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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
5
Fragmentary timetable notes list local trains between Harrisburg Alexandria and Washington with arrival and departure times. References include parlor car service, mid day and evening runs, and connections to routes via Bulle Car lines.
Fragmentary timetable notes show Norfolk and Western service details with references to intermediate stations like Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York. Mentions include southbound and northbound connections, sleeper arrangements to New York and Philadelphia, and names Bevill Saunders along with pass acts.
Trustees offer for sale at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia on Wednesday December 18 1913 at 11 00 a m a tract of land at Mountain Falls Virginia and King Road and 24 Poles featuring a dwelling house and store and by location liable as a stand for a country store as well as a home and small farm Terms include one third cash day of sale and residue in two equal payments bonds secured by trust on the property sold Robt M Ward Gray Williams Fohn M Steck Shirley Carter Special Commissioners and Trustees Clerk H Goki certify bond posted and notice adjourned to Saturday January 31 1914 11 a m
The new station near Vanitsho Reef fuels town anger as residents complain about the depot's distance. Rail officials threatened to move freight yards to Strasburg Junction, cutting Strasburg revenue before authorities retreated. Citizens now face longer walks or cab fares to reach the depot.
Ed wind Brumback and sister from Dayton Va are home from school for the holidays. Mrs Earl Coffelt spent Christmas day with her father in law Sam Coffelt. first outing in two months. Miss Mary Coffelt wed Mr Du Brueler in a surprise ceremony held by Rev S P Fogle. Forest Grove Sunday school gave a Christmas Eve program with Miss Ruth Cooley and Miss Magmie Cooley praised for guiding the children. Hugh Coffelt and family and Charles Coffelt of Edinburgh visited. Joseph Rinker moved into a new home.
Mrs. H A Richard returned home from a several week stay with her daughter near Grimes. Mrs S M Tevault and daughter visited Painter Hill. Mr and Mrs Harry Richard were guests at R J Pangles. Jimmie Robinson and Beulah Ridings shopped in Winchester. Deerfield School 8 closed for two weeks. Morton Patterson of Springfield Mass departed after a visit for Washington.
Refuge Virginia reports a festive Christmas with events at Fair view and Refuge well attended. locals share visits with relatives, travel between Shenandoah City and Roanoke, and a noted injury from a knife accident while harvesting corn. Rev. A Knox led services.
Mrs John Bourse Hoffman of Wilmington Delaware visits her mother Mrs Virginia Nulton on West Piccadilly Street. They will celebrate the eleventh wedding anniversary at Ms Nulton's home on January 8.
Postoffice Inspector Robert Gibbens of this city was struck by a promoter vehicle in Philadelphia at Twenty third and Market streets. He has been treated at the Medico Chirurgical Hospital and will not be able to return to his father C M Gibbens on North Main Street for several weeks due to painful bruises. No bones were broken.
Henry Tilghman of Pittsburgh Pa is spending Christmas holidays with his family at 12 West Read Street. Mr DeCourcy Tilghman will return this week to Winchester Va where he attends school. Baltimore evening Sam. Advertise your winter goods.
Whitacre Virginia notes detail Christmas activities at Mereditt Misco Chapel with a musical program and Sunday school gift distribution. Also mentions a sick horse, visitors from Martinsburg, and local holiday visits, with winter snow in the county. Georgetown Texas includes a promotional anecdote for Foley Honey and Tar Compound as a household remedy for coughs and colds.
Rev J P MacPherson will give a free Bible lecture at Bryarly schoolhouse at 7 30 in the evenings of January 1 and 2 all are invited to attend.
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