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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
4
A reflection on avoiding delay urges immediate effort. The speaker warns that postponing chores brings worry and regret while finishing tasks now grants relief. The passage invokes a poet’s urging to act today and abandon the habit of delaying responsibility.
The Nineveh community reports visitors from McKeesport and Cedarville and holiday looks from Charles Town. The Nineveh Presbyterian Sunday school gave its members a generous treat at the church. Mrs Archie Clevenger of near Cantersburg dies after months of illness. She leaves a husband and two daughters and was a niece of Mr Robert McCauley of Nineveh.
Greenspring Virginia December 28 Mount Pleasant United Brothers Sunday school held its annual Christmas Eve entertainment with a candy orange treat and a decorated Christmas tree filled with Santa gifts for children. A. B. Ladies Aid met December 26 with good attendance and routine business. Effie Weakley and others spent the day in Winchester with Mr and Mrs John Bailey and R I.
A brief advertisement lists numerous book titles and authors including Long Roll Ian Harvester Valiants of Virginia pan of the Purple Sage and hundreds of others. It notes trading stamps offered and cites The Geo. F. Norton Pub at 122 124 N. Main St for the publisher and page range.
Families held holiday meals with relatives and neighbors on Christmas day. Guests included Mr and Mrs Shir ley Abshire and daughter Elvira, and Mr and Mrs Lewis Stimmel with daughter Leena and Elmer. Mrs Sarah Orobie’s family also treated her to a surprise dinner while Mr John Bailey mourns a horse death. Reverend and Mrs Wendell Allen headed to Staunton for holidays.
Senator Clapp, head of the campaign fund investigating committee, will probe 1912 campaign funds after Congress reconvenes. So far the Senate resolution restricts inquiry to campaigns of 1904 and 1908 and the last presidential contest up to the national conventions.
Miss Susie J Barnes of Baltimore visits Rev and Mrs C D Taylor at Market Street Episcopal Church parsonage. Nannie L Krebs of Philadelphia and E Clay Krebs of York Pa Walter B Krebs of Mercersburg Pa spend holidays with their mother Mrs H Clay Krebs on North Market Street. W H Hamilton of Clear Brook visits William Rielly. Mr and Mrs Woore return to Clifton Forge Va after a week with relatives and friends. Advertise in The Star.
An order by Judge T. W. Harrison in Corporation Court appoints C. Frank Grim and Edward H. Grim as game wardens for the city of Winchester. Miss Isabelle Grigsby returns to Clarke County home after spending time away.
The Washington Star tomorrow features Jack Rose's account of My Life in the Underworld, a true human interest story with a moral. Della Rinker is noted in connection with the Conti case and related tone of the feature.
The Hotel Raymond at 42 East 28th Street offers European Plan from $1.50 and American Plan from $2.50 per day with apartments for three or more people from $4 to $5 daily. Special weekly or monthly rates, inspected premises, and a messenger service from Madison Square station. Mark A. Cadwell signs the notice.
Miss Marie Gerber of Sawtelle California reports severe cold reached her lungs with painful coughing and soreness. A friend recommended Chamberlains Cough Remedy and after one night she slept and in a week her cough and lung soreness were gone. Sold by all dealers.
Don Gordon Harmer and his father Conductor Stanley Harmer traveled to Staunton Virginia to attend the Wilson celebration. Mr R as Inc of the county was in town today.
A stray advertisement promises a free copy of a "splendid cipher" to restore vigor and memory. It claims a physician authored the study and offers quick acting remedies sent in a plain envelope to Detroit Michigan address 4744 Lae. The letter-sketch urges men to write for the free pamphlet rather than pay $3.00.
Miss Margaret Campbell of Smith Arkansas recalls her father’s illness years ago and how a7 Chamberlain’s Tablets suited his case exactly. She notes he bought a box and has not been sick since. Her sister also suffered with stomach trouble and benefited from them. Sold by all dealers.
Miss Gladys Coursen, noted suffrage figure, joined a New York to Albany walking march. Romance with Grimt Bonner, a newspaper man, ends when his father summons him home by telegram. Bonner claims engagement but reveals few details.
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