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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR hints at a short note or notice with unclear subject and limited readable details. Names dates places and concrete facts are missing, leaving only scattered letters and stray words. The record cannot identify a clear person or event from the fragment.
In a wartime era notice a West Virginia reader touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as improving women's health by addressing nerves and female-specific pains. The testimonial claims tablets and liquids aid the system, reduce doctor bills, and praises Lotion Tablets and Healing Suppositories, with a personal account of long-term use and relief.
Local notes record visits and social gatherings in Trone Virginia and Capon Bridge. Families from Pont Keyser Martinsburg Winchester Hagerstown and Danville visit relatives and attend church services with sermons noted at the Christian Church.
The Alexandria Gazette complains about incessant motor horns and urges drivers to use horns only to prevent accidents or warn, arguing constant shrill noises endanger pedestrians and violate public nerves.
A health pamphlet extols Jad Salts as a cure for back pain and kidney sluggishness caused by meat digestion. It claims uric acid from meat clogs kidneys and asserts Jad Salts flush and purify urine, alleviating bladder disorders and related ailments.
Under a 1915 deed of trust Robert L Brooks and Annie Quiett Brooks trigger sale of a Leicester Street lot. The frame dwelling sits between Brooks property and an alley, extends 64 feet, with one-third cash due sale day and two bonds for two thirds due in one and two years at 6 percent interest, secured by deed and fire policy. Trustee Hirley directs inquiries to attorney R Gray Williams Winchester VA.
Norfolk and Western timetable lists trains with routes to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton Elkton Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and Washington. Parlor cars Shenandoah and Roanoke connect at Roanoke with the Memphis special. sleepers to Williamson Winston-Salem Philadelphia and New York. Information by W C Saunders and W B Revill.
The case of M. R. Strode exctr. versus Marvin Register Strode Evans is referred to Master Commissioner J. W. Baker to report heirs, real and personal property, creditor accounts, unpaid taxes, and other matters of importance, and to return depositions with the report.
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