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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
4
A memorial notice recalls Julian W. Baker and his noble qualities as a friend and community member. The article discusses Britain’s World War I forces, noting vast numbers mobilized and the expected growth to two million by mid 1917, with references to casualties and global troop sources.
An aged warning claims catarrh damages general health and lungs leading to consumption. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best remedy, saying the medicine purifies the blood and should be asked for at the druggist.
After a wartime surge in munitions demand, steel centers show lasting industrial prosperity. Postwar Europe will seek American machinery and goods to rebuild, with plants ready to shift from munitions to other orders. Commissions of financiers and experts in the United States aim to connect with banks and manufacturers to place future orders.
In the House of Commons debate a demand emerges for an additional one million military volunteers. The speaker notes Britain must mobilize faster to meet looming defense needs amid wartime uncertainty.
The Ridgeway charge schedules preaching at Payne Chapel Arden and Gerardstown on Sunday December 26 with services at 11 a.m. 3 15 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Lieut Abney Payne arrives from New York to visit. Rest Chapel and Paynes Chapel hold services Friday and Tuesday evenings. Mrs George Tharp returns home from Clarke County trip. Local residents Mr M L Waliton and E P Newman visited for professional business.
Dr. George H. Carpenter leaves for Staunton and then Atlanta and Miami for the winter, planning return in spring. Notables arriving or staying include Barton brothers from college visiting grandparents, W. T. Harrison of Baltimore, George N. Whitehead in New York, Harry L. D. Albin in New York, Lake Brinkley from Frankford, and other guests at Hotel Evans and Hotel Jack. Several locals head to Baltimore, Chester, Washington, and New York for holidays or business and relatives.
Mr George Barrie from the University of Virginia will spend holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs Alexander Barrie on Amherst street. Mr Fred H Hable of Washington arrives and stays with his mother Mrs S H Hable on East Water street. Delmar Robinson of Dickinson College Carlisle Pa spends the season with his parents on North Mark street. Miss Margaret Gold of Baltimore arrives to attend the funeral of the late Mr Julian W Baker. Mr James P Reardon travels to Frostburg Md to spend Christmas with Mrs Reardon and their son at her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Colborn. Mr Herman P Habley returns from a Washington business trip.
In Baltimore, Westin and her husband argued all evening. She urged reconciliation by coaxing him to kiss her, but he refused saying he would not kiss again.
The piece lampoons a man obsessed with fresh air and icy drafts, claiming he must have windows open everywhere to breathe the cold air. Walt Mason notes the character’s boastful fixation, while D. O. Dechert, a Harrisonburg attorney, is noted as staying at Hotel Jack.
The article argues against ignoring nasal catarrh after a cold as it harms nasal linings. It recommends cleansing nostrils with warm salt water, applying vaseline at night, and taking a spoonful of Scott's Emulsion after meals for one month to feed the blood and improve symptoms.
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