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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
5
Rail schedule fragment from November 80 1913 showing daily and Sunday times around 9.20 11.63 and 7.28. Text is garbled with missing station names and unclear routing. Readers would need the full timetable for precise trains and destinations.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction January 24 1914 at 11 A M in Winchester Va. the half share of J W McDonald in a 12 acre tract with improvements in Opequon District three miles NW of Middletown. Cash on day of sale. Decree from Gardner et al vs J W McDonald et al. Bond $500 filed.
Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith Arkansas recalls her father’s six year illness ending after using Chamberlain's Tablets. She notes her sister also benefited and says the product fits their case exactly. Sold by all dealers.
The Branson school staged a musical and literary program featuring recitations songs and dialogues by students. Highlights include solo duets violin and organ pieces a parade of Christmas poems and a Santa Claus appearance distributing gifts.
Rest Church in Rest, Va held its annual Christmas Eve Sunday school celebration on December 25. The church was tastefully decorated and the program included song and responsive reading with a well rendered presentation.
Miss Marie Gerber of Sawtelle California explains a severe cold settled on her lungs caused coughing and soreness. She bought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and found relief the first night and a week later was free of the cold and lung soreness. Sold by all dealers.
A farewell cotillion and dance at Fort Riley honors Captain and Mrs Guy V Henry before their departure for the Philippines. The Mounted Service School hosted the event with a large garrison turnout, elegant decorations, champagne punch in Navajo rugs, and a reception for notable guests including Colonel and Mrs Gaston Major and Mrs Butler and others.
Iva Smith of Point Blink, Texas cites recovery from a liver complaint after taking a 25cc box of Chamberlain's Tablets. She says she is completely cured and recommends the remedy to all. Sold by all dealers.
A bulletin from the Bureau of Animal Industry cautions that eating uncooked pork products including some sausages and raw forms can transmit trichinosis. It notes home-killed pork carries the highest risk and stresses thorough cooking to eliminate infection.
Charles White of New York was fatally struck Tuesday night at Shenandoah while attempting to cross a plank from one car to another on a Norfolk and Western Railway train. He worked on a bridge project at Rileyville.
Lucas Frank J. Chene declares himself senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. The firm offers $100 for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and states the remedy is taken internally and affects the blood. Notary public A W Gleason attests December 6, 1886. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
An excerpt discusses a Cecil Rhodes biography with a humorous anecdote about Rhodes and a German clerk in prewar Johannesberg offices. The clerk calmly retorts that Capetown discharges for duty, but this is a republic, illustrating Rhodes’s formidable temper and perceived authority.
In a fragment from a 1920s scene, a couple clumsily discusses age and marriage while a man recalls a tale of ptomaine poisoning from oysters. The talk shifts to movie theater routines as a character admits he never watches films, only naps during daily visits to the picture house.
A playful exchange features a humorous line about an optimist as someone who always thinks they can pay tomorrow, illustrating a casual, cheeky snapshot of everyday conversation.
A humorous 19th century dialogue explores fashion pressures on women seeking lighter gowns to avoid gossip and envy. A shopper rejects pleasing husbands and instead aims to impress neighbors with a striking, age-defying dress.
The dialogue notes that the oceans do not actually mingle in the Panama Canal and questions the accuracy of poetic merging. It concedes poets may come close to fact, though not exact, using a literary reflection on natural boundaries.
A quoted exchange cites someone noting the rare relief of not owing money and asks who delivered the remark. The fragment centers on financial independence and curiosity about the speaker's source.
A humorous fragment features a wooing scene where a lover proclaims the beloved his all and begs her to be his better half. A playful reply follows with a mock age swap between Miss Primp and a caller, revealing flirtatious vanity and social posing.
Mr. E. Clay Krebs arrived back in Philadelphia yesterday after visiting relatives and friends here for several days.
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