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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
4
The Civic League of Winchester plans a city wide clean up with four wagons and drivers to collect dirt and trash free of charge. They aim to announce a specific cleanup day soon and seek strong community support to keep Winchester beautiful.
The poem extols fresh garden produce and seasonal eating. The speaker Cleopatra, lamenting indulgence, urges eating greens like lettuce onions and sparrow grass to stay healthy. Walt Mason’s playful tone mocks gluttony while celebrating garden bounty.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss inward thought and self reference. Phrases point to thinking and perception but lack clear subjects or events.
The fragment contrasts prayer with hustling for essential needs, advising action alongside faith. It frames prayer as optional and promotes practical effort to secure what one must have. The tone mirrors period guidance urging balance between spiritual and practical work.
The northbound Shenandoah Special on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad arrived in Winchester about five minutes early today, conductor Capt. Lewis D. Barley 48 noting the make-up of time between Stephens City and Winchester. Trains may arrive early but must depart at the scheduled minute, so the departure was held until 11.68 a.m. Both the northbound and southbound specials between Baltimore and Lexington continue to run swiftly.
The twenty first annual convention of the Virginia conference and the Young People's Christian Endeavor Union of the United Brethren Church has closed at Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Next year's gathering will be in Staunton Virginia. Rev N F A Cupp formerly of Winchester now at Singers Glen Va was elected president for the ensuing year. Rev Greegr W Stover pastor of the Winchester church and his daughter Miss Mattie Stover and Miss Maude Shickles of this city returned from the convention. They were joined home by Miss Bertha Grover of Reliance and Mr D Glen Bixler of Staunton.
Public auction by written deed of trust from Tony Jackson dated December 27 1909 for twenty acres in Frederick county Virginia eight miles north of Winchester. Property conveyed by Geo Openhaver to Tony Jackson. Sale in front of County Court House Winchester on Friday June 12 1914 at eleven A M. Benett cash balance in two equal yearly installments with two purchaser bonds and trust deed. Gree R Kern trustee. 6 14 4w.
General fair weather is forecast with unsettled showers first two days from the Missouri Valley to the Atlantic coast. Toward week’s end a disturbance may develop in the extreme northwest. Temperatures remain mostly steady, normal or slightly below in central districts, cooler than season in east and north with a recovery in the northwest after midweek.
Mr James Bruyn of B H Howell Son Company sugar refiners New York and Mr Harry Gordon formerly of this city now in New York traveled with W K E and J L Cooper of Winchester on an oxtering trip to Luray Machinad and other Shenandoah Valley points returning to the city this morning. From here Bruyn will go to Minneapolis to attend the National Grocery Association meeting there.
A Baltimore group spent the weekend motor touring the Valley of Virginia and passed through Winchester today. The party included Mr. and Mrs James Teackle Dennis, Miss Minna Lurman, Mr Walter deC. Poultney, and Mr Alfred Jenkins Shriver, guests of Mr Edgar G. Miller Jr.
Next Sunday June 21 the Anti-Saloon League holds a field day in Winchester and Frederick county with several ministers from other parts of the state in attendance to speak in support of the league. Local pastors will be expected to deliver temperance sermons.
Bell Telephone lineman Edward McCarty was rushed to Memorial Hospital after falling ill at work with spinal meningitis. His condition is described as serious. Various local residents are noted in brief social items including visits to Washington and relatives in Virginia.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an idea about a new form of Irteh Brogue language study. The text references English translation attempts and preservation efforts through rete tan Pans ra.
Public sale of B J Johnston's Aspen Grove Farm in Cedarville District Warren County Virginia to be held Wednesday July 1 1914 at 2 pm in front of the Court House door Front Royal. The farm of about 219 acres on the east side of the Front Royal and Winchester Turnpike includes two parcels 190 acres formerly Antrim McKay place and the rest the Butcher land. Property is well improved with dwelling barn and out-buildings on limestone soil. One third cash with balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust. Trustees special commissioners A G Weaver acting trustee and others. Clerk M A Trout certifies bond approved.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on May 14 1914 Frank J Brussell as plaintiff seeks a decree of sale for about five acres in eastern Winchester adjoining Mt Hebron Cemetery from the late Kate Gassett. William Russell is a nonresident. he must appear within 15 days and actions to protect interest proceed. Publication ordered weekly in The Evening Star for four weeks and a copy posted at the courthouse by May 18 1914.
Miss Cayenne dismisses reckless talk as unwise while warning against remarks that could provoke regret. The exchange notes that those who specialize in provocative talk rarely grasp the consequences.
A program for the first annual Sunday school convention in Back Creek district Frederick County will be at Mount Olive United Brethren Church near Hayfield on Thursday June 18 at 10 am. Devotions by Rev Frank Gilbert. welcome by Rev L A Racey. responses and papers by J B Frye J Goode and others. meals, committee reports, round table discussions, and temperance talks.
A sequence of witty exchanges and humorous quips. Includes lines about bicycle etiquette on country roads and playful banter on Mona Lisa's smile. Features a humorous judge dialogue about a drive in an electric car and Masonry jokes, with Parisian humor and a cent gift anecdote.
Mrs Ardly and Mrs Graswich discuss a divorce described as a renovation by the judge. The light tone suggests a sensational yet non factual take on a matrimonial case in a social column style.
In a brief exchange, Mrs. Golightly notes the name Archibald while the judge confirms the nickname Archibald. The line hints at a humorous or domestic moment from a past era.
A mother questions a library boy about having a book, but the boy declines, saying it is only a bad cold and a sore throat. The dialogue reflects a domestic scene with a hint of humor.
A terse exchange notes a man from Wabash described as not abstemious and lists that he has had six wives. The remark appears in a humorous or quizzical tone.
Irvin Grogg twenty five was struck by lightning while plowing near his home in Augusta County. His horse also died in the bolt. He was found shortly after and pronounced dead. Survived by two small children and other family.
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