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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
2
Property listing promotes fertile small farms near town with two building sites and possible apple orchards. Land lies within two miles of town with road access and utilities at low cost. Suitable for gardening, dairying and orcharding. agent R Jones, Lock Box 535, Hagerstown Maryland, will be in Berryville on set dates.
Windom Kansas resident Miss Mary A Horner credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from displacement bladder trouble and female weakness after ineffective doctor visits The testimonial touts the remedy as a forty year old trusted tonic and invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Massachusetts
Port suggests veterans are physically incapacitated from walking over the band. These carriages will be under the severest restrictions as regards their use.
Miss Cecelia Daw from New Jersey returns home after visiting Louise Tanquary. Miss Mary Schlack from Davns Chapel to stay for a spell. Miss Lula Jackson visits Stephenson home of Mr and Mrs H B Childs. A. D. Cunningham ill with typhoid fever. third spring case in the family. Lucy Tanquary resumes activity after indigestion. Young folks attend Miss Nannie McGuire’s music school final in Berryville.
Local notes from Stone Bridge Virginia dated June 18 report visitors and social visits among Armel and Cadwallader families including Mr and Mrs Arthur Armel Mr Robert Vaught and Miss Elva Armel. A burn injury to Mrs Vaught is noted. Children’s Day services at Greenway Church are planned for Sunday night June 22 at 8 o’clock with all invited.
The government and Pennsylvania will host a vast Civil War veterans reunion at Gettysburg from June 28 to July 7. Organizers plan a self contained camp with 400 cooking ranges 800 cooks and 130 bakers plus field hospitals 87 tents and a full ambulance corps. Water will be supplied by three artesian wells and a temporary railroad station will serve attendees.
Mrs Nettie Brill hosts Mr Moses Lockmille and his wife from Kansas who are visiting relatives and may settle here for a time.
Reliance notes progress on B F Gruver's new residence with modern conveniences. Mrs S A Kline returns from Washington. Miss Grace Kidine visits Mrs B H Gruver Jr. Rev W F Gruver and family visit from Martinsburg. Silas Henry sells farm near Reliance and buys near Stephens City. Jacob Rinker is indisposed. Mrs Fred Willey remains on the sick list. Jacob Gruver sells his farm near Reliance to Rev Simon P Fogle of Bristol Va.
At Summit Point West Virginia on June 18 Mr and Mrs Thomas Janney spent Sunday evening with Cripps friends. Charles Ridgeway sold his store to Wates of Clarke County who took possession immediately. Miller Bane improved his property with a coat of paint. W E Reed and son had their elevator painted. Jake Biller on a Charlestown train last Saturday night fell and injured two fingers. Guests of the Misses Riley included John Riley and family Berryville Robert Henry family this place Russell Willingham Martinsburg and Russell Morrison near Berryville. Walton Morrow joined sister Mary Morrow in a trip to Mexico last week.
June 18 report from Old Toll Gate Virginia notes Mr. and Mrs. Bud McFarland of Winchester spent Sunday with his parents in Chamberssville. Several Renner family members and friends visited Mrs. Renner and relatives on Ridge. Julian Hoover ill with typhoid fever and Lleveland Carpenter ill with appendicitis.
In Star Tannery Virginia on June 18 Mr and Mrs J W Himelright visited their daughter Mrs A L Hershman at Wardensville Sun Day Attending the yard party Saturday night were Eston Larrick and sister Virginia and Miss Minnie Hall of Rosenberger also visiting Mr Plijah Pifer on Sunday Mr M H Copp of Maurertown and Mr Robert Sibert of Mount Olive were in the vicinity on business Friday Miss Katie Hershman of Saums Ville is visiting relatives here. area social notes.
The latest Paris trend shows love trimmed stockings described as enticing. White lace edging three-quarters of an inch wide is applied around the stocking with various patterns including diagonal inserts and circular decorations, visible beneath a slit skirt.
A dialogue features Dustin Stax debating financial reverses and the need to reverse strategies when markets turn, comparing finance to dancing and highlighting adaptive thinking about downturns.
Winchester residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney disorders urinary issues and dropsy across age groups from children to elders in Front Royal Virginia. Mrs A J Greenwalt reports her son aged 12 recovered fully after use and remained healthy as of 1910. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole US agents.
An English magistrate noted a defaulter’s thirst and quipped that if you don’t take drink you won’t get drunk. The exchange highlights a humorous, literal take on moderation and consequences.
Fractured timetable snippet lists Norfolk and Western routes May 1913. Mentions Bristol Roanoke connections, Elkton, Philadelphia New York Wash junctions, and several train numbers with arrival or departure times. Officials and agents referenced include Beverill and Saunders with G. Pla.
Southern Railway timetable shows westbound trains from Strasburg Junction to Harrisonburg and eastbound trains to Alexandria and Washington. Notable services include No 173 Mixed Daily at 6:00 am, No 49 Local at 12:00 pm, and No 218 Local at 6:05 am toward Washington, with evening No 28 and No 216 locals to Strasburg. L. S. Brown, General Agent, Washington, D. C.
Schedule details list trains from eS Valley RLR to Philadelphia New York and Winchester with daily except Sunday departures and times 9.22 am 11.51 am and 7.25 pm. Superintendent H A Rippoie G P A appears in the station note.
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