Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Health Effects
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifying tonic that treats scrofula and humors. It claims forty years of testing and urges readers to obtain the medicine today.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifying tonic that treats scrofula and humors. It claims forty years of testing and urges readers to obtain the medicine today.
Partial timetable notes show trains listed for Cumberland Valley with times 1145 am and 722 pm to Towrins, Winchester, and station departures at 920 am daily except Sunday. Details include airport and Geo P A references.
Timetable notes for Pullman and cafe cars to Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations with connections at Roanoke to the Memphis special. Also lists No 27 service to Shenandoah and intermediate stations and a connection at Shenandoah Junction or Washington.
A letter from Mrs. J. R. G. in Monday's Star voices concern from more than a dozen women taxpayers about sewerage costs and a city open sewer known as the old town run. She notes odor and health risks near the run and urges authorities to reconsider funding and tax implications. Winchester, January 31, 1917.
Advertises Mildredina Hair Remedy promising to darken gray hair without dye. Claims include evenly dark, soft and lustrous hair, with guaranteed results or money back. Offers big bottles for 50 cents and 1.00, samples by mail, and distribution via Millers Drug Store and The Mildred Louise Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.
Public health advice compares the body to a sewerage system and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as an effective purgative that alleviates constipation and aids digestion available from all druggists.
An old advertisement touts Pinex as a highly concentrated pine compound with guaiacol to ease hoarseness bronchitis and throat tickle. It claims rapid relief from chest colds and asthma like symptoms and offers a money back guarantee with full purchase refund if not satisfied.
Winchester holds title to the Rouss Hook and Ladder engine house. Council consent would be needed to dispose of the property. The fire committee may recommend selling the realty and using the proceeds to aid the Charley Rouss Fire Company, a wealthy entity with about 30 000 dollars in property and a small debt. The city previously contributed cash and the old engine house to its support.
A Cincinnati authority warns against cutting corns and promotes freezone as a cheap method to relieve pain. The drug allegedly soothes tenderness with a few drops, causing the corn to lift away without irritation. The note adds a cheeky tip for high heel wearers.
Roy Hinton, escaped from Staunton jail January 12, was arrested at Fordwick after a chase. He admits robbing the North River Depot post office, taking 68.19, 3.87 in stamps, 1.50 from a store money drawer, and 500 railway tickets. The theft targeted Baltimore and Ohio Railroad funds and tickets, with half the tickets for Mount Crawford to Harrisonburg and the rest to Staunson. He is jailed in Staunton awaiting charges.
City Ordinance requires owners with access to the sewer within Winchester to connect within 120 days, abolish earth privies, and install proper water closets. Violations incur fines up to ten dollars per day and the measure targets a district bounded by Peyton Baker Germain Kent Fairmont streets.
The Star lists services at Gainesboro Wesley Chapel and Redland with times 10.30 a m 3 p m and 7 30 p m. Pastor C V Vantr Linden leads the Gainesboro circuit preaching including Redland.
Doctor endorses a home prescription to strengthen eyesight by up to fifty percent in a week. Users report clearer vision and less eye strain after using Bon-Opto tablets dissolved in water and applied as eye baths, with Doctors and pharmacists backing its effectiveness and safety.
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