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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1923
Page
7
A text advises drinking plenty of soft water and four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush acids from the body. It claims this reduces irritation in the bladder and urinary tract, lessens burning during urination, and can ease nocturnal frequency.
Poultry firm quotes high priced broilers and early layers with order bookings available after January. Located in Edinburg Virginia buyers can reserve stock for future delivery.
Fragmentary timetable lists June 17 1989 rail connections to Roanoke Shenandoah Junction and Washington. Local trains link Philadelphia New York Hagerstown and Washington with departures around 9 19 pm 10 57 pm and 3 29 pm. Parlor car and sleeper services appear for Hagerstown to Philadelphia with limited stops at Shenandoah Junction and Evans.
E Tompkins a Milwaukee Normal School real estate dealer and manual training instructor was charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife whose nude headless body was found near Dong en Bay. The wife disappeared Thursday morning after sending two children to school. Police and a searching party located the body under a pile of rocks as investigators found blood stains at the Tompkins home and in the vicinity of White Fish Bay. Tompkins aged 39 and his wife 42.
President Coolidge stated at the White House that U S aid to Germany should come on a business basis not as charity. The remark followed talks with German Ambassador Wiedfeldt and discussed a proposed German loan for food purchases and a possible $20 million relief bill by Senator Lenroot.
Glow worms appear more brilliant as storms approach, a striking natural mystery with no current explanation. The phenomenon evokes curiosity about seasonal and weather-related luminescence in these insects.
Seven miners are dead and six injured after a dust blast at the Black Hawk Coal Company mine on Carr's fork near Hazard Kentucky. Two of the injured are likely fatally hurt. The incident occurred late Friday and prompted investigations and rescue efforts by local authorities and company personnel.
The Rev. G. B. Stansbury will preach at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church. Sunday school convenes at 9:45 a.m. and the Baptist Young People's Union meets at 6:30 p.m.
The church offers services at 11 a.m. with a sermon by the pastor on "An Important Journey" and Sunday school at 2 30 p m. An evening sermon at 8 p m. is titled "Seeking Forsaking and Finding" with Pastor M A H Clarence Alker delivering.
Miss Mollie and Clara Wood learn from their brother in law and sister that Mr and Mrs W R Talbot and Miss Miriam Talbott have reached Gibraltar after sailing to European countries.
Mrs Effie Thomas of Baltimore arrived to spend time with her sister Mrs Ella Steele who was recently admitted to Memorial Hospital for treatment. Mr Lawrence E Weems, who had been visiting here, returned yesterday to continue his travels.
Local markets list prices for flour eggs butter oats and other staples. It includes livestock values for lambs sheep hogs calves and chickens and notes regional retail prices for flour and butter.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia Ridgeway Orchard Co Inc is named in a suit to recover 547.90 with interest at 6 percent from December 1 1923 on an open account. The defendant is foreign and nonresident and must appear within 15 days after publication. The order requires weekly publication for four weeks and posting at the courthouse. The clerk is Brannon with Jos B Newlin as ag. 12-8-4ow
We express sincere appreciation to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and sympathy during the death of husband and father and for beautiful floral offerings from Mrs James F Smith and children.
Mr and Mrs Cre Vere rae the Empire theatre area reported a Ford theft. The car had Virginia license 0.537 city Winchester Vickse No 519. Police were notified of the loss.
For sale two 5 room doubles on South Main Street with monthly payment option of 2700 dollars. Also a 68 foot building lot priced at 2500 dollars and a 60 foot lot at 758 dollars. Neighborhood details not provided.
Edmund Spates son of Mrs C K een celebrated his birthday with 16 friends at his brother’s East Clifford street home. Aunt Miss Mamie Spates helped receive guests. refreshments and games followed as well wishes poured in for the celebrant. The report notes Santa Claus may have mistaken the date as gifts and birthday greetings were shared.
Miss Kate Lewis of South Kent street, from an old family, fell last evening while fleeing an automobile and fractured her right wrist. Dr. A D Henkel was summoned to set the bone. It was said she previously broke the same wrist several years ago.
Frank H. Krebs, who last Sunday was taken to Memorial Hospital for throat treatment, has recovered enough to return to his home on North Braddock Street. He was reported today as much improved.
Seven to seventeen thousand Lehigh Coal Company miners in the Massie Pittston district walk out over missing rate sheets. A threatened strike involves about 20 000 Hudson Coal Company workers from Forest City to Plymouth as union leaders strive to avert a wider stoppage.
The council authorized selling water and sewer bonds. three $1,000 bonds were directed canceled as they aged. Dr. Anderson urged an audit of parish farm accounts and an itemized joint expenses statement. Auto tag redesign and electric lighting for West Cork Street were discussed, with measures referred to committees and a report due later. Miss Lily Baker returned from Washington.
A vintage ad touts Red Pepper Rub as the fastest cure for congestion cold symptoms and muscle or joint soreness. It describes a tingling heat that penetrates and relieves within minutes, claiming immediate comfort for rheumatism backache stiff neck and similar pains. Rowles Pepper Rub is recommended for rapid relief and omnipresent effectiveness.
Eight coupons clipped from The Winchester Star daily issues entitle the bearer to a free ticket to see Jackie Coogan in Long Live the King at the Empire Theater. Passes are issued when coupons are presented at 91 office of The Winchester Star.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions gas and chemists, unclear names and dates. The readable parts reference government work and chemical topics without coherent narrative or identified individuals or events. No verifiable facts to expand into a proper news brief.
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