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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
2
Practical tips for farm upkeep and management emphasize safety honesty and prudent planning. Advice covers insurance tenant contracts winter maintenance thawing pipes and simple homegrown improvements to boost morale and productivity on the farm.
Christmas exercises were held across Grace M. E. Church South precincts with Epworth and Hites Chapels noting schedules. Weddings included Clarence O. McIntorf and Miss Robinson, Clarence Tan Mowery and Virgil R. Venson, and Sydney T. Keller with Lila May Kniesley, all officiated by Rev. J. P. Stump, amid local visits by Miss Elsie Edmonson and relatives.
The Nineveh Virginia community enjoyed a Christmas program by the public school with a Santa Claus song play and recitations. Miss W Mabelle Miller from Asheveille North Carolina visited. Carroll and Sadie McKay spent holidays at relatives. Herbert McKay, studying in Front Royal, spent holidays at home with his parents Jacob and Mrs. McKay.
George Fuller is quite ill at home. Holmes and Harry Mc Cauley visit uncle Ashby Powers. John Gardner returns to Buffalo after visiting his ill mother. James Elkins has recovered from illness. Archie Trenary and sister Mattie Trenary spent the evening in the neighborhood.
Stephenson Virginia December 30 Miss Ella Benner the successful teacher at Kauffmans school closed her school for the holiday season by holding an entertainment and giving the scholars a treat of candy and oranges. Several local residents were named as visiting relatives and travelers including Mr Charles Robinson Mr James Coleman of Summit Point and Mr William Pannett with families.
Dec 30 report from Rest Virginia notes all roads blocked by a blizzard with drifts 10 to 15 feet high. Large crews work to reopen routes and restore travel as the storm subsides.
The Friday evening service at the church drew a very large crowd filling the building to capacity. Daniel Wright of Panama traveled to Chicago on business then planned visits with relatives in Virginia before returning home. Mrs George J Pitzer and son Henry of Stony Mead visit Mr and Mrs Rankin in McKeesport for the holidays. Anna Feagans will spend the week in Brucetown with cousins. Jacob Horner secretly eloped with Miss Morrison of Brucetown to Hagerstown and they are now with friends for the holidays. Nathaniel Ritter visits with friends in the village this week.
Mrs. Dudley White and sister from Washington visit summit point with parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hahn. Flora Hahn returns home from North Carolina business stint. Frank Hahn travels to Philadelphia for treatment. Will Rodeffer's youngest child is ill. Dr. G A Davis attends his severely ill son Edward in Baltimore.
The ad promotes Gans' Castor-LAX as a tasteless laxative that keeps the system healthy by ridding impurities. It claims prescription by leading physicians and lists 50, 25, and 1.00 dollar sizes available at reliable druggists.
Druggists Franck Baker and Son of Winchester Virginia assert they have proven eczema can be cured with D D D Prescription using a gentle wash with oil of wintergreen. They offer a trial bottle for 25 cents promising immediate itch relief and permanent results based on their long experience.
Mrs James Hahn visits friends in Wardensville. Ernest Carper ill at Baylor farm home with mother and sister there. Baptist Sunday school entertainment enjoyed by all. Levinia Carper returns from Berryville for holidays. Mrs Kent Lock visits father Alfred Riley. Howard Riley returns home from Martinsburg for a week.
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