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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
4
A garbled passage discusses a poet and a male figure driven by fate and ambition. It references disdain, race for worldly honors, and a political figure named Wilson attempting to embroil the United States in a grand, unresolved conflict.
A veteran chaplain who visits the front lines daily explains why he continues amid danger. He speaks of devotion, telling soldiers he has no family to spare, and is admired as the regiment’s idol for his gentleness and quiet faith.
A whimsical fragment describes someone marching forward on ten toes when a collision injures the nose and displaces an organ, prompting a shouted cry. The text blends garbled dialogue with a humorous if chaotic scene.
An advertisement extols Papes Diapepsin as a harmless candylike remedy that digests all food in five minutes and relieves sour stomach indigestion gas heartburn and biliousness. It urges readers to show the formula on the fifty cent cases to pharmacists and jokes about local critics while noting personal anecdotes and a snowy town scene.
William Harrison of Shenandoah Valley Academy visits his parents Dabney and Mrs Harrison and Miss Mary Kline of Bunker Hill returns home. Victor Denny Sr leaves for University of Virginia after holidays with his father. Mamie Byrd of Millwood returns home from Christmas in Winchester. Gretta Wyndham leaves for Brandon Institute Basic after holidays with parents Mr and Mrs A B Wyndham.
Miss Kyle Sulwider recently left the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Peery near town and returned to Pittsburgh with little Miss Mignon Peery to spend the remainder of winter with relatives. Miss Jensie Wilson went back to Baltimore after visiting her parents in this city.
Jubilee Virginia notes a Christmas period of visits and travel. Local residents, including Elsi Lanhim and family from Alexandria, Frank Robinson, J B Croson, and Delmar Robinson, are mentioned with illnesses, funerals, and college travels. Postmark letters unclaimed at Winchester.
Miss Mamie Childs is spending January with her sister Mrs. Hugh Pierce at the latter's home near Berryville Virginia. The brief social item notes travel and family ties without additional details.
A blacksmith in Henrietta New York recovered from kidney trouble after using Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. The testimonial by G A Hale notes renewed appetite sleep and health and cites a notary public sworn statement dated July 20 1909. The ad invites readers to send ten cents for a sample and booklet about kidneys.
A vintage ad explains catching a cold results from a weakened system and promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as a quick remedy. It claims the formula shrivels germs, eases irritation, and speeds recovery, with laxative notes and emphasis on daily care and reaching druggists for purchase.
The sale mentioned has been rescheduled to Saturday January 15 1916 at the same time and location as previously announced.
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