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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
2
Try Cascarets for a tired liver and upset bowels and feel better by morning. A 10 cent box cleanses the stomach removes sour food and excess bile, carrying out waste while you sleep. Children love Cascarets as they never gripe or sicken.
A new Virginia law effective January caps salaries of court clerks treasurers commissioners of the revenue sheriffs and city sergeants and limits Supreme Court clerks to 5000 and examiners of records to 2500. Fees above these amounts must be turned into the state treasury and officers must maintain a fee book and annual reports to the auditor.
A report to The Star from Martinsburg West Virginia says Isaac W Martin a well known Nain county resident is ill at his daughters home on West King Street Martinsburg with a critical condition Mrs T R Cather has returned from Fairmont where she visited her parents for several weeks
The Wine District Nurse M. K. Strickler reports December 1915 totals: 46 patients visited, 14 by families, 9 by physicians, 3 by others. 14 cases dismissed cured, 2 dismissed improved. Metropolitan Insurance 14 policyholders visited. 14 patients received 71 nursing visits paid by the company totaling $35.50. 2 paying patients, 268 nursing visits, 27 instructive visits, 13 social service visits, 45 business calls. Total visits 343. Services available for a small fee.
Local notes from Deerfield Virginia list visits and gatherings. John Miller spent Monday with Mr. Long. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bauserman and two children visited Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Tevault. S. M. Tevault visited friends at Vaucluse. Charles Tevault traveled to Middletown for weekend. Mrs. Stephenson and her son Robert visited H. O. Richard. A Ratey and family spent a day with Mrs. Sarah Snapp.
Miss Mildred Chapman was taken ill at the home of Mr. H. W. Baker while nursing Mrs. Baker and was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital for treatment on Monday.
Trustee R M Ward will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester Court House Virginia on February 5 1916 at 11 am a parcel of land of about one and a half acres on the east side of Welltown road one mile north of Grimes joining Kiger Stouffer and others the Holmes Crisman property site damaged by fire August 1915 Terms: one third cash day of sale and the remainder in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust and insurance on buildings.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a hair treatment that eliminates dandruff and hair loss within minutes. It promises new, fine hair growth in weeks and a glossy, abundant look after use, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.
Senate debate over neutrality policy and wartime exports unfolds as nations clash. Kin gani steamer surrenders at Lake Tanganyika, Asquith proposes compulsory service for married men, Derby cites 651160 unmarried eligible but not serving, munitions bill passes Commons, Greek protests arrests at Saloniki, Berlin reports artillery and mine actions on Franco Belgian front, British under secretary Tennant makes statement.
The London casualty toll from September 25 to October 8 lists 2 378 officers and 67 2883 men. British Minister of Munitions David Lloyd George announced 2 422 munitions establishments under government control.
George Hodges of Crete 33 arrived at the Medical College of Virginia seeking aid. Doctors diagnosed a definite leprosy case prompting city officials to notify the U S health service. Surgeon General Rupert Blue said the federal government will send a man to remove Hodges from Richmond.
Messrs. John H. Rosenberger and Richard Spann of Texas and David Mankoong of Korea have returned to Randolph-Macon College in Ashland Virginia after holiday visits at Rosenberger family home on South Washington Street.
During 1915 at the office of Court Clerk Edward Oswald in Hagerstown Maryland, 1400 marriage licenses were issued, according to Deputy Clerk Harry D Berger.
An old remedy advocates a simple hot tea with Hamburger Brust Thee. A tablespoon of the mixture in water is strained and sipped any time to open the pores and relieve congestion. The method is said to loosen the bowels and break up a cold, being inexpensive and vegetable-based.
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatic pain and stiffness. It claims quick relief from joint and muscle aches, sciatica, lumbago, backache, and neuralgia, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at any drug store.
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