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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1916
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia runs daily except Sunday with publisher Harry Floyd Byrd and notes consolidation with Morning News Weekly News Weekly Times Weekly Mirror. It shows post office entry as second class mail matter and lists rates for one year six months three months and one month.
A Walt Mason poem urges living in the moment with a lighthearted tone. It contrasts daily joys with uncertain futures and encourages dancing and singing today rather than dwelling on tomorrow. The piece references February 1 and crowns the message with a cheerful closing flourish.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company intends to build a hotel opposite its station on Seventh Avenue New York with a total cost near 9 million dollars. The structure will sit back from the street to create a plaza effect. About 5 million for the building and 4 million for the site, with construction to start at once.
State Senator Harry Flood Byrd visited town from Richmond over the weekend and spent time at his home here. He returned to Richmond yesterday evening to resume his seat in the Senate chamber after recovering from a recent grip attack.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets in a ten cent box describing relief from furred tongue bad colds indigestion and headaches. It claims cleansing nightly by morning and notes that millions use the product to regulate stomach liver and bowels for months.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine for glossy, thick hair free from dandruff. It claims immediate dandruff dissolution, reduced itching, and stronger roots, urging a 25 cent bottle from drug stores with a promise of lasting beauty and health.
Congressman H. D. Flood of Virginia calls for a tariff commission to begin collecting statistics on world prices of labor, production, and values. He says such a board would inform Congress and aid adjustments to tariffs without opposing the Underwood bill or Democratic principles.
Arrangements are under way for the dedication of Bedford Virginia's new Elks home in July. The annual Elks convention in Baltimore on July 10 draws many attendees who are expected to join the Bedford ceremony. Bedford anticipates its largest crowd ever with 50 000 to 100 000 Elks at the convention.
An historical advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy prescribed by leading physicians and priced at 75 cents. The notice urges sending testimonials and also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The piece argues that proprietary medicines must prove merit and compete, citing Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after forty years as a leading, dependable remedy for women’s ailments, suggesting public confidence in its efficacy.
Gale bills are printed as Star offices in a blurred OCR fragment. The note hints at changes in where the bills appear and who handles them, with no clear dates or names readable.
Personal points list arrivals departures and visits of local residents and travelers. Names include Mr and Mrs Joseph Sperry of Elizabeth New Jersey for a funeral. W K Thompson of Boston. Miss Sodge and Nettie Motter from Staunton. Robert Lincoln on business in Harrisonburg. Thomas Bogert of Diamond Match Company New York. Ronnie Kerns from New Market. Mr and Mrs William Paton in town then Petersburg trip. Juliet A McCaw visiting Washington. E B Sheetz in Harrisonburg. R P Ralph of Pittsburgh. Margaret Walters visiting Baltimore.
Health column touts morning hot water with limestone phosphate as a cure for numerous ailments by flushing the liver kidneys and bowels. It urges readers to buy limestone phosphate to create an “inside bath” that supposedly cleanses the digestive tract and prevents toxins from entering the blood.
Marlboro Virginia notes report H E Shull visiting Winchester on business, Miss Bessie Shull visiting S G Jamison, and Miss Mattie Baker visiting K E Brent. Daisy Lofton improves from pneumonia, Mrs. B F Long visits Winchester, Pangles and Ward visited Stephens City, E P Brent recovering from indigestion, Stickley spent Sunday with the Martins, Cedar Creek fishermen report good catches.
The article describes a bilious attack with severe headache coated tongue loss of appetite constipation and vomiting of partly digested food and bile. It advises relief by taking three Chamberlains Tablets noting they are prompt and effective and available everywhere.
Alexander Mayhew of Martinsburg hunted with friends in the mountain lake region when an enraged bear chased him up a tree. In the panic he dropped his shotgun and barely escaped. The party killed the animal after the chase.
The regular meeting of the District Nurse Association will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the council chamber at City Hall. Members are urged to attend as important business will be transacted.
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