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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
9
Mrs Sarah A Bohrer age 91 died at her son in law White Hall after ill health. She was born August 5 183? and widow of Thomas Bohrer. Her parents were DeHaven. Body sent to Chestnut Grove Church for funeral services and interment.
The quoted line from Dornford's "And Five Were Foolish" contrasts the queen of Sheba’s belief in her own lifestyle with Solomon's superior comfort ideas. She grieves that the king will forever compare plans, saying My dear Why can't we have so and so Solomon has.
A ragged girl limping after her mother at Zeekfontein in South Africa cried out and revealed a gem valued at £2500. The discovery occurred as the pair searched nearby.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for rundown health. It claims improved liver and kidney function and increased vigor, urging readers to obtain tablets or liquid or send 10 cents for a trial package from Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York.
A California professor states that dipping seed potatoes in a nitrate solution can yield two crops yearly. The method involves soaking tubers in nitrate to stimulate rapid growth and harvests.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount early railways with dates and countries including England Austria France United States Belgium Germany Russia Italy and others. Text is garbled but indicates historic beginnings of rail transport and international milestones.
Wilkesbarre Pa. paid tribute to Lewis P Kniffen former mayor sheriff and funeral director with a high ceremony attended by city officials clergymen and business associates. The service at Oaklawn Cemetery followed a large viewing and floral display reflecting broad community respect. Delegations from Masons Elks and Odd Fellows participated in the funeral rites.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason lampoons a nameless foe, Ben Beeswax, as a source of personal vexation. The speaker revels in cursing Ben at night yet preserves a public face of warmth and trust, blaming the figure for life’s slights while pretending restraint in crowds.
A brief excerpt mentions a figure named Ben Beeswax and an assertion of personal peace. The passage is fragmentary and lacks clear narrative or context, preventing a full news-style summary.
A patient recalls two hospital confinements and brutal care including repeated feeding via injections. After using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy the patient claims rapid recovery, claiming weight rose to 180 pounds and the treatment cured stomach and intestinal ailments. The ad promotes one dose as convincing.
An advertisement touts Kojene as a powerful non poisonous alcoholic antiseptic that ends eczema in 48 hours or less. The liquid claims to cure boils, pimples and skin infections and is priced at 60 cents for a six ounce bottle with refund if it fails.
A fragment notes Mrs Green at the wharf around noon with a niece on a trip. She glances aloft and remarks they’ll be well enough soon to grab lunch.
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