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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1916
Page
4
The Martyr and His Daughters on the Ocean Beach
G Augustus Grimes boasts of leaving home to “earn an extra shilling” for his wife and seven daughters as they bask on beaches. He defends the heat and hardship as he treks the burning street to fund their pleasures while praising his family as peaches and lollipops. The poem ends by praising cheerful manly martyrs who drag their spavined feet while telling others that girls may have a treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
G. Augustius Grimes
Death Commonplace In Greatest Battle On Somme Front
The AP staff correspondent reports on the Somme offensive where about half a million British and German troops clash for weeks. Heavy shells widen trenches, machine guns mow down attackers, and civilians are evacuated as villages like Bucquoy and Rancourt are razed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Somme Front
Pozieres Salient
Champagne
Delville Wood
Bucquoy
Rancourt
Prominent Druggist Predicts Hair Remedy Takeover
A leading American druggist forecasts mildred in a Hair Remedy will dominate sales within eight years. He claims widespread use will end dandruff and scalp diseases, making baldness rare in twenty years. Sample offer and mail order details appear from Mildred Louise Co. Boston and Miller's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mildred
Mildred Ina
Mildred Louise Co
Boston
Mass
Miller's Drug Store
Civilians Sealed In By War Firepower Amid Bombing Runs
A World War I dispatch reports civilians killed or wounded as British aviators bomb grain fields and harvests in French towns. Bombs fall near Bugny and Cambrai, with civilians lacking protectable shelter while artillery and air raids devastate the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugny
Cambrai
Dodson's Liver Tone Advertises Safer Calomel Substitute
An old newspaper ad warns against calomel as dangerous mercury causing sickness and salivation. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable, safe substitute that starts the liver without side effects and cannot salivate. The copy targets adults and even children, urging avoidance of calomel and touting the product as harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
City council tackles street rights and public works
Busy Special Session advances ordinances on railroad rights of way and sewer work. Council passes measures funding patrol system, drinking fountains, sidewalk condemnations, and a fund reimbursement to Frederick County. Adjournment follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Piccadilly Street
Eichenberger
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Market
Main Streets
Frederick County
Winchester
McGee
Indian Alley
Amherst Street
East Piccadilly Street
Eicchelberger
South Market Street
J. B. Graber
F. A. Graicin
Emma Goshert
Miss Ann Fauntleroy Fauntleroy Guests In Virginia
Miss Ann Fauntleroy has been visiting friends in Staunton and Lexington Virginia. She spent yesterday and today with relatives in Winchester and left this afternoon for Washington. She will return to Northampton Massachusetts soon. Mr Robert Campbell assistant cashier of the Commercial and Savings Bank Winchester is in Middletown attending the Modern Woodmen of the World annual picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann McGill Fautleroy
Robert Campbell
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Winchester
Middletown
Miss Rhoda Lee Returns Home from Vincentown Visit
Miss Rhoda Lee of Vincentown New Jersey returns home after a visit with Miss Baker on South Washington Street lasting several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Lee
Vincentown
N. J
Cure for Cholera Morbus Rem edy Endorsement
Mrs. Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York writes that her seven year old son was cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since then other family members used it for colic and bowel trouble with good results and she endorses it as a remedy of exceptional merit Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Simmons
Fair Haven
N. Y
Mrs. Conrad's Picture in The Washington Post
The Washington Post publishes a fine photograph of Mrs. Holmes Conrad Jr wife of Holmes Conrad of New York. The couple has spent time in Washington where they count many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Post Today
Holmes Conrad, Jr
Holmes Conrad
New York
Conrad
Washington
Auto Arrivals at the Hotels
Hotel Evans schedules arrivals including Mr. B. F. Conrad and daughter from Hagerstown with Mr. W. P. Caldwell and Mr. E. F. Bates of Danville Kentucky. Hotel Jack lists Misses S. E. Leaton and Frances Benedict with Mr. G. B. Benedict of Elizabeth New Jersey and Baltimore guests Mr. and Mrs. Milton Norris and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
B. F. Conrad
Miss Conrad
Hagerstown
W.P. Caldwell
E. F. Bates
Danville
W. W. Symington
Jack
S. E. Leaton
Frances Benedict
G. B. Benedict
Elizabeth
N. J
Milton Norris
Milton S
William O. Norris
Baltimore
Louis Hutzler
Julian Stern
City Parks Add Six Large Swings At Rouss Park
City officials supervise installation of six large swings at Rouss Park playground beside the pavilion. The improved picnic grounds aim to attract more families and provide a bigger attraction for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Park
Rouss Spring Park
Rouss Spring
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Evening Star Publishing Company
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G. Augustus Grimes
Conway Hall
W. A. Hutchison
Carlisle
Turneu
Park Ave
C.R. Grubbs
Vas
Thomas & Messer
Baltimore St
Baltimore, Md
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Arizona
Golden West
Kid Miller
Jack Payne
Royal Italian Concert Band
George Reynolds
Ami
Pauline
Sisco
Princess Tiny
Rose
Kelley
Bullock Family
McGothen Circus
On-Kremer
Grove Bros. Dept. Store
Union Bank of Winchester
Footer
Panama
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Co. A. Heller & CO
Thur-Sat
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Atlantic City
Cape May
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Stone Harbor
Wildwood
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
MASON
People’s Bargain Store
N. Main St
Bell
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