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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
3
A New York artist earns six hundred dollars yearly by repainting a family portrait to current fashion. A widow of means funds annual updates, insisting on modern gowns for her mother’s likeness, and the artist complies to keep the portrait styled with each fashion shift.
Germany uses the metric system but with German names. One kilogram equals 1,000 grams and equals 2.2046 pounds, showing how metric units map to pounds in common use.
A compact extract emphasizes labor as the core element in creating national wealth. It argues that productive work underpins economic strength and progress, shaping social and political theories about prosperity.
A dialogue on a train shows the Inquisitive Party pressing routes to Flic Pitten Crail while a Noncommissioned Officer refuses each proposed destination prompting the party to question concern over where they are headed.
A woman presents a small cigar stub to a tobacconist, asking if he has a matching product. He studies the fragment through the shop window, then the pair discuss a potential match as she explains it is a remnant from her husband’s special cigar.
The Astor family descends from Jacob Astor born in Waldorf near Heidelberg in 1768. He came to New York in 1788 and founded Astoria, an Oregon trading post, in 1811 about 190 miles northwest of Portland on the Columbia River.
A fragmentary notice hints at a result or tune tied to SS and Pies with a stray reference to 01 and £. The readable text is sparse, offering no clear event date or named entities beyond these initials and a currency symbol.
The text traces uric acid as the suspected cause of rheumatism gout and lumbago since 1775. It recommends self treatment including regular meals, increased fluids, and remedies like Anuric to flush uric acid, plus iced or hot compresses and iodized applications for swelling.
The piece notes Britain plans to hold firm on terms, with Lloyd George likely outlining allied position if he speaks at all. It reports strong British opposition to a Hague round table and quotes nationalist A A Lynch opposing peace talks now, warning Germany’s ploy to end the war.
A sermon declares sin universal and emphasizes confession to receive forgiveness. The speaker warns against rationalizing sin, notes the impact on families and communities, and urges individuals to accept Christ as savior to overcome sinful influence. Public moral concern frames the message as not a private issue.
Rev. W T Waiters travels to the upper Virginia Valley to conduct special services for churches lacking pastors and the Christian Church deer will have no preaching on Sunday. New members will be received the following Sunday.
An old newspaper ad touts Olive Tablets as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel to ease stomach upset and aid digestion. It promotes quick dosing of one or two tablets and suggests improved appetite and digestion with regular use.
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