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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
3
An ad touts Olive Tablets as a pure vegetable compound with olive oil. It claims to improve skin, eyes, and buoyancy, act on the liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous after effects, and to start bile and relieve constipation. sold in boxes for 10c and 29c.
Washington officials assured relatives that all recovered bodies from the Tuscania sinking will likely be identified. The War Department moved to calm fears of unnamed graves, noting the early panic subsided and the danger point was passed.
A long list shows numerous buyers on Senseney Road and surrounding areas with dates from February to March for livestock, implements, and farm goods. A separate Glasgow dispatch reports 50 to 80 Tuscania survivors detailing torpedo attack, lifeboat chaos, and mid Atlantic rescue efforts with American soldiers aboard.
Eyewitness reports describe torpedo strike on the Tuscania off an English port. Crews faced chaotic lifeboat lowering, boats capsized, many jumped overboard, survivors rescued by patrol boats. By Wednesday morning 559 aboard survived, including 400 crew. nurses aided the injured at Lares hotels as rescuers rushed food and clothing.
Mrs. Marie S. Woodward, who had been spending the winter with her aunt Mrs. W. Miller Fletcher on East Piccadilly Street, has returned to her home on Washington D.
An advertisement claims uric acid causes gout and rheumatism and promotes Anuric, a double strength remedy. It urges sufferers to mail a water sample for free testing and offers a trial package for 10 cents plus insurance and life saver claims for meat eaters and deposits.
Fragmentary text shows Kaiser urging intimate union among the people and allies, pledging to deepen ties after a victorious peace. The language references the Prussian Diet and future world tasks, signaling a postwar consolidation message.
The Austrian cabinet resigns in a shock move as labor disputes rock the government. The resignations were handed to Emperor Charles by Chancellor von Schtes after a morning visit to Prienberg. Mrs. Masinrup left the city to visit her mother in Davidsom.
Daily market report lists local prices for winter and spring wheat flour, cracked corn, middlings, creamery butter and other staples. Noted figures include winter flour at 11.40 and retail items around 12.50, with varied retail quotes for butter, hay, poultry, potatoes, and bacon.
Closing values for dairy poultry and livestock markets show butter at 47 cents, hay prices around 30.50 for timothy and 20.60 for mixed hay, corn at 8.75 per bushel on spot, and cattle hogs and calves priced with multiple ranges. Read across Virginia region markets with live poultry and old toms listed among items traded.
Incoherent dialogue unfolds among Bienda and Cravette as they move through a hotel dining area. A narrator observes a questionable escort, mistaken identities, and a sci fi tone about amber light transforming women into bears, hinting at a dreamlike or plot twist setting.
A vintage style advertisement touts Getaf corn remedy claiming it cures corn pain without irritation. It promotes low price under 26c and lists distributors Miller's Drug Store and Riviek's Drug Store in Winchester and commends the product as the world’s best corn remedy.
Notice of a decedent estate proceeding in Pircutt Court of Frederick County Virginia. The Master Commissioner will report on estate assets liens heirs and distribution and whether sale of property furthers creditors interests. Hearing set February 3 1918 at Winchester office with publication notice four weeks in a Winchester newspaper.
A dubious health tip asserts meat causes kidney trouble and claims a remedy using baking soda to cleanse the kidneys. It promotes a salt solution as a diuretic to neutralize irritation and end bladder sickness, urging readers to buy a Liberty pond from Uncle Sam.
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