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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1918
Page
3
An old style health ad warns mothers to guard children from internal poisons causing bad dreams and feverish heads. It promotes Cascarets candy cathartic for kids and notes a 10 cent box price with a brief call to read further.
This memorial honors Captain Conrad a devoted civilian and soldier who led Company I in World War I. After training at Camp Lee and Camp McClellan he fought in the Meuse Argonne offensive and fell facing the foe. The court adjourns to pay tribute to a loyal, brave officer whose sacrifice embodies patriotism.
Mrs. Jennie Chapman, 75, a farmer’s wife, weakened by pneumonia, reports Vinel rebuilt her strength rapidly and calls it the best medicine she has taken. The ad attributes Vinel’s effects to beef and cod liver peptones manganese compounds and glycerophosphates, promoted by Miller’s Drug Store and Druggists Everywhere.
Miss Mary Pidgeon of Whdesvill Virginia connected with the national headquarters of the Woman's Party will visit Middletown Saturday to interest local women in the suffrage movement. She will be met by Miss Emma Howard Wight and they will discuss progress of the movement and campaign experiences in other states.
The piece credits the American people and the Food Administration under Hoover for mobilizing voluntary action to double European food shipments, proving democracy’s strength. It cites national resolve, Allied support, and the belief that democracy’s example sustains war efforts and morale in Europe.
The Food Administration credits farmers and threshermen with saving 16 million bushels of wheat through cleaner methods and field gathering. The effort, described as patriotic service, reduced losses and put millions of dollars in growers’ pockets as crews fixed equipment and obeyed recommendations nationwide.
The piece lauds voluntary sacrifice in food control, claiming no one suffered while breadstuffs stayed steady and prices remained calm. It credits Americans with abstinence from wheat and widespread sharing to counter German starvation and to unite the world through sufficiency.
A World War I era report notes Germany’s starvation pressure and highlights American food conservation as the country’s response, praising individual devotion to the national cause and framing it as a triumph.
In the circuit court of Jevick County Virginia a decree names Mary Johnson and others in Middletown State Bank v Johnson estate matters. The master will convene to settle liens and credits of the decedent J D Johnson, determine unpaid claims, and set deadlines for evidence before final action. Court actions precede publication notice.
Mrs. D. H. Anderson of 129 Mal Street reports sharp back pain eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She states her back is sound and normal now with no further trouble since taking the pills. The testimonial mentions Foster-Moburn Co. of Buffalo New York and the price six pence at all dealers.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the quick cure for stuffed head and nostrils. It claims the medicine opens passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and costs 25 cents at drug stores. It promotes ease of use with no taste discomfort.
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