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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
3
A local drug store advertises Great Eye Soap bargains priced at 15 cents per bar or 25 for half a dollar. The offer promotes Cream treated soap bars known for quality and urges readers to take advantage of the deal.
Graham and Ethel Conrad, two of the three young women linked to a shooting case against W. E. D. Stokes, the hotel owner, have brought $100,000 damages suits alleging malicious prosecution. The pair were previously acquitted in December of attempting to kill the millionaire proprietor during a visit to the women’s apartments last June.
The speaker praised today youth progress and town traditions at commencements urging preservation of ancestry. Attendees from afar included Mary Browning Keller Romney WV Anna Louise Shepherd Cashotton OH and many others from Martinsburg Romney Moorefield and nearby towns.
A sprained ankle can heal in three to four days with Chamberlain's liniment applied as directed with each bottle. It is claimed that only one in ten rheumatism cases needs internal treatment, the rest responding to external application and massage. For sale by all dealers.
A vintage style medical notice advises mothers that a crying baby may simply have a headache or constipation and suggests a mild laxative, Dr Caldwell’s Beem Pepsin, as a safe remedy. The ad promotes sample bottles and lists addresses in Monticello Illinois, Washington DC, and Esmont Virginia for trial orders.
Work crews widening a new road between Edinburg and Lantz's Mill uncovered bones in a skull. Physicians disagreed on identity with some saying female white, others a young Negro. The bones were reburied in a nearby grave.
Winchester and Frederick county residents joined others at the Church of the Brethren annual meeting in York Pennsylvania. An estimated 35 000 to 40 000 people filled the grounds with attendees including Mr and Mrs L R Dettra and family Mr and Mrs P M Funkhouser and Mrs Wakeman Prof W D Cool and sister from this city. A large number from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties also traveled to York on Sunday.
George Fiddler of Brucetown suffered a severe rib injury after a cordwood pallet fell on him when he tripped while moving wood to his garden. Dr. A H S Rouss treated him. recovery will take weeks and he has a history of knee injuries from prior work at Brucetown Woolen Mill.
At his office Dr P B Barringer of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute declined to confirm or deny rumors he would resign as president. He said his time is consumed with the closing of the present term and related affairs.
Miss Lillian McDonald will travel for several weeks visiting friends and relatives in New York and Philadelphia, extending a long journey to the East Coast.
Fort Loudoun Seminary students depart by train with friends, waving the college yell as they head home for summer. Most plan to return in September to complete studies, and Miss Glass expects many new students as the school rises in status among state seminaries and aligns with leading women’s colleges.
The Supreme Court of Appeals began its summer session at Wytheville with about forty cases on the docket. The session is expected to last three weeks and the first opinion day will be handed down for cases heard in Richmond at the March term.
Dr. Roy K. Flannon, director of the bureau of inspections for the State Health Department, introduces a plan of hotel inspection reports with silver or gold ear badges to advertise a grade. He helped form the National Association of State Hotel Inspectors in Washington and was elected vice president.
The statement shows resources totaling 326 512 68 with loans and discounts at 241 628 53 and from banks totaling 1 069 17. liabilities include capital stock 100 000, undivided profits 19 209 70 and total liabilities 825 542 63. Signed by cashier Lee A Grim and directors with dated April 1, 1912 in Frederick County Virginia.
The Peoples Bank of Stephens City Frederick County Virginia presents its financial condition as of April 18 1912 with resources including discounts 87647076 secured and 231695 m red s ae house and Lot 114876 and fixtures 114876 checks for next days clearings 16133 prom from N banks 1124670 banks and trust earnings 2109s 7 78 81 Gold coin 58500 Silver coin 2860 Total 9363681 Capital stock 100000 Undivided profits 170591 deposits 76165 74 Certified checks 37 20 Cashier's checks outstanding 11 36 Due to Natl Banks 1716 60 Sworn by Eugene E Chiles cashier on April 25 1912 before J Baker J P.
On Albin Virginia June 8 Mrs Parnest Miller and little daughter returned to Inwood after visiting Mrs Hudson. Mr R L Lewis improved after illness. Mrs S B E Brown of Lew spent a day with sister Mrs D S Mattison. Mr Lewis Hudsons horse cut by a wire fence. The Orndoff couple welcomed a daughter. The column endorses Chamberlains Tablets for aging readers to ease digestion and bowel regularity.
The Virginia Winchester bank report shows assets including loans and discounts 885 402 56 and cash items 5 605 90 with total assets 1 818 012 30. Liabilities list capital stock 65 000 00 deposits 1 224 84 checks outstanding 79 58 and net deposits 966 101 16, signed by cashier H D Fuller and officials, dated 17th day of April 1912.
The document records balance figures for a Winchester bank ending with total deposits of 1 258 134 24 and a total of 1 911 517 66. It lists capital stock, surplus, dividends unpaid, time certificates, and notes rediscounted, with bonds borrowed at 25 000 00 and other figures. The State of Virginia, City of Winchester certification confirms the figures as true to the cashier John W. Rice and sworn before a notary.
Public sale of a very desirable limestone farm in West Virginia on a county road near a creek. Commissioned trustees offer the property in front of the residence at 12 o clock, about three miles from a senate station on the Cumberland road, near Well town, containing the land features and boundaries described in the notice.
A large fertile farm of about 174 acres partly in Frederick and Berkeley counties. It includes a dwelling, outbuildings, timber land, and a small orchard with abundant springs. Sale terms include one cash payment and the remainder on credit, with bonds and special commissioner details provided by the Berkeley County circuit court.
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