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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement urges readers to use Rad Salts a four ounce daily dose to flush and stimulate kidneys, claim relief from bladder weakness and general health decline. It touts acid grape and lemon juice base with lithia and promotes Rad Sal as a safe, delightful in water beverage.
A home remedy for gray hair suggests sage and sulphur mixtures to darken hair, but a ready to use Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores. Dampening a sponge and brushing through strand by strand can make hair appear darker, shinier, and younger with repeated applications.
A fragment recalls Rosa Bortheur as a pioneering woman in Pattilet circles, linking her to Belgian writer Lewole geen and to historic parties as the first woman involved in the field.
Catalog promotes seed varieties for home use canning and farming. It highlights field seeds for heavy grain yields and hay production as well as pasture varieties for cows.
A fashionable physician mocks a sick patient, claiming many of his patients are rich with imaginary ailments. He asserts he seeks honest cases to practice real skill and calls out deception in his profession.
The Grabeolns display opulence and refined taste in their home and dog house. Their belongings are described as superior to local counterparts, with even the dog house resembling a Queen Anne cottage in style.
In a heated exchange, a father dismisses a suitor as a fool and after money. The daughter argues the suitor would marry only for her penny, prompting the father to reiterate his distrust. The dispute centers on love, money, and parental approval.
A string of quotable lines hints at small town lives and gossip. Characters include Young Briggs inheriting wealth and the Gawkins girl’s cinema link. The tone shifts from punctuality to quirky household talk about goats and corsets.
A pair of light vignettes satirize envy in art and letters. A painter boasts selling a work to a banker for 2000 dollars while a rival scorns the financier. Miss Cayenne prefers art to literature and notes she enjoys magazine covers more than text. A fiancée jokes about a suitor who often criticizes others.
A fragmentary comic scene features a star’s forgotten lines and a rapt observer noting the perfect contour at the top. Barber-Hair thinning humor, a jab about fat reduction, and a man who sold his house for three thousand dollars yet lacks a home mingle with legal quips from a cautious lawyer and a wary observer.
A fragment shows a wedding scene where Johnson complains about gifts and a companion quips that it is better to give than to receive, illustrating a witty exchange on generosity.
A fragmented dialogue touches on poetry sales at sixteen and lifelong writing, then shifts to relationships and divorce. The exchange mentions second husbands and questions the timing of a divorce, suggesting motives and choices behind marital decisions.
Slogan-like line urges drivers to notice traffic signals and drive safely. The message emphasizes caution and responsibility on the road.
Robert Sprinkle and A J Zeigler were arrested for attempting to defraud Winchester Cold Storage by checking in for work then hiding and not laboring. Foreman Price found them missing. they were later found near the Fair grounds. They received suspended sentences and were ordered to pay arrest costs and lose their jobs.
A famous stock exchange figure retiring to philanthropy recalls his heyday as a major gambler. He and his partner were skilled at making enemies, and a rival once quipped he was the biggest thief on the exchange, prompting a succinct reply. The piece shifts to a notice about a new clock dial patent and unrelated local items.
City Solicitor Philip Williams finds a solution for six new council members who failed to qualify by term start. An act allows city officers to qualify before the court clerk in vacation without a court in session, so the council members will take the oath before Clerk Jeverley before September 1 and become full members.
T Reed thanks firemen and citizens for prompt effective service during a fire at his Corkane property.
The horn book, invented about 1450 and evolving to the late 18th century, served as the standard elementary text. A thin wood slab covered with parchment held printed capitals, small letters, syllables, and simple words, protected by a horn sheath to keep moisture out.
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