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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
4
A fragmentary poem-like piece urges calm through walking and restraint. The lines mix distressed imagery with urban scenes, mentioning a prison, bricks, comfort, and warned actions. It reads as a reflective monologue on emotion, safety, and urban life stresses.
June notes from Torrytown report Miss returning home from Dayton Virginia and various residents visiting relatives. Friends and family gather at the homes of McDonald Hott Trimble Crim and Abshire as church groups meet, and minor health scares are mentioned.
In Burnt Factory Virginia on June 4 two small Cunningham children recovering from four weeks of typhoid fever show marked improvement. Local social visits include J Mack Cain and family with W T Hoffman, B L Byers from Rippon visiting nearby, Benjamin Ballenger from Rippon staying with Howard Stewart, Ruth and Virginia Jones visiting Anna Cunningham, and Bartow Cunningham of Martinsburg visiting family.
An old health advertisement warns pneumonia risk in damp winters and urges keeping the system strong with Vinol cod liver and iron tonic. It cites Mrs. Wilen Lytle of Lima Ohio who claims dramatic improvement after six bottles, and credits Keller Drug Co Winchester Virginia with the guarantee offer.
A list of local residents announcing candidacies for Winchester city offices ahead of the June 10 1913 Democratic primary. J W Siburt Jr for City Treasurer W M Barr for City Treasurer H H Baker for City Treasurer J Correll for Commissioner of the Revenue W B Ryan for Commissioner of the Revenue A Forney for City Treasurer J Robert Doran for City Sergeant James P Reardon for Commonwealth Attorney Robert Y Conrad for Commonwealth's Attorney John M Stebeck for House of Delegates.
Millwood Va June 4 a number of residents attended decoration day exercises at the Old Chapel. Mr H S Jenkins left for Harrisonburg to attend court. Mrs J W Holland and daughter Miss Rose Howard shopped in Winchester Friday. Miss Selah Mason, long aiding at Mrs Jenkins, returned to Winchester. Miss Ella Holland teaching at Serryville High School came home. Miss Bessie Garvin and Mrs Charles Jones visited Saturday. Mrs William Wilt of Rippon W Va visiting Miss Ola Jenkins returned home Sunday.
Rock Enon Springs Va June 4 The Rock Enon Telephone Company has finished its line and phones will be installed in homes in a few days An all day meeting was held Sunday with a large crowd present The gathering was enjoyed Miss Iona Good recently of Hagerstown is now at home here with her parents.
Official base ball scores list results from the American League and National League. Highlights include Cleveland defeating New York 8 to 2, Philadelphia none, and National League games with New York beating St. Louis 6 to 3 and Baltimore tallying 9 to 8 over Jersey City.
Mrs Lulu Morgan and her daughter Mary spent Tuesday in Martinsburg shopping. The United Brethren Church at Mt Pleasant is closed after Master Raymond Weidman died of diphtheria. No service Sunday morning or Sunday night but the church will reopen on June 15 for Sunday school and services. June 10 entry notes Rev W D Mitchell will preach June 22 at 11 o clock.
Richmond 2, Portsmouth 1. Newport News 7, Norfolk 6. Petersburg 5, Roanoke 3.
Mrs. Harvey A. Bush and her son with Messrs. M. L. Compton Austin Compton and J. R. Poland rode to Cedar Creek in Mr. Compton's car on Sunday. They were joined there by Mrs. Compton who had visited relatives in Front Royal. They returned in the evening.
The Panama Girls continued their week at the Auditorium with a second successful show to a large audience. Tonight’s bill features A Manager's Troubles, a musical comedy about the woes a theatrical manager faces in his work.
Mr and Mrs Walter Capper and Messrs E B and TM Lohr Capper attended the funeral of the late EB C Line at the Christian Church in Highview West Virginia yesterday.
A Newport News Virginia school building known as John W. Daniel High School burned, causing an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars.
An old-time remedy using Sage Tea and Sulphur claims to restore faded gray hair to its natural color. Modern chemists and Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur are recommended for even darkening and treating dandruff and itchy scalp. Apply with a sponge or brush at night. after one or two uses gray hair reportedly returns to a glossy, abundant look.
Thomas F. Ryan subscribed $500 to a fund raised by a committee to purchase a home for Col. John S. Mosby the Civil War guerrilla fighter. The committee had asked Congressman Flood for support and he complied forwarding papers to Ryan. Word came yesterday that Ryan's donation was received.
The county clerk records show deeds admitted to the record. Jerry S. Dunlap and others to R. Bruce Dunlap for 49 acres in Back Creek district for 200 dollars. Joshua G. Place and others to Robert E. Place for 101 acres in the county for 100 dollars. Samuel McCune and wife to R. B Henson for 1 acre in Opequon district for 200 dollars. J. R. Wright and wife to Datell Wright for 174 1 2 acres in Frederick and Berkeley counties for 14 000 dollars.
A terse notice item titled Relief Brevities reports a brief update labeled Alee 2 Ee H with limited context and no further detail available in the fragment.
Relief residents report Maggie Wiseharver returning home after visiting friends in Kernstown last week. Local visitors include B L Krouse of Winchester and the Ginns. Lester Branner improves after Memorial Hospital surgery in Winchester. Mrs George Olenger and her son visit Branner kin. David Grover and family attend a Branner gathering.
Katherine Norton of New Bedford Massachusetts reports relief from back pain and burning sensations after using Foley Kidney Pills. She says the tablets left her feeling toned and invigorated and recommends the product. For sale by all druggists.
The administration weighs whether court decrees to dismantle the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trusts into separate units are being carried out. Officials consider enforcement and impact of the dismemberment orders on industry and markets.
A new Methodist Episcopal church in Shockeysville Frederick County was dedicated Sunday. Pastor W. Gates led the ceremony with support from Dr G C Bacon superintendent of the Frederick district Baltimore conference, Rev John A Shockey of Elk Garden and Rev B W Meeks of Martinsburg.
Mr. A. L. Hook of Winchester presided over Elon College's twenty third annual commencement exercises with a class day program. The event opened last Saturday evening and featured an attractive program while Hook received praise from faculty for his capable leadership.
The Rural Organization Service a new branch of the USDA began operation in Washington with Dr Thomas N Carvery of Harvard University named to head the service.
A poetic fragment describes a depleted estate and a bold count chasing an heiress for wealth. The verse hints at fate, a title to sell, and a flamboyant pursuit wrapped in ironic wit and old world manners.
Messrs. Fred Fugitt Lee Barr I Clowser Mahlon Noonan and Marion Goss departed yesterday for a ten day driving trip through southern Virginia with plans to visit various points of interest and return home by the end of the period.
The Senate sub committee on agricultural schedule reversed its earlier decision and placed wheat oats and livestock on the free list, expanding import duties exemption for these commodities.
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