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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
6
A reader praises Dr. DeGarrets Poultry Prescription for restoring egg production after hens underperform. The letter claims after four months without eggs, use of the remedy produced over two dozen eggs and recommends it to other poultry raisers, with a note about refunds if not satisfactory.
An old time advertisement urges readers to prepare for spring by using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims to restore stomach tone liver activity and nerve steadiness after a cold or grip leaves one weak and pale. The tonic is alcohol free and offered in tablet or liquid form with a trial package available for 10 cents from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
A large consignment of young fruit trees arrived by express from Missouri and was distributed today by buyers. Local plantings on the Winchester fruit belt during the past winter and early spring exceed previous years, signaling strong faith in Frederick and nearby counties.
An advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as the best laxative for children, urging buyers to look for the California name on the package and noting a fruity taste and full bottle directions. The copy emphasizes digestive relief for stomach liver and bowels.
Miss Minsa A Miller returned last evening to Philadelphia where she attended Easter concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The programs featured many celebrated musicians and drew music lovers from across the United States, marking a highlight of Easter week in the city.
A patent for a device with a three handed clock dial indicates the day of the week the date and the hour. The design aims to show a man absent from his duties at Agen and relates to a specific time display invention.
Mrs Mittie Jester Cumming is found not guilty of murdering her husband Gordon Cumming in Hampton Virginia. The quick four minute verdict follows defense expert testimony claiming temporary insanity amid family turmoil and public pressure. The judge cleared the courtroom of onlookers as the verdict was delivered and the defendant expressed gratitude to the jury and lawyers. The eight year old son sat with his mother during the trial and later reunited with relatives at the Jester home.
The piece explains lingering airway inflammation after bronchial symptoms, risks of neglect including pneumonia, and suggests physician follow up. It promotes moderate outdoor activity, wholesome food, and Vicks VapoRub with nightly applications and a warm cloth to aid healing, plus a sample offer from the Vick Chemical Company.
A deed recorded in the county clerk conveys from Fred D. Maphis, Trustee, to Charles F Nelson all properties of the Mineral Ridge Manganese Corporation in Frederick and Shenandoah counties. The sale includes 260 acres, 173 of the S. R. Hershman farm, 100 acres of the Wm. L. Racey tract, mining rights, leases, buildings, machinery, and equipment.
Wholesale prices quoted today show wheat hay barley country butter and live poultry market values. Listings include timothy hay prices chickens turkeys hens and potatoes per bushel with several entries unreadable due to typographical errors.
Market listing from Baltimore wholesale markets shows dairy prints eggs butter and produce with bids and prices for livestock including steers lambs sheep heifers calves and pigs along with hay and corn notes. The fragment reflects a pricing board or telegraph style update with multiple entries and unclear context.
Readable market list shows prices for flour middlings corn meal and potatoes. Pricing entries include 12.0 pound sacks of middlings 3.50 to 4.00 per unit and bran cracked corn screenings and cornmeal with varying per unit costs.
Doctors and druggists praise Aspironal Elixir for quick headache relief in two minutes. It supposedly treats biliousness and constipation by acting on the liver, reducing heart risk and stomach upset. Buy at a drug store for half a dollar. two teaspoons in water, watch timed two minutes, money back if no relief. The ad claims cures for colds coughs and neuralgia with the same guarantee.
Mr Archer Sellman of Baltimore arrived last evening on a business visit. Mrs Whedore Reifig and Miss Cora McDonald left for Washington and Baltimore. Mrs Bruce Russell of Brunswick Virginia, visiting relatives in Lexington, Virginia, arrived last evening and is hosted by Mr and Mrs David Pf Yasl on West Piccadills Street.
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