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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
2
An advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm to open clogged nostrils, relieve headaches, and end catarrh and colds by morning. It promises immediate soothing relief, and urges readers to buy a small bottle at any drug store. It ends with a note of civic support from RL Stickel, president of the Winchester and Frederick County Teachers' Association.
Washington June 11 The House committee on coinage weights and measures reports Representative Bakers bill adopting the Oregon apple box as the standard container for the United States. Inside measurements specify depth ten and a half inches width eleven and a half inches length eighteen inches. Violations incur a one dollar fine per box. The bill promotes standardization and supports school improvements and teacher development through broader community engagement.
Editor notes the Mutual Farmer Club meeting and Lewis Pidgeon address on public schools benefiting from farm discussions. The piece endorses farmers’ role in improving education and cites interest and understanding of education conditions shown by club members.
After years of suffering from stomach liver and kidney disease which led to rheumatism Mr Dean the discoverer of Dean's Sure Safe and Speedy Cure claims a doctor's prescription cured him. The ad offers a 25¢ size bottle for ten cents and cites Columbus Ohio readers and six states helped. Miss Raymond Forney and Miss Mayvie Spellman returned after ten days in Washington D. C.
F B White of Strasburg reports in a letter that Miss Ophelia O Flaherty, once a ticket seller at his picture show, and himself married. Her parents opposed the match and forced her home to Mount Williams Frederick County. Ten days later she traveled to Winchester to visit friends and eloped.
A new rural route began in Trone Virginia a week ago easing mail delivery for residents who are far from the post office. Temporary carrier E Russell Hook is popular and hopes to continue. Local officials note road work around Mount Jackson and other community updates follow. Memorial services and illness news are also reported along with a June 21 burial decorations at Bethel Church South conducted by Rev. C W Stump.
William Campbell of the Virginia Fruit Exchange in Charlestown West Virginia spoke in New York last week. He projects about 1000 cars of peaches from the Vander Hip and Romney regions beginning late July with movement through August into October. The note basket and crate factory theme appears in the piece.
The report highlights a large basket tally and a push for a cold storage plant at Romney. Peach and apple production are rising in the region. The Keyser area is forecast to have a poor fruit crop. Mr Campbell serves as vice president of the North American Fruit Exchange.
Mrs K Miller of Hagerstown MD visited Mrs S J Violette at Home Beauty. Emma and Zetta Gardner of White Post spent the weekend at Meadow Brook with Mr and Mrs W H Uber. Mrs Robert Daugherty visited Mrs Anna Craig last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jn Ebert and daughter Mary Ebert called on Mrs Millie.
The Frederick circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South announces services on Sunday June 14 at Lamps Memorial 11 a.m. Paxtons Chapel 3 20 p m and Relief for children's day exercises at 8 p m.
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