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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1918
Page
2
A rain damaged lot features wool overshirts from 90c, men's dress shirts as low as 59c to 98c, ribbed under shirts for children and ladies from 15c to 30c, corsets at 33c to 50c, and sweaters priced up to 2.25. The sale promises substantial value with many other items in the bulk offer.
Berryville Virginia December 30. On Christmas Day a community Christmas tree was held in the Court House due to cold weather. A large crowd gathered as Santa distributed gifts to many children and some adults. The tree glowed with electric lights and Rev. J. J. Bean spoke briefly as the audience sang carols led by Miss Emma Jones and aided by several singers and players.
Physicians warn the best remedy for a bad cold or influenza is Calotabs a purified nausealess calomel. Take one Calotab with water at bedtime no salts or diet impact. next morning the cold may vanish and the system refreshed. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a druggist guarantee.
Dr Allen discusses fats and saponification noting fresh creamlike fats are best with peanut olive cottonseed oils and suet beef fat and lard lower. He argues mastication aids digestion and that even liquids require mouth action to mix with saliva.
A flu epidemic sweeps Clarke County with several hundred cases and three deaths including Mrs Norman Wynkoop. The outbreak is most severe in the river region where pneumonia complications follow the illness.
Ser geant Bill Ward and his liquor squad report daily shipments of liquor exceed two months' average. This year camouflage attempts varied and a recent case arrived in Norfolk labeled pickled pigs feet the first time liquor was sent cloaked in this manner.
The message urges prudent food use as Belgium and France face potential shortages this winter, urging citizens to conserve, reduce waste, and prepare for frigid conditions and supply pressures.
War torn dispatch reports Michiel Devehihatchet, nephew of General Shoropidski, who fled Ukraine, stating there is no doubt the czar and his court are alive. He refuses to reveal czar’s location, citing allied government knowledge, while accusing Trote key-Lenine of fabricating murder stories for propaganda.
Secretary of War Baker said in Washington that by Christmas Day all next of kin would be notified if their son had been killed in France. If no word arrived before Christmas those families could assume no news was good news about their boy.
The Mueller Pipeless is billed as the most efficient economical and dependable pipeless furnace on the market due to a scientifically correct design. It is sold under strong guarantees from a major furnace manufacturer with over sixty years of experience in heat appliance production.
A garbled excerpt discusses Hungary with a German writer's remark about its history and heroism. It references a personal betrayal line about a man running away with a wife, implying a dramatic claim to prove. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or attribution.
Common catarrh article touts blood cleansing with S. S. S. as the remedy. Claims to drive catarrh germs from blood and offers medical advice from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta department.
In Acqui Italy a central hot spring now heats a large hospital and provides all washing water. The former school building is plumbed to the spring with a never failing supply of boiling water. No fires are needed except for kitchen use. the spring sits at the city center.
Naturalists estimate the herring's lifespan ranges between three and seven years.
The Star promotes sheep as the best animal to convert weeds and waste into food and clothing. It argues no animal matches the sheep in turning wasted grass, weeds, and barn-yard debris into usable products, urging farms to maintain flocks.
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