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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary verse laments a world in turmoil and fatigue. It contrasts sleepless crowds with mourning voices, hinting at suffering souls and a longing for improvement amid rumbling, restless times.
The fragment mentions Whitacre improving with new fence and illnesses including cholera in the area. It references a Methodist Episcopal event, Capon Bridge, and a horse incident involving Sargent. The readable text is fragmented and lacks a clear single event.
Mr John Hale departed today for Vas to spend the summer at the normal school with Bowman and friends. He will visit B Piter and others during the stay.
Weekend crowd attends the Double Churches event. George Dinges praises a fresh paint coat on his Stephens City area property. Mr and Mrs F By Crawford and child with Miss Lillian Lauck of McDonagh Md plan Kernstown visit to see Mrs Crawford's mother Mrs John Gold and kin. Mr and Mrs B Albin host relatives near Ridings Chapel. Mrs Luqueenie Pifer heads to visit son C E Pifer and family near Macedonia.
Miss Agnes Keeler and Cleve Orndorff surprised friends by eloping to Hagerstown Maryland where they were married. They returned home for a reception hosted by the groom's family. A few friends attended the private ceremony.
Bishop Collins Menny of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Richmond, preached the sermon before Virginia Military reenlistment exercises in Lexington. General Nichols, superintendent, introduced Bishop Denny at Jackson Memorial Hall during the service.
Readable fragments describe a gymnastics program including mats horizontal bars parallel bars flying rings and pyramids and a fencing bout between Cadets Murriel and Waddy.
Miss Rosa Lee Greenwaite and Mr. I fred Hunt were married last Wednesday at midnight on the Potomac River bridge linking West Virginia and Maryland. Rev. R. G. Hammond of the United Brethren Church officiated. The couple will reside in Piedmont.
Clarke social page reports Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn Smith entertaining Naval Paymaster Walter Sharpe of Norfolk Monday at The Knoll. Guests include Dora Taylor Portia Baldwin Anne Stribling Kitty McDonald Elvira Moore Florence Wheat Mary Clagett Mamie White Jane Moore and others. Little Lewis Neill hosted a fifth birthday party recently. Julia Grove of Shepherdstown visits Mrs. Powers and Miss Barrett and Miss Jones travel from Alexandria en route to the Huidekoper Nelson wedding at Long Branch.
Balance sheet shows liabilities and capital stock with totals around 92,212 dollars. Eugene E. Chiles, cashier, attests the document as a true state of the Peoples Bank Inc located in a Virginia county city as of June 4 1913.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover hosted a June 1 reception at their Reliance home with lighted veranda decor. Guests from Vaucluse Middletown and Buena Vista included Miss Grace Kline and many Gruver relatives. punch was served and games enjoyed before departure.
An old advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a tonic to darken hair naturally, remove dandruff, cure itching scalp, and stop hair loss. It claims at 50 cents a bottle for home use and notes pharmacists in town sell it.
Mrs. Alexander Barrie entertained yesterday afternoon at the Fairfax swimming pool in honor of guest Miss Mamie Byrd and her son Mr. George Barrie. Attendants included Mamie Byrd Isabelle Baker Gertrude Barton Winifred Swimley Bryson Smith Mary Miller Elizabeth Bart Helen Knight Tow Byrd Pat Stephenson Joe Barton Bryan Conrad Deveraux Bowly John Stuart Victor Arthur Sam Arthur George Barrie Woodhall Baker and Major Covins.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train stopped at Weverton with a refrigerator car carrying 4000 pounds of butter on fire. The blaze began from a hot box along the line and by Weverton the bottom of the car was afire with melted butter running onto the tracks. Crew and railroad workers fought the flames with a bucket brigade and extinguished the fire, but the butter cargo was ruined.
A local Charlestown event plans a community show amid interest from residents. Organizers advertise a meeting to discuss the program and invite attendees to participate in the upcoming event.
The Charlestown Horse Show dates July 31 and August 1 were chosen for the society’s first annual exhibition as officers push modern ideas and careful planning. Mrs W White Mrs John Miller and H J Jifkins visit Mrs F sie at Pine Church Way.
The schedule lists Culpeper July 4 5 Manassas July 23 24 Orange Charlottesville Berryville August and Warrenton in August, outlining the regional horse show circuit for the season.
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