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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1917
Page
4
The piece is a humorous verse by Walt Mason mocking wind and weather as it uproars a writer. He jokes about gusts ripping his hat and dusting his Sunday shirt while vowing to keep cheer and verse no matter the weather.
The auditor explains licenses for boarding houses and hotels, defining a boarding house as lodging and meals for residents staying a week or longer. A license is required for transient guests or more than thirty bedrooms, with no license needed for permanent boarders. Hotels need licenses when both regular and transient boarders exceed thirty bedrooms.
Winchester resident Mrs. W. M. Sumption of 122 S Main St endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble. The ad urges urgent action to prevent kidney disorders, urging rest and careful living to stamp out disease.
Mrs. Bessie Carter of State Road testifies Vinol builds up her strength after years of fatigue. The ad claims Vinol contains beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates to aid blood and body strength. It urges tired overworked women to try the product.
A poem from Opequon Virginia dated March 30 1917 rails at European entanglements and urges isolation yet mocks pacifist treachery. It contrasts English deference with German danger and ends with a defiant call for war to defend nation and honor.
An advertisement from Bagdad Kentucky promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. It claims the daughter was in terrible shape and is completely cured. It asserts the pills strengthen weak kidneys, correct bladder troubles, stop rheumatic pain, relieve backache, sore muscles, and stiff joints. Sold everywhere.
An advertisement touts Musterole as a clean white mustard oil ointment that relieves sore throats bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headache congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago and injuries without blistering skin. It claims rapid pain relief and may help prevent pneumonia.
If your stomach rebels after meals, take Pape's Diapepsin to neutralize acidity and stop fermentation. In five minutes indigestion and distress disappear. Millions use it to enjoy favorite foods without fear. large case fifty cents at drug stores.
Miss Margaret Kennedy daughter of Mr and Mrs M C Kennedy of Chambersburg enters a New York City hospital to study Red Cross nursing. The Kennedy family is well known in Winchester with her father serving as president of the Cumberland Valley Railway.
John Mumaw of Mount Jackson reported his son in Winchester Memorial Hospital after an appendicitis operation. The case was serious with critical illness for days, but the young man is much improved and early recovery is expected. Edinburg Sentinel.
Eighty acres of productive land three and a half miles west of Chambersville known as the Thos Lamp farm with springs and running stream six room house and outbuildings and fruit for home use. Sale in front of Court House Winchester on Saturday April 28 1917 at 10 o clock a m. J H and L A Lamp heirs of Thos Lamp.
Ke pi Tollgate continuation recalls Mrs Grubbs former tollgate keeper of Winchester area. Survives four children including Mrs Branche Knight and Mrs Henry Alexander. two half brothers and two half sisters listed. Grandchildren named as Mrs Shackleford, Taylor Knight and Fred Alexander. Funeral tomorrow at one from the house with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Editor Ira S Capper warns in The Star that citizens should not raise a flag until streets are repaired to prevent accidents and costly damages. He argues unsafe roads risk holes and ruts that could cause injuries or fatalities and cites the burden on city finances.
In Omaha Nebraska a woman recounts lifelong infertility and illness until she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims it restored health and brought a baby, urging others to try the remedy and share success.
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