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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1919
Page
2
A terse ad describes a Saueres farm with good buildings and a quantity of timber. It lists 10 acres of orchard land and notes a price of 50 dollars, calling it cheap. The fragment hints at a real estate sale opportunity.
The Harrisonburg News Record and Staunton News consolidate and raise subscriptions to four dollars per year due to higher paper costs and production expenses. The Staunton News Leader quotes that morning papers will cost four dollars annually and evening editions three dollars fifty cents, reflecting ongoing industry price pressures.
List for the week ending December 13 1919 shows unclaimed letters including Mrs Robert Arnold Grover Ben ner Miss Christinia Brenner oPaaGse Boyer J Cole Hampton Clayton Miss Lee Crowley Luther Foster M F Johnson James W Johnson Roy Loy Miss Gussie Simpson J W Sibert Postmaster callers must pay one cent per letter received.
In loving memory of Edward P Hicks who departed August 14 1919 and Nannie V Hicks who departed February 24 1913. Sleep on father and mother take your rest. God called you home he thought it best. It was hard to part with thee but God's strong arms supported thee. Oh how lonely without you.
Don’t neglect a cold or cough. Dr Kings New Discovery offers a proven remedy that relieves cold and cough swiftly. A standard reliever with high quality for over fifty years, now selling at 120 a bottle at all druggists.
A son Walter Hicks writes of loss dated December 4 1919. He recalls sickness and pain endured by his parents and a failed doctor’s relief. He expresses faith that the Savior took them to God’s mansion and hopes to meet them in Heaven beyond earthly grief.
The article links sluggish digestion to lack of pep in work and play and claims a recurring headache stems from retained waste and body impurities. It emphasizes dietary and health concerns affecting daily performance.
In Washington the Junior Red Cross in Winchester sent apples and nuts to Thanksgiving celebrations at Walter Reed St Elizabeths Evergreen Fort McHenry and Hampton hospitals. Red Cross field directors organized entertainments as 1609 men 3475 boys and 80 blind soldiers received treats, bringing cheer and touching scenes that echoed the public’s gratitude.
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