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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1920
Page
4
The Evening Star and partner papers publish subscription prices for one week to one year in advance. Rates include Bell 33 United services with options for one year four dollars, six months two dollars, three months one dollar, and one month forty cents.
The notice states the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to republication of all AP news dispatches and local news published in the paper. It covers items credited or not credited to AP and asserts exclusive rights to use.
Roanoke Simes reports the death of Rear Admiral Robert E Peary surprise to the public. He had suffered pernicious air for over two years and undergone thirty five Wood transfusions without success. Peary faced illness after returning to civilization and earned lasting recognition for his North Pole achievement.
A humorous lament in which Walt Mason mocks a funeral scene as the pastor and mourners brood over dour morals and feigned piety. The speaker imagines joining the common fate, calling for a brisk, practical burial and a swift exit to the churchyard.
Markets list wholesale and retail prices for Wheat and Corn with mixed hay and barley noted. Butter and potatoes appear in various units while Baltimore wholesale prices are also referenced.
The page lists prices for corn yellow 46, timothy hay, clover, and various livestock. Values shown include pigs 1.50 to 2.00 per unit, hogs 14 to 15, steers extra choice up to 11.00, and heifers at open-range rates, reflecting a midweek farm market.
Senator Byrd argues a State Tax Board would fix highest assessment as standard, forcing proportional increases elsewhere. He warns real estate taxes would surge, harming farmers and agriculture, and calls for limited local assessment increases without centralized control to avoid confiscatory taxes.
Readable words urge feeding birds now to gain rewards in spring. The fragmented line mentions birds, reward, and spring, conveying a brief advisory tone.
The ad promotes S S S as a blood cleanser to remove the cause of rheumatism rather than using liniments or lotions. It urges readers to cleanse the blood now and obtain the remedy from drug stores, noting a Medical Director address at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
J S Traylor of 1410 Ashland street Richmond Virginia a machinist for the Virginia Railway and Power Company describes long indigestion loss of appetite and back pain. He credits Tanlac with restoring appetite improving digestion eliminating gas and head spinning and relieving rheumatic feet pain enabling him to work all day. Tanlac sold in Winchester by Boyd Drug Company.
An old newspaper note promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a safe inexpensive remedy for colds and the grip. It advises a tablespoon of the tea steeped in boiling water, strained, and consumed any time during the day to open skin pores, relieve congestion, and loosen bowels to drive the cold from the system.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a 30 cent remedy for backache rheumatism and lumbago. It claims quick penetration soothing pain and lasting relief after one use with a harmless formula and easy application.
An old advertisement urges readers to prevent influenza by staying in good shape and using Pepto Mangan to build blood and energy. It touts the product as reliable for anemia and illness recovery, claims twenty five years of success, and notes liquid and tablet forms with the genuine Gude's label.
An ad from Dr Fahrney of Hagerstown invites inquiries for medical advice on chronic diseases and deformities with no charge, claiming to be the only Dr Fahrney in town, and requests the seeker’s name for instruction. A separate line hints at an engagement involving Miss Sarah Lucile Barty, daughter of a senator, with fragmented surrounding text.
The document presents the December 31 1919 balance sheet for Western Frederick Bank Gore Frederick County Virginia showing assets and liabilities. It lists capital stock paid in undivided profits certified checks and total liabilities and equity with officers and a notary witness dated January 15 1920.
The timetable lists trains from Berryville to Bristol and Roanoke with Pullman cars to Bristol and Sleeper services to Williamson and Roanoke connects. Southbound service includes No 13 9 07 am and No 27 65 3 5 pm routes to Shenandoah and intermediate stations. NORTHBOUND.
Notice states sale bills must be printed at The Star office with a free notice of all sales in the State Directory column. Advertisers should provide copy for sale bills well in advance of sales.
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