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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
3
A Westinghouse electric toaster stove offers quick breakfast without chores when the maid is away. Promoted as a practical compact cooker, it makes toast exactly as each person likes and sparks ideas for other electric appliances as gift options.
Winchester residents are invited to a public sale on January 28 at the county house site corner Main and Clifford streets. The auction will offer five parcels including a wooden shop building on Main, a stone brick corner house, a log weather boarded house, and two Clifford street lots, with parcels to be sold separately or combined, under a mortgage deed security plan and annual installments.
A county woman at church was riding in a wagon along Water Street when she fell and the horse veered. Despite her efforts to stop it, a wheel ran over the hat she wore, flattening it like a pan cake.
Dr B R White, once treated at St Luke's in Richmond and Winchester Memorial Hospital last summer, is back home greatly improved. Mr and Mrs Seabury Davies and their child of Baltimore are visiting Dr and Mrs Julian F Ward on South Washington Street for the holidays.
In Frederick County the Circuit Court issues an order in the divorce case of George W Harman versus Martha J Harman. The defendant is not a resident of the state and must appear within six weeks after publication, with the order to be posted at the court and public notice in a local newspaper.
A landing party from the British cruiser Hyacinthe clashed with Arab gun runners on Persia's southern coast near Bushire. Fourteen British sailors were killed or wounded as the Arabs, aiding insurgent tribesmen, tried to land a large arms and ammunition supply. The British flotilla surprised the filibusters, who fought hard before being dispersed.
A mob of about twenty masked men killed Oscar Chitwood in the Hot Springs county jail yard as deputy sheriff Rutherford handcuffed him for transport to Benton. Chitwood had been jailed on murder charges after Sheriff Jake Houpt’s death, with a venue change recently granted.
Miss Mary Lefayette of 1214 Lefayette St Fort nd writes that after three years of suffering Nutrh and bioed with various doctors she tried Hood's Sarsaparilla and two bottles made her well and strong again. She calls it a different person and recommends Hood's to others with similar illness. The medicine is described as a liquid and as Sarsaparilla tablets.
Christmas at Rest Chapel featured a choral and recitation program with opening songs prayers and multiple performances by children. Participants included Ethel Barrow Stella Smallwood Beula Swarts Tressa Perry Bertha Kline Eva Cooper Reva Oberlander Hana Swartz Aldis Cooper and others. The event closed with a benediction and a distribution of gifts.
George Gavel of Shington and many others are visiting relatives and spending holidays in Virginia Maryland and nearby states. Names include Miss Maud Mathews Miss Clara Fishpaw Mrs John Canter and Miss Nellie Graham with several traveling to Chicago New York Baltimore and Washington for the season.
In Washington on December 27, the women of the cabinet presented Mrs Taft with a ruby and diamond ring as an early White House gift. The gesture reflects affectionate support from her colleagues and associates.
In Waycross Georgia on December 27 Walter Allen and Dener Crews are dead and Walter Crews and John Stallings are mortally wounded after a pistol duel over two girls. The Crews brothers confronted the others in a parlor provoking a deadly exchange on a public road.
A forty five foot launch with six passengers sank after hitting the north jetties near Key West Florida while en route from Fort Myers to Havana Cuba. A J Vincent C O Goehring and Matthew Baum were rescued from the cabin boat while Mr and Mrs Stuart Bennett Herwan Harker were clinging to the mast.
A warning about ointments for catarrh containing mercury notes that mercury harms the sense of taste and damages the nerves when absorbed through mucous surfaces. The text advises against using such preparations and mentions a preparation possibly derived from it.
Macedonia Virginia reports a quiet Christmas with Rev John Kline preaching at White Post and Macedonia. Rev W A Lynch spoke Friday at White Post with Rev and Mrs Kling attending. A Christmas program and visits to Winchester, Shenandoah Junction, and Home Beauty are noted along with holiday gatherings at the Rose Mir farm.
An article promotes ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP as the best economical treatment for dandruff and scalp itching. It claims a single shampoo with ZEMO SOAP and 4EH application stops itching and cleanses the scalp, promising refunds if not satisfied. ZEMO is advertised as available nationwide through Miller's Drug Store.
Dec 27 at the parsonage Rev H Greets officiated for Roy Stotler and Chiorice Dick of Cross Junction. Nathan Otler and Jacob Rogers connected families. Harry Rogers and others visited. Local residents include Ella Rogers and Misses Louise and Beulah Rogers visiting Jouane Rogers. Eugene M. Collins spent Christmas with family.
Charles H. Boxwell Jr of Winchester Virginia testifies in 1907 and again in 1909 that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after years of back pains sediment in urine and nocturnal urination. He reports lasting relief and continued use to maintain kidney health. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY all dealers. Remember the name Doan's.
A shooting match on boom land west of town attracted many spectators. Ed Grim and Lewis Miller tied for first with 75 percent. Charles Grim finished one point behind. Another shoot is planned for New Year’s Day.
William T. Gore was injured at the Lewis Jones knitting mill when a coal fall trapped him. He suffered bruises and a severe nervous shock and is under a physician’s care at his North Kent street home.
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