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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
5
Union Bank of Winchester closes Wednesday January 1 for a legal holiday. Maturing notes due that day may be paid Thursday and interest due Friday. Signed LEE R. GRIM.
The article touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for weak stomach dyspepsia catarrhal lung and bowel diseases and chronic coughs. It lists endorsements from Prof Bartholow Hare Finleywood and others plus claims no alcohol and glycerine as a safe extract carrier. It invites requests for a booklet of medical authorities and provides Dr. Pierce's Buffalo address.
A message from Armel County reports Mrs Ann Chrismore critically ill at home and momentarily expected to die. She is 97, the oldest in the area, with many relatives in Winchester.
The 999 Club was entertained at supper Thursday evening by Mrs. J. L. Athey. Guest of honor was W. A. Evans of Scottdale, Pa. All members were present and a very enjoyable time was reported.
Cloudy and warmer tonight. Saturday partly cloudy with colder in the west and northern portions.
Mr and Mrs John Decker and their son John of Waynesboro Virginia and Mr J R Hardesty and Mrs J W Gaver of Berryville spent today in Winchester with friends and relatives.
Cedar Grove on January 1 1908 will hold flag raising with a ten foot flag on a fifty foot pole in front of the schoolhouse. Supt M M Lynch will give an address amid recitations music solos and national songs. The program starts at 2 pm and aims to finish by 3 30 pm to allow attendance at a wedding later the same day.
Mrs Annie Poup wife of Luther Poup dies of pneumonia at home in Martinsburg age 46 native of Winchester She is survived by her husband and nine siblings including Lydia Barrow John Siford and Daniel Siford Funeral will be Sunday afternoon with burial in Martinsburg
Miss Myrtle Wise teaches in Winchester schools and spends holidays with her parents in Refuge. H A Dinges a Stephens City merchant has a bad cold confining him indoors two weeks. Miss Lula Lauck recovers from a severe cold. Mr and Mrs E J Albin visited Mrs Albin's mother near Reliance at Christmas. Miss Bessie Wise visits sister Miss Lillian Wise in Baltimore. Locals practiced for the Canterbury shooting match on Christmas day. The Sunday school held its Christmas program on Christmas Eve.
During the Christmas season many floral designs adorn graves at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Relatives and Winchesterians living away visit the cemetery more than usual, spending the holidays in town.
Funeral services will be held at S'elock this evening for Mrs. Sarah Rohr at her daughter’s residence on West Water Street conducted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy. Tomorrow the remains will be taken to Charles Town West Virginia for burial.
Mr. Howard Clowe departs with his parents on North Washington street for Chicago where he will join the engineering department of the Illinois Central Railroad under Chief Engineer Stuart Baldwin, a former local figure.
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