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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
4
Local notice announces daily publication with Morning News Weekly News Weekly Times and Mirror options. Subscriptions are offered in Winchester Virginia with a Sunday pause and various delivery schedules.
A fragmented text mixes lines about eating apples to stay healthy and wartime fundraising appeals. It mentions coins to push the war, gifts given with a groan, and lines about cats to help the cause, ending with a partial plea for help and dimes.
Fragmentary text warns that constipation invites disease and endangers health. The note mentions Dr W B Caldwell and a claim about a drugless remedy, reflecting period medical advertising and dubious health claims.
The American soldiers and sailors tobacco fund needs more money to supply fighters with tobacco in all forms. Rev. Samuel C. Benson of New York lauds the fund as a noble enterprise and notes prisoners at California’s San Quentin will be sending checks to Augusta Conrad, treasurer of the Winchester fund. Benson, an ambulance driver in France, described his wartime experiences and plans a lecture tour to stress tobacco for troops.
A parental health note promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for infants and children. It claims to relieve feverish, peevish, pale, and miserable symptoms by cleansing stomach and bowels within hours without griping, emphasizing its pleasant taste.
A state prison prepared to send one half of its tobacco allowance to the men of the expeditionary forces in France. Two fifty gallon barrels filled with tobacco were readied for shipment.
Mrs. J. W. Petty, wife of a Danville police officer, credits Dreco with transforming her health after suffering rheumatism insomnia and kidney problems. She reports rapid improvement weight gain and says many locals also praise the product seen in stores and daily life.
James Choucleris and Miss Nannie Braithwaite obtained a marriage license in the county clerk’s office. The bride, daughter of Samuel D. Braithwaite, is described as a popular young lady. Choucleris is linked to John Dillis’s restaurant and known locally as Jimmie among Greek community friends.
The funeral for Alfred 8. Finfrock, who died December 29 in Springfield Ohio, was held this morning. The body was brought to the city by his brother Arthur W. Finfrock, with floral tributes from Springfield including designs from the Eagles Moose and other orders. Rev Frank M. Richardson of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South conducted the services and interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Winchester Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No 87 held its first meeting in its newly purchased quarters at Braddock and Piccadilly streets. The unfinished rooms will be completed soon. The lodge offered its rooms to the Winchester Chamber of Commerce for meetings. Mr Howard Nurton visiting with his mother Mrs Verietilig Seaton returned to Richmond Virginia. the text notes polities.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a premier kidney liver and bladder remedy with sample requests sent to Binghamton New York. The page also notes Christmas holidays with Mary Greenawalt returning to State Normal School Harrisonburg Virginia and Louise G Harmer returning to Randolph Macon Women’s College Lynchburg Virginia after holidays at home.
An advisory urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to wash the liver and bowels, remove toxins, and improve health. It argues calomel is dangerous, cites a physician, and promotes the practice as harmless, inexpensive, and tasteless for all readers.
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