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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1918
Page
5
A group of Winchester boys chased squirrels and lit matches in a hollow tree on John Coe’s land near Winchester. Fire risk rose, three youths were captured by Coe and taken to town, with warrants issued for trespass. cases set for police court later this afternoon.
Mr and Mrs A B Richards were notified by the War Department that their son, Sergeant Roy W Richards, was severely wounded in battle in France. A comrade reported he was shot in the thigh on September 23 and is with the medical department of the 357th Infantry. He enlisted as a volunteer in September and is perhaps the county’s youngest soldier.
A reader from Benton Louisiana touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a grand home remedy for influenza grip coughs and colds. The ad claims it has no opiates and is sold everywhere and perfect for every household during cough and cold season.
A garbled OCR fragment suggests an old style medicine ad praising a tablet remedy. The text hints at dosing at bedtime and price points of 10 or 25 cents per box, with scattered phrases about taste and consumption. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear names or dates.
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