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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1919
Page
2
An old newspaper ad promotes a removal sale with deep discounts on coats, dresses, muslin underwear, and gowns. Prices are cut from typical values to low sale figures, with items like muslin underwear and coats highlighted and marked down to a fraction of their former price. The ad emphasizes limited quantities and special Wednesday specials.
Johnstown Pa resident Rober Page Hall a former colored public schools teacher died last Sunday at his home 207 Madison Street He had left the schools years ago and moved to Johnstown to work as a barber He married Taura L Branson and is survived by two daughters Ethel Hall Brow and Alice Viola Hall and a sister Hester Suel His funeral was held in Johnstown with attendance of the colored Masons and Knights of Pyth ing.
Clarence Johnson, age 45, died today at Whitacre after a brief illness from influenza. He had been in Winchester recently and appeared well before his passing. He leaves a widow formerly Mills Whitacre and several children. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
The Star announces a bargain rate of eight dollars per year for mail subscriptions payable in advance and urges readers to renew now.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier, Peptiron as a real tonic, and Hood's Pills as a mild cathartic. The drink, tonic, and pill are grouped as Hood's Combination Treatment for health and disease prevention, urging readers to obtain them today. A brief comic interlude about a chronic shopper and a memory lapse follows, then a naturalists' note on herring age estimates.
An odd ad claims that small kitchenware can be marketed as a big value, suggesting clever packaging and bold visuals to stretch a modest product into a standout offer. The note hints at consumer psychology and retail tactics without detailing a specific campaign.
McAdoo urges reform as the best path beyond wartime government control. Seventeen specific changes, many field tested, are presented as essential for good service. He notes passenger traffic gains last year were driven more by war conditions than by ending control.
A letter from James Reed of Brooklyn announces his resignation from BR Hoe and Company, a major printing press maker, to form a business repairing moving and rebuilding printing presses. Reed installed the press used to print The Star and has completed large presses in Seattle and Montana, with prior work across many states.
Readers urged to believe there is a disease catarrh that science can cure in all stages. The ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine taken internally and through the blood to destroy disease. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any cure that fails and request testimonials from readers.
Special Commissioners will offer for sale by public auction at the front door of Berkeley County Court House West Virginia a two story brick dyeing and cleaning plant with outbuildings and equipment. The second floor may be used as a dwelling and it is the city's only dyeing establishment. Inspect by applying to the undersigned commissioners Martinsburg West Virginia before sale. Possession after court confirmation at the January term.
A fragmented note reflects on Hungary and a San writer's remark about hearing a name, feeling tightness in the waistcoat, and recalling medieval poetry and history rooted in old neroism as heroes inside its borders.
The Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church South will install officers for the ensuing year at a Sunday 9:30 am meeting. Rev. F M Richerson will conduct the ceremony with Dr J L Whitlock as teacher and other officers including W M2 Sameell as assistant teacher and B D 6 2 McVicar as vice president.
The Frederick County Circuit Court orders defendants not resident in Virginia to appear within fifteen days to contest the partition or sale of the real estate of Hannah Vandiver deceased. The order requires publication weekly for four weeks in The Winchester and posting at the Frederick County courthouse by January 6, 1929. Teste PHILH GOLD, Clerk.
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