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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
2
Committees in Keyser West Virginia plan for the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen Association convention to be held July 3 to 5. The program includes business sessions parades drills apparatus demonstrations and displays of volunteer exploits expected to attract notable rivalry among companies.
Wholesale prices cited by local buyers for timothy hay rye oats barley butter and eggs alongside retail figures for flour cornmeal middlings bran cracked corn and country butter suggest broad variability. The page lists per unit costs and ranges for dairy poultry and grain products in a historical market snapshot.
The Baltimore wholesale markets list prices for spring chickens hens eggs butter corn timothy and clover hay steers heifers shop pork and shoats. Prices range from 2.50 to 20.50 per unit and reflect the latest daily corrections from the preceding day.
Pendietown Peterson a well known colored man and former city sewer department employee died Tuesday at his Haddox alley home. Death followed an infection from an arm amputation years earlier. He leaves a sister Lydia Ellis a brother Clayton Peterson a sister Sarah Peterson a sister Wesley Washington a half brother and Lizzie Stuart a half sister. Funeral took place this after.
Herbert Runkles married Miss Mayme Castleman on April 3 in Uniontown Pennsylvania. The couple will reside in Martinsburg West Virginia. The groom served in the United States Army and formerly worked for the Martinsburg Journal.
Mount Williams Virginia April 24 Mr and Mrs J M Orndorff of this place have recently received a telegram announcing the death of their son Private Charles H Orndorff of the United States Army which occurred while in active service in France He trained at Camp Lee Virginia and was a member of the Thirty third Company of Engineers His company sailed for France late last September and his death news came after an earlier telegram said he was missing in action The lad will be greatly missed by his sorrowing relatives and friends.
State Department officials say recognition of the Omsk Russian government by the United States and allies is inevitable but will come long after peace. Reports of immediate simultaneous recognition after peace are not supported by official advices.
Washington April 24. The revenue bureau holds that employing a single child for one day violates the child labor provision of the new revenue bill and subjects the employer to a tax equal to 10 percent of net profits for the full taxable year. The interpretation guides enforcement of the act.
An urging feature describes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The piece claims internal cleansing stops toxins and improves health, promoting limestone phosphate as a cheap remedy.
Mrs Ba yard Hassett of Frankfort endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for croup noting quick relief for children and stating it has no narcotics. The ad says available at all dealers and suitable for children and adults. Virginia Grove returns to Washington after visiting North Braddock street at her parents’ home. The Star Job Office offers quick printing services. Sale notice advertises two 5 ton wagons at Green's orchards, apply 629 H F Byrd.
In a recent letter Mrs D Wilsley of Linchfield Illinois says Chamberlain Tablets give quick relief for stomach disorders and constipation. The ad notes the tablets are helpful for indigestion and are sold by all druggists with sales bill available at the Star office.
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