Gets-it corn cure touted by Keller Drug Co ad
Local item notes a corn remedy sold by Keller Drug Co and linked to Lawrence and Co of Chicago. It mentions people in Kernstown and Winchester and a hospital stay for Mrs Margaret Richard at Western State Hospital in Anton Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence &O
Chicago
Winchester
Keller Drug Co
John
Jessie Cammer
Kernstown
Bessie ‘Whittington
Zepp
St. John's Church
Anton
Woolsey of Jacksonville Recalls Kidney Trouble Relief
F. W. Woolsey of Jacksonville Texas recalls chronic kidney trouble and rheumatism with back pain and fatigue. he mentions using pills and a remedy that helped him recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Woolsey
Jacksonville, Tex
First Baptist Church Sunday School Picnic
The annual Sunday school picnic will be held tomorrow afternoon. Transportation by automobile arranged with buses leaving the church at 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock. All church and Sunday school members are invited to enjoy the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Baltimore trio arrives in town by motor car
Mrs J Freeman and Messrs Frank Kennedy and Charles Andrew McCann of Baltimore arrived in town yesterday evening in their motor car and registered at the Hotel Jack. They are on a trip through the Stenandoan Valley. Mr McCann is a leading figure in the Paint and Powder Club and is known as an amateur stage star.
Special common council meeting called for this evening
A special meeting of the common council is set for this evening at 8 o clock in the council chamber. Several important matters will come before the council, with the next regular meeting noted for March 2.
Bloom area social notes highlight regional visitors
Mrs. Mary Bott of Baker West Virginia visits parents near Bloom. Austin Cooper and family with Miss Margaret Ramsey of Washington visit relatives. Emma Wisban and Roderford of Woodstock join weekend guests. Several local residents host and travel to Front Royal Wardensville Luray Valley events. motor trips and visits by Crabill, Cooper, Ramsey, and Wright families are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Cooper
Margaret Ramsey
Washington
Emma Wisban
Roderford
Woodstock
A. L. White
Eva Cammer
Kernstown
John O'Maherty
Jacob Crabill
Lola
Lillian Fearnow
Front Royal
Annie Cooper
Edgar Cooper
Isaac. Frye
Charles McKilwee
Arthur Miller
C. R. Snapp
Evel Miller
Wardensville
Chloe Carbaugh
Stephens City
Luray
Virginia
Clara Taylor
Hensell Lafollette
Loring Wright
Anna Gooper
Lelia
Lillie
Mae Grabill
A Year Ago In World War I Raging Fronts and Political Shifts
Washington reports reflect a year ago as Germany pushed toward Paris with Russian counter advances into West Prussia and Datzig. French and British lines retreated behind Maubeuge Valenciennes and the Cambrai Le Cateau front while Paris faced cabinet upheaval and Premier Viviani was replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Nicholas
Elbingistrict
West Prussia
Datzig
Vistula
Lille
Fiy
Maubeuge
Valenciennes
Cambria-Le Cateau
St. Die
Alsace
Paris
Frandié
Voux
Poincare
Vivian
France
Public Auction of Household Furniture on September 4
C N Gray offers at his residence 715 Washington Street a public auction of household furniture starting at 10 a m. on Saturday September 4. Items include beds and bedding, bureaus, stoves, chairs, tables, carpets, tools, buggy harness saddle and other articles in good condition. Cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
Nain
F. J. Russell
William Parlett
D. C
Clare Nain
Duvall & Dunn
Washington Street
C. N. Gray
Bombs from aeroplane sink German submarine near Ostend
The British admiralty announced the destruction of a German submarine near Ostend by a bomb dropped from an aeroplane and implied additional losses to the U boat fleet. Earl of Selbourne told landowners that many U boats had been captured or destroyed and that the navy held the submarine menace in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ostend
Belgium
Admiralty
Germany
Earl of Selbourne
Board of © Agriculture
S. A
Secretary of the Admiralty
Arthur W. Bigsworth
R. Ny
Ore
New Automobile Blue Book Expands Coverage South of Potomac
The Automobile Blue Books announce a new separate volume for 1916 to map the main travel routes below the Potomac and Ohio rivers. A Blue Book car will survey the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast highways, noting thousands of miles of trunk lines and connections.
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Automobile Blue Books
Age
New York
Chicago
Potomac
Ohio Rivers
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Middle West
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Western Territory
Parrot Polly Loses Hatchling to Hornet Stung Death
Polly the parrot, kept by Mrs. Humes Hall of 228 Boas Street in Harrisburg, tried to hatch a chick by setting on a chicken egg. A hornet fatally stung the chick, ending Polly's dream of motherhood and her refrain about wanting a cracker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Polly
Humes Hall
Boas St
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Winchester Tested User
Doan's Kidney Pills promoted as effective for kidney trouble with a Winchester user report. Mrs J W Stryker of 115 South Main Street Winchester says back pain and weakness improved after taking the pills. Ad notes 50 cents at all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Winchester
J. W. Stryker
S. Main Street
Miss Cleora Raper Passes Virginia State Board Nurse Exam
News that Miss Cleora Raper, a Winchester Memorial Hospital Training School graduate, has passed the Virginia State Board examination and earned the registered nurse certificate. She is visiting Capon Springs. Also notes arrivals of Frank Gould and B Satterfield at Hotel Jack and Mrs. Maria Worthington renting in Winchester. A humorous quip about an overweight letter at the post office is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleora Raper
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Raper
State Board of Virginia
Capon Springs
W. Va
Germans Take Olita Fortress in Olita Capture
Berlin reports Olita fortress on the Niemen river 25 miles south of Kroyne has fallen to German troops. The seizure leaves Grodno 40 miles south of Olita as the last major stronghold guarding the Warsaw Petrograd railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Olita
Warsaw-Petrograd
Niemen River
Kroyne
Grodno
Widow Refuses to Take Second Husband’s Offer
A timid woman recalls her first husband and hints she will not consider a re marriage. Mr. C. B. Lynn of Cedar Grove presents The Star with a basket of peaches. The column also ponders the fate of the Cheerful Idiot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Force
C. BE. Lynn
Cedar Grove
County
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Winchester Fair
Lovett
U.S. Cavalry
Harry F. Byrd
Gorns
Oat & Co
Baptist
Baltimore
Council
Bloom, Va
Mary Bott
Baker, W. Va
Briscoe Williams
Harry Carbaugh
M. P
Glynn
Asm Oe
Wire
Nature
Ryan & Orndoff
Kéeen
Kutter
Livick
North Main Street
Livick's
N. Main St
Sonneborn’s. Ip
Frank Gould
Harrisonburg
West Virginia
Jack
Mr. B. Satterfield
Maria Worthington
Nagshead
N. C
Nancy Lee Coble
Pogy
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