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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
4
The Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday in Winchester Virginia. Subscriptions are listed in advance: one year 3.00, six months 1.50, three months .75, one month .25. Rates apply to mail matter.
Fragmentary verse critiques politics and society mixing aphorisms about health and safety with a mock call for Russia to abandon tyranny. The piece riffs on public discourse, demagoguery, and the odd imagery of spinach and whiskers as symbols of social folly.
Snow fell in March in Whtacre Virginia. Mr A Bowers plans a move to Strasburg soon after milling work for Mr W Whiacre. Mrs Kate Peacemaker is ill with pneumonia at the home of her son Latt Peacemaker.
A home remedy details making a lemon cream from fresh lemons and orange blossom white to treat freckles and sallowness. The guide claims daily use on face and hands will whiten and soften skin, with druggists and grocers selling the ingredients.
Mrs Lewis of Brooklyn New York reports relief from headaches and side pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes it as a splendid tonic and credits it with helping her condition prior fall or general weakness. The notice invites readers to write for guidance from the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An old fashioned health ad urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser for sick constipated children. It promises quick relief from feverish fits and stomach upsets and reminds to buy genuine bottles made by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Mrs. G. W. Ketehner returns from visits in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia. Mrs. Fitca Harmer spends days in Winchester visiting Mesa Mariquerite Barr. Mr. Lloyd Carper of Winchester stays several days at the home of his.
Purported medical ad touts Calotabs as a refined calomel with no taste or nausea. It claims one tablet at bedtime yields a clean liver and no dietary restrictions, with a 35 cent price and money-back guarantee.
Mr. Clarance Ford returns to Strasburg after Easter with his parents. Miss Brookey Carper visits Winchester with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Harvey Carper. William Anderson the plumber and William Dusty of Winchester visited Harpers Valley. J Warren Keller and family of Winchester and N Sier and daughter Kate Sier of Greenwood visited Sewell Shearer at Willow Brook. Ruth Kelchner spent days in Winchester visiting relatives. Earl Carper and son Loring with Miss Lucy Carper spent Sunday in Winchester visiting Harvey Carper.
Viola Salada R. N. of Van Ormy Texas testifies Vinol restored her appetite weight and strength after anaemia and illness. Miller's Drug Store guarantees Vinol will build up run-down people or money back, with risk on the seller.
Special commissioners announce a public auction on Wednesday April 17 1918 at noon in Winchester Virginia for two adjoining tracts totaling about twenty one acres. The sale follows a Frederick County Circuit Court decree in the Union Bank of Winchester v Clementine M Kiger et al. One third cash due day of sale the balance two thirds secured by purchaser bonds with interest six percent and paid semi annually. Bonds and trust deed required with fire insurance on buildings.
Canterbury Virginia April 12 Miss Gladys Henning teacher at White Oak school held a pie social Thursday night for Red Cross funds. Mrs L J Cave and Elsie Cave visited Fishers Hill with relatives.
An old time foe, rheumatism, returns with winter, attacking through the blood rather than skin. A vegetable blood remedy named in the ad claims to purify the blood and remove rheumatic causes. Free medical advice offered by the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
A seasoned fair merchant predicts snow will not harm wheat. He says ground may harden then warm weather will improve growth. Even if blade ends freeze, plants will recover and wheat has begun to stool, thriving in cold conditions.
The article notes Easter's early arrival and longer evenings due to daylight saving law causing optimism for April weather. It records an April 8 1916 snow of eleven inches followed by cold spell, but states the present winter weather is not unprecedented or unusual.
Miss Beulah Ruth Swartz daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swartz of Bunker Hill married John Melvin Miller C V R R agent at Bunker Hill Tuesday afternoon in Martinsburg. Rev C S Trump of St John Lutheran Church officiated. After a wedding trip they will reside at Bunker Hill.
The United States College of Veterinary Surgeons in Washington invites graduates for the commencement at the New Willard Hotel on Wednesday evening April 17. H Earl Pickeral, son of J H Pickeral of Middletown Young County, is among those completing the full course and set to graduate.
Train arrivals and departures listed for Cumberland Valley stations from Winchester to Philadelphia with times for daily and Sunday service. Officials H Riddle and H Tongh sign the notice.
Train list shows Roanoke and Pocahontas routes with Pullman sleepers Williamson and Jacksonville Florida. Connections at Roanoke to Memphis southbound and Shenandoah Junction to Washington with intercity stops at Hagerstown Philadelphia and New York. Parlor-car service to Philadelphia and sleepers to Philadelphia and New York. For details contact W. C. Saunders or W. B. Will.
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