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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
5
An old home recipe for restoring hair color uses Sage and Sulphur. The Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised as giving natural and even darkening, making hair look thicker and younger. The note says it is a toilet preparation not a disease cure.
Perfect womanhood depends on perfect health. Functional derangements bring headaches backache nervousness and the blues. For such suffering women find help in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a famed remedy restoring health to American women.
Fragmentary report suggests a project or method named Uceo Gutter to heal wounds. The text cites ancient waqeetens and mentions butter raat, but details and context are unclear. Further readable facts are minimal.
Norfolk and Western announces January service details with routes from Bristol to Shenandoah Valley and connections to Philadelphia and New York. Parlor cars to Bristol and Hagerstown, Pullman sleepers to Philadelphia and New York, and a Shenandoah mediation at an upcoming Washington function are noted. Agents W C Saunders and B P Vil provide contact points for further information.
The timetable lists trains between Strasburg Alexandria Washington and Harrisonburg with local and extra services. It notes arrival times at Harrisonburg and Washington, buffet parlor cars on specific No. 21 and No. 124, and a last local for Harrisonburg on Saturdays. Agent signatures include P. A. Debutts, Division Pass Agent, Washington.
Train schedule lists departures and arrivals between Winchester and Philadelphia via Martinsburg Hagerstown Chambersburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg Harrisburg and New York with times in January 1918. Officers H A Riddle General Passenger Agent H Tonge Superintendent note trains run daily and some services Sunday only or daily except Sunday.
An old classifieds style notice promotes Relief from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It urges readers not to experiment with others and to write for more particulars. The ad stresses safety and dependability and claims the product is not sold at drug stores.
Mrs Emma Scheuer, wife of prominent Berryville merchant Louis Scheuer, died at home after a long illness. She was 52, survived by husband and six children: Mrs Mannie Hecht of Baltimore, Hilda Scheuer in Berryville, Maurice in Front Royal, Lieut Leon Scheuer in Baltimore, Joseph in New York, and Harold in Berryville. Funeral services were held in Baltimore this afternoon.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure all for nose throat and lung troubles with inhaler and assurances of money back. The text then shifts to probate and court notices from Winchester and Frederick counties including instruction to publish decrees and a divorce suit against James William Bohrer with appearance deadlines and posting requirements.
The notice extols a morning routine of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels before breakfast. It claims internal baths freshen digestion improve appetite and promote health for all, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate and spread the regimen.
A reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best cough remedy. It claims to heal raw surfaces, loosen phlegm, ease hoarseness, and relieve difficult breathing, with widespread sale and quick relief for colds.
Preaching services on Gainesboro Sunday February 3 include Wesley Chapel at 1 a.m. Red and at 3 p.m. Gainesboro at 7 30 p.m. V Van Der Linden is pastor.
An advertisement touts Freezone a tiny fluid from Cincinnati that removes corns and calluses. It claims few drops relieve soreness shrinking the corn so it can be lifted away, promising quick comfort for wearers of high heels.
Snowmelt leaked through the annex roof of Hotel Evans last night soaking barber shop owner Hugh Grim’s first floor space. Repairs followed with little damage reported.
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