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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented excerpt reflects on fame and societal form in a florid 1910s voice. It names AMAT MASON and the Summer Girl, praising attire and allure while musing on aging, world woes, and the permanence of public gaze. The passage evokes fashion and urban life themes in a breezy, confessional tone.
Fragmentary prose discusses dangers in summer heat domestic scenes and a metaphorical garden of Eden. It swirls a tale of confinement illness and disease fears linked to milk and water though specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
A mother describes her two month old baby suffering heat rash turning to sores at 822 Georgia Ave East Nashville. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment nightly and hot water by day, reporting the baby rested better and was entirely cured after a few weeks. Free samples offered.
Roanoke Times columns mock Washington coverage of the Allen court shooting and await Hillsville and New York reactions. The clipping notes a New York woman elopes with Charles Everett Doll and pokes fun at editors who missed the pun on "Oh, You Beautiful Doll."
The New York Globe recounts two brief vignettes involving Andre te Fouquires known as the cotillon leader of Paris. A matron after a brief chat at a dance tells him to hurry along yet he responds with a witty retort about being ladylike. The exchange captures a light social moment from the visit.
A quotation notes the sole option for the community is returning to work. It emphasizes economic pressure and the urgency for employment opportunities.
Prices paid in Baltimore wholesale markets today include Wheat at spot and June 64 1 2 cents for both. Hay No 1 timothy 17 50. No 1 clover mixed 15. No 1 clover 11. standard timothy 17. Eggs Virginia firsts per dozen 20. Butter fancy creamery 30 choice 29. dairy prints 21 to 22. Live poultry chickens old hens 17 3. old roosters 10 and ti. spring 21 2 pounds and over 96. do 11 4 pounds and under 24. ducks Pekin 14. puddle 1 1 2. spring 3 pounds and over 18. pigeons per pair 25 cents.
A surprise birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stimmel in Wadesville Virginia on June 29 honoring G W Stimmel for his 66th birthday. Guests arrived at 8 pm and enjoyed music by Miss Travers and others. Decorations featured roses sweet peas and pansies. The cake bore sixty six colored candles and refreshments were served later as a large crowd attended.
Mr and Mrs F P Spilman and others from Martinsburg traveled to Luray caverns in two cars yesterday. The group included Miss Connie McKown Messrs G C and Paul McKown Mr Richardson of Tennessee and Mr Lowell of Massachusetts.
A concise notice prompts readers that now is the time to advertise with the local paper. It signals an upcoming advertising opportunity and directs interest to the newspaper office.
Jacob H Hillyard of 606 8 Kent St Winchester Virginia tests Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney irregularities. He reports long usage with relief and urges others to remember the brand, noting 50 cents per package and Fosters Milburn Co Buffalo New York as sale agents.
In the National League results New York beat Boston 3 to 1 Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 6 to 2 Cincinnati led Chicago 1 to 0 while St Louis downed Pittsburgh 3 to 0. American League reports Philadelphia swept by Washington 5 to 1 after games with Boston 10 to New York 3 and 6 to 4 in a doubleheader Chicago won 3 to 2 over Cleveland. International League Toronto 5 Baltimore 1 Providence 14 Buffalo 8 Montreal 3 Jersey City 1. Virginia League Richmond 4 Newport News 2 Roanoke 4 Petersburg 3 Portsmouth 12 New Norfolk 4.
A Brooklyn luncheon speaker lauds New York's wholesome amusements, saying the city offers more entertainment than any other except Paris and urging gratitude for living in New York. He contrasts it with other, gloomier cities and celebrates the local culture.
Mr. Thomas Barton attended the June dance at Hagerstown County Club. J B Beverley Jr sails to Harrisonburg Va for Sunday with friends. Russell Carr arrives from ngton to visit his parents. Miss Carrie Hunter arrives for the summer and opens her home on South Washington street. Miss Ethel Jones of Luray visits Mrs. T. E. Folliffe. J Horace Lacy Jr. returns from the University of Virginia for part of the summer. J T Cochran of The Plains Va. spends a day in town. E M Baker of Charlestown W Va. registers at the Swans. George L Miller of The Springs W Va. visits Winchester. Matthew Harrison and Judge Thomas W. Harrison attend a summer course at the University of Virginia. L Barton and Lewis Barton Jr. take a summer course at UVA. L Virginia Athey visits Miss Alice Holsnade and returns home. Miss Holsnade is daughter of J M Holsnade, owner of Poca Valley Bank. Miss Josephine Blaine leaves for Taunton Mass. after weeks in Winchester with Miss Willie McGuire. Mrs Gis Carr and daughter from Cincinnati Ohio visit at Mrs Carr’s mother Mrs George Ed Jenkins. Miss Mary K Potter of Germantown Pa. spends part of the summer with her brother and sister, Mr and Mrs Alexander Carrie. Mrs Daisey Haskell leaves for Philadelphia after visiting Mrs Shirley Zuarter. The Sunday Magazine of the Washington Sunday Star features west writers. William B Lee of Gloucester Va. visits town. David S Hawkins returns to Park Avenue after a week with Mrs Lloyd Lowndes in Cumberland then to Winchester via the Valley of Virginia Baltimore News.
Every family should keep this preparation during the hot summer months. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is invaluable and nearly always needed before summer ends. Buy it now. For sale by all dealers.
Willard former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia is slated for the ambassadorial post to Spain. He had been selected for Belgium, with Brussels to be decided. Justice J W Gerard of the New York Supreme Court is reportedly chosen for Germany. Frederick Courtland Pennfield of Pennsylvania to Vienna. William F McComiles, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, cited for health.
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