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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
3
Many suffer backache and bladder issues from sluggish kidneys. Take four ounces of Jad Salts in water each morning for a few days to flush and stimulate normal kidney activity. The effervescent remedy neutralizes urine acids and is sold by local druggists.
Governor Stuart endorses a stronger Virginia campaign against tuberculosis and supports Red Cross seal sales to fund care for 20 000 cases and 3 727 deaths last year. The effort aims to aid consumptives with milk and eggs as part of the anti tuberculosis drive.
Dispatches report Prizren near the Albanian border fell to Bulgarian troops with over 3,000 prisoners and eight guns. Monastir evacuation is announced as Bulgarians close on the Serb bastion. Teutonic pressure drives Serbs from Mitrovica area while 1,000 more are captured west of the Sitnica. London lists British losses at about 600,000 since war began. Greek reply pending.
Ath ens dispatch cites Allied staffs outlining military features of requirements while negotiations drag on. Marshall Kitchener returns to London after extended Near East trip as Austrian reinforcements surge near Gorizia. Rome concedes steep Italian gains on heights northwest of the city were repelled after violent counterattacks.
N Y Yoder, superintendent of the Charlottesville cold storage plant, was severely stabbed by John Clements while at his office phone. Yoder, from Martinsburg W V, sustained throat cheek and forehead gashes and a left side wound, and was taken to a hospital. Clements fled but was later arrested. 10 eyewitnesses present. Yoder, married with two children, had no stated motive and is expected to recover. Also included is gardening guidance on curing h blight in old herring trees with disinfectants and pruning practices.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article outlines how removing a few broad trees reduces Zimmerman pine moth damage by limiting hibernating caterpillars and urges winter removal of infested trees. It also details methods to combat ants including nest destruction with carbon disulphide and trapping in houses with sweetened water and boiling water.
An article notes seed vitality depends on age and maturity with mature seeds producing stronger plants. Large seeds germinate better than small ones and seed vigor declines with improper storage. It emphasizes reliance on known good strains and warns moist storage harms vitality. A final aside comments on fatigue and a joke about a rich father-in-law.
Local markets list prices on corn oats hay middlings and flour products with wholesale butter 27 cents per pound and live poultry chickens at 15 cents per pound turkeys 14 to 16 cents and potatoes 60 per bushel plus New York apple market notes Jonathan Baldwin Winesap and Jonathan Davis Gano barrel prices amid broad market dullness and slight declines.
Greening per 4d h barrel firsts and seconds priced at 4.50 and 2. Imperial per d h barrel lists firsts at 3.50 and seconds at 1.75.
A quirky item notes a boy believing a picnic dinner on a neatly decorated table can be as appetizing as an anti hill setting. The text also states gold weighs nearly twenty times as much as the same volume of water.
Daily edition notes the publication runs daily except Sunday with front page items and local briefs. It hints at name repetition and fragmented OCR text, indicating standard newspaper formatting and notices.
In effect November 22 1914 westbound from Strasburg No 23 daily 7 30 am local for Harrisonburg arrives 9 30 am No 49 daily 12 25 noon local for Harrisonburg arrives 2 30 pm Parlor Car No 21 daily 7 59 pm local for Harrisonburg arrives 10 15 pm
A fragmented timetable lists Norfolk and Western train numbers and routes to Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Shenandoah Philadelphia New York and Washington. It mentions Pullman sleepers and parlor cars with connections in Roanoke Philadelphia and Hagerstown, noting intermediate stations and times.
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