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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
3
The Bartonsville Sunday school will hold an all day picnic on Saturday September 12 near the church. All churches are invited to attend. The notice appears in The Star.
Vaucluse September 8. The German Baptists observed their annual love feast and washing services at Salem Church. Rain reduced attendance. Two persons were baptized and joined the church. Ridings Chapel United Brethren Church was dedicated by Rev. Hammond. A $450 debt was quickly raised by subscription. The building, erected by contractor J. L. Gardiner of Refuge, is described as handsome and a source of local pride.
Juni League picnic planned in Jobesgrove on September 12 invites all. Protracted meeting continues at the village church through the week. Ladies Home Missionary Society hosts a week of prayer at parsonage today and at members’ homes daily. Miss Dakota Best visits grandmother Mrs Best. families in town host events and guests.
Octavia Kline mentions Mr Travis plans to buy a farm locally. Mr and Mrs Robert Gillock of Lexington visit F Estes Kline. Prof H W Kline of Randolph Macon Academy spent Sunday at his home. Misses Helen Cora Selizabeth Lucy Larrick of Middletown and Nellie McGee of Baltimore visit Anna Kline. Mr Fred Kline left for North Carolina. Miss Daisy Kenney is very ill.
Miss Pearl Polhamus of Elmira New York visits Mrs Bertie Anderson on South Market Street during a brief social call.
An appeal asserts Postum is made from clean hard wheat and a touch of molasses not from coffee. A chemist analysis and factory visit are cited to prove the drink’s flavor mimics coffee, while noting wheat’s phosphate of potash and roasting blend create the distinct Postum taste.
Reports show over 500 tickets sold for the Masked Carnival at Market Street Rink tomorrow night to benefit the Home Coming Committee. The event features costumes and prizes with widespread local attendance and ticket sales ongoing.
Mr Harrison Johnson and Mrs Weaver arrived Saturday evening from Atlantic City to visit his nephew Mr B C Shull on Cork street. Johnson is a Frederick county native born in 1830, and the group stayed for a time despite unclear surrounding text.
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