday in Winchester. Mrs J F Sowers visiting sister Mrs Gibbs in Baltimore. Mrs Marshall Denny and Mrs E S Clay were in Boyce on Tuesday.
Trains arrive in Winchester town at 9.20 am daily except Sunday, with 11.53 am and 7.28 pm services. Daily except Sunday, J H To nge, Sup. A Rinpie. G P A.
Announcement says Professor Conrad A. Logan of Harrisonburg will marry Miss Mary Jarman at the bride’s parents home in Elkton Rockingham county. Logan, stepson of Judge T N Haas, heads the French and Latin department at the Danville School for Boys in Danville.
Dante Conley aged 17 and Edith Shhoeitfeiter aged 15 traveled from northwest Rockingham to Marrisonburg to wed. Conley’s father gave consent and Judge Haas of the Circuit Court issued a special permit. Rev. P. S. Thomas officiated.
Charles W. Brown foreman of the mechanical department at The Star is confined to his apartments in the City Hotel on North Main Street with tonsillitis. It was feared pneumonia earlier, but the illness is now checked and controlled and his condition improved this afternoon.
The Cross Roads column reports a continued protracted meeting at Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church led by Rev. S. J. Good with sermons at Ebeneezer church. Social visits include Mr and Mrs K A Amick with John and Mrs Giffin, and Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson with Mr and Mrs J B White. A Pike school house singing is planned Saturday night led by A C Whitacre followed by preaching by Rev. S. J. Good. Charles Giffin plans a corn dressing on Friday afternoon.
Mrs Uarry Flemming returned to Kearneysville W Va after a week in Stephenson. Emmanuel Church Christmas entertainment is set for December 25 at 7 PM. Mrs Bessie McCann and Miss Annie Myers visited Mrs J K McCann. Kauffman’s school enrolls fifty under Mr Hunter Haun. The community mourns the sudden death of Mr E L Bromley.
Sunday services at John Mann Methodist Episcopal Church feature an 11 a.m. sermon The Christ of Prophecy and an 8 p.m. sermon The Word Made Flesh by the pastor A P Shaw. Special Christmas music and offerings for all members and a separate collection for sick and aged members.
Albin Virginia reports Mr. James Lamp visited Mr. R L Lewis on Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs 8 F Lineburg celebrated a local event with family and neighbors in the community bulletin.
Mrs. W. M. Janney and guests attended a fifteenth wedding anniversary on Sunday December 14 at Chestnut Grove. Attendees included Mrs. HH Purcell, Mr and Mrs J W Baker, Mrs J S Yeakey, Mrs Jae Janney, Mr Fred Yeakley, and Mr and Mrs Wook Hottel of Winchester, with George Streit also visiting Friends.
Mr. Joseph Robinson, previously ill here, is reported improved. The note confirms his health is on the mend.
EF Simmons a prominent Charleston real estate dealer was held on a serious charge after Myrtle Jones a deaf girl accused him of fathering her child. Jones testified and Simmons was remanded on bond awaiting further proceedings.
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