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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
4
The Baltimore Star argues a newspaper must invite criticism to avoid complacency and stay a voice for righteousness and progress. It urges honesty, broad view, and reflection of community life and views as essential to serve the public.
A public health note urges dairymen to practice strict hygiene during hot weather. Do not reuse bottles left on porches overnight. instead take them home for thorough cleansing. Emphasizes sanitation as key to protecting patrons and earning public trust and success.
Messrs Archibald Moore and A J Hays of Mannington West Virginia were registered at the Hotel Evans today.
A reader credits Grape-Nuts with restoring brain and nervous energy after a severe collapse. He describes improvements after years of struggle, including a murder case testamon y and a claim that regular use of the cereal prevented another breakdown. The letter promotes the product with the phrase There’s a Reason and invites readers to send for The Road to Wellville book.
In Middletown Virginia on June 15 a large crowd attended a Southern Methodist Church children’s day. The program featured recitations by Lelia Larrick Mary Weaver Sadie Larrick and others, plus songs by the Primary class and several choruses. Rev P J Stump gave an address and the offering was collected with a concluding benediction.
Deerfield notes report visitors from Grimes Middletown Meadow Mills and Woodstock. A yard party at Canterbury is noted along with relatives visiting sisters and children. S. M. Tevault buys a Peerless thrashing machine from Geiser Manufacturing.
June 15 notes from Middletown Virginia list visits by Miss Jones of White Hall to Mrs. Frank Wiley. Miss Ligkie and Nellie Armen Trout of Strasburg with Aunt Mrs. De Rhodes. Zensie Kline with Miss Iddl May and Edith Dinges. Vernon Shaffer and Joseph Gouchenour en route to Luray. Dr and Mrs Walter Linneaver and children of Harrisonburg visiting M. H. Rhodes family. Misses Simpson near Cedarville with Mrs. James Reily. J W Rhodes of Harrisonburg visiting son Herbert Rhodes. Werbert Larrick of Winchester spent Sunday in town.
A patent medicine promotion claims Oil of Wintergreen Compound relieves summer rashes including eczema poison ivy poison oak and prickly heat. It asserts immediate itch relief when applied and cites D D D Prescription as part of the formula. Franck Baker and Son Winchester Virginia advertise the product.
The George Washington University in Washington D C was dropped from the Carnegie fund list for retired professors. Professors J Howard Gore and J Mac Bridge Sterrett were retired without notice and replaced at lower salaries as the university battles funding to continue work.
A pleasant event occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs N M Smalls in Hayfield Virginia last Friday at eight o'clock. A large number of invited guests gathered to share the hospitality of the genial hosts in a cordial social evening.
Miss Kathleen Ferguson daughter of the late Rev Sydnor G Ferguson wed Oswald Lyon of New York and Cambridge England in the Church of the Transfiguration known as the Little Church Around the Corner. Attendants were Mrs Clayton Ricker and Miss Margaret Ferguson. Lyon is a son of Col Alderhon Jasper Lyon and a Trinity Hall Cambridge BA. Kathleen Ferguson has relatives and friends in Berryville Virginia.
The article notes the debut of Miss Hattie Smalls and a party of about thirty guests including Daisy and Mary Williams Lucy Snapp Beulah Rosenberger and many others. Prof. H B Hedrick and family returned to Washington Maggie Loy also returned and others were mentioned as ill or visiting relatives. Elkana Orndorff of Kansas visits relatives and Master Lohr Kern remains under medical care.
Edith Lamp returns from Washington after visiting relatives. Mrs. Jesse Lamp and three children stay in Washington for a week. Edith Newcome visits Mrs. H P Kerns's granddaughter. C W Lamp of Greenspring breaks ground for a new home at White Hall. Ruth Maury visits sister near White Hall. John Adams of White Hall installs a gasoline engine and planning mill. H P Kerns dammizes a road section between Greenspring and Winchester to improve passage.
Miller's Drug Store advertises Rexall 93 Hair Tonic promising to refresh the scalp and prevent baldness. The ad claims broad effectiveness and offers a full money back guarantee if unsatisfied, available in two sizes for 50 cents and one dollar.
Mr. F. H. Covington of Baltimore was among business visitors in Winchester today, joining other delegates and local officials for meetings and site tours.
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