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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
5
An advertisement touts Aspironal Elixir as a fast acting headache remedy. It claims immediate liver action, relief within two minutes, and a money back guarantee if pain is not gone, with added notes on colds coughs and neuralgia.
Loving remembrance for Mary Selena Buncutter who died April 29 1918 with consoling verses from her mother Ida Effa and Lena. a brief note credits W McDonald of Irvington Virginia for Salvation Army efforts in Virginia with travel to Baltimore and Richmond.
Markets listed by local buyers show prices for wheat per bushel various hay types and dairy products including butter fat and creamery butter. Live stock values feature fat steers hogs and sheep with price ranges, alongside flour and meal pricing and country butter and potatoes per bushel.
An advertisement claims Milks Emulsion cures severe coughs and bronchial ailments, builds flesh and strength, and relieves chronic stomach trouble. It features testimonials from Chas. L. Walters of Pittsburgh and offers a money back guarantee with six bottles trial. Prices are 60c and 1.20 per bottle.
The Stonewal district Sunday School convention will meet at Little Mountains Meeting House on May 26. It is the district’s annual gathering with an interesting program planned and State Secretary T. C. Diggs will be present to make an address.
Article explains catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. Local applications fail to reach the diseased area, and only a constitutional remedy can cure. It claims inflammation reduction restores normal function and offers a prize for any case not helped by Catarrh Medicine.
The Rotogravure section of next Sunday's Washington Star will publish a half page photograph of the burial of nineteen heroes of the American Expeditionary Force at Arlington National Cemetery. The paper promises full coverage of major news events in this art section.
The annual meeting of stock holders of the Western Frederick Bank of Gore Virginia will be held at the banking house in Gore on Saturday May 8 1920 to elect directors and conduct other business. E R Hook cashier.
In a New York hotel scene, detective James Gorman uncovers that Miss Kelly the Granddeck’s telephone operator may be Lefty Moore’s wife a famed Sing Sing burglar. A tense plan to question her unfolds as the narrator schemes to uncover tenants and criminal links while wary of Wick the manager.
A large group gathers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Rosenberger to honor Mrs. Eliza Rosenberger on her eighty first birthday. Family from Hayfield Winchester Philadelphia and Washington attend as well as local friends in a festive, healthful celebration with about forty guests.
Physicians in Harrisonburg and Rockingham county announce new price increases for medical service effective May. Minimum office call charges will be $1 and personal visits $2 with mileage charged at 75 cents per mile beyond the first.
Chas Hr Rainsberger of 605 Market St Winchester testifies on April 19 1915 to long term use of Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney issues noting consistent relief. He repeats in January 6 1919 that Doan's Kidney Pills restore him when kidneys fail and mentions price and retailer details Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mrs Amelia Evans of Kernatown has recovered from a fractured hip after a January fall at church. She has been treated at Memorial Hospital and is now able to walk with crutches, and has been moved to her home.
Former County Magistrate Hugh O Pierce left for Wadesville Clarke county Virginia to spend several days with George Wright and join a fishing party on the Opequon. Suckers said to be plentiful along the historic creek. Tillie Clinger recalls asking a landlady if she could entertain a burglar. The Salvation Army.
In the Clerk's Office of Court of the County dated March 22 1920 Mary J Mellinger plaintiff sues Aaron G Mellinger executor of D H Mellinger dec d to settle the estate under the will and pay $3000 plus interest to the complainant or trustee for her. Susan G Bowers Daniel Wright Jesse Wright and Frederick Wright listed as nonresidents are to appear within ten days after due publication. The order requires weekly publication in The Evening Star Winchester Va for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse by March 29 1920. Teste C C Brannon Clerk.
In April 1920 Horace T. Deahl sues Marcia D. Deahl for divorce a mensa vel de lectus on abandonment desertion and cruelty seeking general relief. An order requires her Virginia nonresidency to be published weekly in the Winchester Star and posted at the Frederick county courthouse by April 12. Judge Beverley signs the clerk’s certificate. A separate notice details a Frederick County land sale by trustee Warren Rice set for April 17 1920 with one third cash and two equal annual payments, secured by deed of trust. sale postponed to May 1 1920.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Burkhart and his Vegetable Compound for liver kidney stomach trouble and constipation claiming cures. It touts a 39 day treatment for 25 cents and the remedy as preventative for grip and flu with address 621 Main St Cincinnati Ohio and sale at all drug stores.
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