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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
4
The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror are part of the consolidated Evening Star and Morning News endeavor seeking unified publishing operations.
Readers are informed the paper republishes all news dispatches credited or not and includes local news within this issue.
The December 4 report by Chairman Hardy’s special committee urges bonding to fund a survey led by an engineer and a phased city expansion. It calls for extended water and sewer systems, parks, and civic improvements over years, stressing a larger water reserve and financing changes to support growth.
Virginia teachers return from the State Teachers association meeting in Richmond filled with thrift and savings plans. They promote Treasury and War Savings activities, with three thousand teachers forming classrooms on thrift and more than two million dollars in national savings purchases in Virginia.
Instructions describe a Wigginton method poisoned wheat recipe using strychnine with sugar and wheat batches for pest control. The text also notes Educational Division War and Loan Organization distributing free books to superintendents principals and teachers with prompt mailing.
A 3100 reward notice claims Hall's Medicine cures catarrh by cleansing the blood and strengthening the system. It asserts internal use removes constitutional disease and promises testimonials proving success, naming Toledo and Portus as examples of places associated with the claim.
A marriage license was issued in the county clerk's office on Thursday afternoon to Michael James Burke r and Sadie Helen Ashby, both colored of the southern part of the county. Ambrose Nickens accompanied the groom and has just returned from overseas service with the 359th Infantry, 32nd Division. He described battles in France to court officers and spoke modestly of his role, noting that the heat there was the best thing he saw.
Charles Baker of Brownaville Texas endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe non opiate cough remedy for children. He notes it relieves bad colds and whooping cough and has recommended it to friends for years.
The advertisement says Foley's Honey and Tar loosens phlegm and mucus clears passages coats irritated membranes with a healing demulcent eases hoarseness and throat irritation and promotes restful sleep. It proclaims no better remedy for coughs and colds.
A reflective line suggests that many people face hardship as a result of their own actions, while those who succeed are quick to acknowledge their luck and merit. The tone implies a commentary on fate and merit in contemporary life.
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