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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1917
Page
2
A testimonial from Mrs. J. B. Gadd of Hixson Tenn credits Cardui with curing a years long left side pain and ongoing weakness. The ad urges women to try Cardui for headaches backaches nervousness sleeplessness and fatigue and notes the product has aided thousands over 46 years. It ends by listing druggists and NC-132.
Special arrangements arrange daily 12 15 luncheon meetings at Hotel Evans for team captains and workers. Speakers include R O Kirkwood Middletown NY John Wood Roanoke VA W K Sumner Butler PA Prof Henry A Sill Ithaca NY local speakers and Ernest H Rowe American City Bureau staff organizer.
Helena Fields, known in Berryville and vicinity, died last Sunday at the home of her son Dr. William Fields in Cairo Illinois. Her body arrived in Berryville Wednesday and lay at the home of her niece, Mrs. James Nash. The funeral was Thursday and interment followed at Josephine City Cemetery.
A surprise party honored Miss Ellen Moorman, a popular Cedar Grove school teacher, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Clark. Guests enjoyed games and music by Miss Moorman and Miss Hattie Dorsey with Cecil and Earl Loy, followed by refreshments. The guest list included numerous local youths and families.
A committee in Bunker Hill West Virginia seeks to beautify the town burying ground by cleaning up the yard and erecting a neat substantial fence. The dilapidated fence and weed overgrowth have been an eyesore, and residents with relatives buried there are urged to help. Rev Mr and Mrs Hardesty of Ridgeway were visiting friends.
Local residents are noting the appearance of whooping cough in the village. Several residents were social contacts this week including Rev J W Fleming from Williamsport and Mrs Harris from Loudoun county visiting relatives. Public school sessions closed for vacation after a brief midweek closure. Bishop Gravatt delivered a sermon at Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon.
The passage extols cooperation as the path to greater contentment through a Chamber of Commerce. It argues that collective effort lowers costs, enabling access to benefits otherwise unaffordable, while stressing individuals must contribute work and money to secure shared gains.
A list of recent acquisitions includes works on the English novel, American history, military service, fortifications, travel, and literature by authors such as A. H. Abel E.R. Pennell Marion Crawford and Bertrand Russell among others. The titles cover topics from Virginia history to South American archaeology and universal military training.
The Charlestown Advocate reports Rev C A Miller will start a series of meetings at Leetown West Virginia on the first Sunday in May. He will be assisted by Rev W R Alexander pastor of the First Baptist Church Winchester.
Tomorrow most churches mark Civic Sunday with special sermons on the civic side of life and harmony with religious values. Several churches will feature distinctive music and unusually planned programs.
Wheat jumped eight cents to 2.75 at the Chicago Board of Trade opening, with bids rushing in and no offerings. A new high price was reported in Baltimore at 3.02, signaling continued upward momentum amid unfavorable crop prospects and weather damage in western wheat areas.
A century old advert touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a reliable cure for catarrh with a one hundred dollar reward for any case not cured. It describes how the medicine works through the blood to the mucous surfaces and promises health improvements after use. Testimonials are offered upon request.
In Strech court Earl Shade won $22.20 against Roy Robinson and George W. Kremer Jr for toll nonpayment on Martinsburg pike. Shade, owner of the car hired by the defendants, was taxed $10 and costs in county magistrate court, though absent at the offense. Shade then sued in city magistrate court to recover related expenses, resulting in the $22.20 judgment.
Mrs Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois recounts severe indigestion with constipation after moving there. Food distress and a heavy pressure on the chest troubled her, causing poor sleep and exhaustion. One bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets corrected the trouble and left her feeling like a different person. Sold by all druggists.
A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown yesterday to Harry Galloway and Maria Leila Johnson, both residents of Winchester.
An old advertisement touts Jad Salts as a kidney cleanser promising relief from back pain and urinary issues. It claims meat consumption causes uric acid buildup that blocks kidney function and links sluggish kidneys to rheumatism headaches and other ailments. Consumers are urged to take four ounces of rad Salts dissolved in water daily, claiming it purifies blood and prevents kidney complications.
Mrs S N Finch of Battga North Dakota says Chamberlain's ointment eases chest pains and shoulder stiffness from rheumatism and notes it never fails to give prompt relief. For sale by all druggists.
The Winchester Presbytery met this week in Moorefield West Virginia. Ministers and representatives from Winchester churches are welcomed by the Moorefield community to join the 475th session. The Examiner notes the open hearts homes and arms extended to all attendees.
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