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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
2
Mrs. Dewitt SINCE BAUGH of West Danby New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing nervous trouble sleeplessness irritability backache and headaches. The letter touts the remedy as a forty year old tonic derived from roots and herbs and suitable for female derangements and family use.
A fist fight at a North Market Street house car led to the arrests of Joseph Heflin of Clarke County Virginia Harvey H Fauver of Frederick County Maryland and Frank Mason of Allegheny County Pennsylvania on Virginia Mapp prohibition charges. They pleaded guilty in Police Court before Justice Fultz and were held on 250 bail each for grand jury action. Mason admitted returning with liquor to the house car after being paid to fetch it. Liquor was confiscated.
Mrs Thomas Seabright of South Market Street learns of the death of her sister Miss Geatta Grim Wharton in Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg. She died after a failed surgical operation at age sixty. the family has suffered five deaths since December. She was born in Frederick County and was the oldest daughter of the late J Robert Grim, a Confederate veteran. Survived by husband Henry T Wharton four sons and five sisters.
A vintage tip highlights cocoanut oil as a gentle hair wash. It warns soaps and commercial shampoos dry the scalp and harm hair, while plain refined oil creates rich lather with water. The oil cleanses scalp, removes dust and oil, leaves hair soft, silky, and easy to manage.
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal church of Frederick county hosts a 10 oclock Saturday service. Mrs. Seabright and Mrs. John Mason attend the funeral in Harrisonburg with Mrs. Frank March, followed by a morning ceremony. Miss M Opal Robinson returned to Swarthmore after visiting relatives here.
An Easter prayer and song service is scheduled at the home of F A Shryock on the Millwood pike near town, Monday evening April 9 at 7 o clock. All are invited to attend. the notice urges listeners to come.
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