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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1919
Page
2
Readers are invited to a Wednesday sale featuring marked down hats coats and underwear with prices ranging from 19 cents to several dollars. The ad highlights ladies handkerchiefs and laundry items, promising reduced fares on remaining stock and a forthcoming display of spring goods.
The account relates Lieutenant Jandrop and nine officers during shell fire. One officer survived being buried alive after a shell struck their breakfast table. He endured months in hospital with shell shock, three wounds, and temporary blindness and deafness.
Robert W. Boynge of the New York Republican club discusses writing a square deal for little nations into peace terms. He recalls how small nations were exploited by Germany, using a humorous comparison involving Battling Bill and Jobbins over borrowed trousers.
A historic note claims cinnamon oil lowers fever and shortens influenza convalescence. It recommends twelve drops in water followed by hourly dosing, then ten drops every two hours until temperature normal, with additional dosing after fever subsides for one to two days.
An English article cites Colonel Repington in the London Post as suggesting the term doughboys for American infantry likely came from a Spanish word. The cavalry reportedly nicknamed the infantry during the Mexican War for their dusty appearance, though the nickname endures for their notable fighting spirit.
General Smith of the quartermaster's department reports peacetime rations cost about three times more per day than in the Spanish American War. The 1898 daily ration cost 12.81 cents, while current costs run to 32 cents. The fixed standard ration has driven steady price increases in recent years.
An advertisement suggests starting the day with a glass of hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to flush toxins from stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion energy and health, urging constipated or bilious readers to adopt this routine before breakfast.
The dyeing and cleaning plant of the late E. Cordner in Martinsburg West Virginia will be offered for sale by public auction at the county courthouse front door Berkey County. The two story brick plant includes engines boilers tan tubs pipes and drying rooms with potential dwelling use on the second floor. Viewing permitted before sale by application to the undersigned special commissioners R H Boyd and Allen B Noll with possession on confirmation of sale at the January term of court.
An obscured advertisement touts Olive Tablets from Dr Edwards promising cleanses for blood and liver with claims of relief from pain and bad breath. It mentions price 25 cents per box and urges readers to try the product despite unclear wording and odd phrasing.
Justice Story’s To Tell endorses American youth as inheritors of liberty and property, urging them to safeguard blessings of life and independence for future generations. Naturalists estimate marketable herring age at three to seven years by scale rings.
Mrs. Alice from Christopher Illinois describes four years of irregularities weakness and nervousness before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief and renewed health after trying the remedy a common testimonial aimed at encouraging other women to seek medical advice via the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
In Frederick County Circuit Court on December 23 1918 W A Withers and A L Withers sue R L Withers and others heirs of Hannah Vandiver to partition or sale and divide proceeds of real estate. Defendants not Virginia residents must appear within 15 days of publication. The notice runs weekly for four weeks in The Winchester Star and a copy posted at the courthouse door by January 6 1919.
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