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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
2
An advertisement argues liniments cannot cure Rheumatism and urges cleansing the blood instead. It promotes S. S. as a blood purifier claimed to remove disease traces and advises purchasing at a drug store. Readers may write for free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
M. T. Davis, a leading Bearsville merchant, recalls a late night case of croup in a child. He recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, claiming it relieved the child and noting it is sold everywhere.
Local social tidbits list visits and guests in Berryville and nearby towns. Names include Mrs A M Taylor Beverley New Jersey and Miss Adeline Taylor Washington guests of Mrs Malcolm S Taylor at the rectory. Various visitors from Washington Richmond Warrenton and Petersburg noted with health update for Mrs E L McGill formerly Nellie Page.
Advertorial claiming thousands suffer stomach distress from diet and preservatives. It asserts Mi O Na stomach tablets relieve indigestion in minutes, rebuild the stomach with regular use, and cure belching sour stomach and headaches, advertised as sold by druggists nationwide.
Candidate W. B. Hicks of Camp Lee has been honorably discharged. He would have completed his course in the officers training school in a few weeks. He and his wife are visiting the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs J S Hicks, near town.
A brief note states that two thirds of letters handled by world post offices are written to or sent by people who speak English, highlighting English’s dominance in international correspondence.
Grandma claims girls were more modest in her time while a young woman jokes it was a fad. The exchange hints at shifting norms and thrift stamp culture as era trends. Life and SPREE TS Secrees are referenced in a playful, rhythmic snippet.
Apples export opens in recent days with freight costs rising. From New York to England freight and expenses run about six dollars per barrel, while England sets a maximum retail price of two cents per pound. Frederick County apples sent to England seek wholesale gains of twelve to fourteen dollars per barrel to match domestic prices, with net returns after costs roughly equal to the home market amid the export boom.
Berryville Va December 6 Advent call prompts special prayer meetings this week by the Woman's Auxiliary. Schedule includes Sunday at Mrs W M S Hammond Monday at Mrs R J Lewis Tuesday at the rectory Wednesday at the parish house Thursday at Grace Church with Holy Communion by Rev B Duvall Chambers Millwood Friday at Mrs Joseph Bakewell Saturday at Mrs James McGuire. Meetings have drawn good attendance and strong interest.
An old remedy recommends Hamburg Breast Tea to treat a cold or grip. A tablespoonful steeped in boiling water and consumed as a tea is said to open the skin pores, relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and drive the cold from the system. Described as inexpensive and vegetable, it is claimed to be safe and harmless.
An advertisement touts a 30 cent bottle of St Jacobs Liniment to relieve backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatic soreness. It claims a single application rubs in to end misery within fifty counts and is harmless to the skin.
Water from a natural hot spring in Acqui Italy heats a large hospital formerly a school. The facility is piped to provide boiling water for heating washing and cleaning needs. The central spring supplies all hot water with no fires needed except for cooking.
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