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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1919
Page
5
A distressed parent frets over a pale sick child fearing medicine. An upbeat pitch extols Cascar ets candy as a pleasant liver and bowel remedy that children love and mothers might value for relief.
The New Year Bride Community Plate event drew notable figures including O. H. P. Belmont and Churchill de Meyer, with local supporters attending the charity gathering to raise funds for community efforts.
An ad-style notice urges quick relief from head colds using a fragrant nasal cream. It promises opening nasal passages in a minute and relief from stuffiness, hawking, and snuffling, claiming immediate air flow and dryness cure.
A special prayer service will be held after the regular W C T U meeting on Thursday afternoon January 9 at 3 oclock. A full attendance is requested. SECRETARY.
The Nurse Association will meet at 3 45 o clock Wednesday afternoon January 8 in the Council chamber at City Hall. The article notes a desire to amend wrongs to improve, with remarks on how amendments can create new issues.
Eleanor, tired from cooking, dreams of Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale, meets a nurse and a wounded soldier, then wakes to find her duty in letters and a campaign to fund the war. She becomes chairwoman of the town canvass for War Savings stamps, greeted by supportive townspeople.
The Star Job Office is equipped to handle a wide range of printing tasks rapidly, delivering fast service and efficiency.
A vintage testimonial touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safer alternative to calomel for liver issues. The ad claims quick relief from sluggishness and constipation with a pleasant taste and a money back guarantee if not effective.
Sundby School’s service at Centenary Reformed Church raised funds for Armenian and Syrian relief and two orphanages Hindisman in Litteton Pa and Nazareth in Crescent NC. Rev Border L. Stanley urged generosity as offerings topped 65 dollars with more invited next Sunday. The Christmas program featured scripture, song, and a compassionate message.
Mrs. W. S. Gayhart of Vinton Virginia shares her experience with a tonic called Dreco that she says helped cure gastritis nervousness and loss of appetite while she gained ten pounds in weight after taking one bottle. She recommends the medicine as safe and effective and notes it is sold widely including Miller's Drug Store in Winchester.
A home remedy suggests Hamburg Breast Tea from pharmacies. A tablespoon steeped in boiling water and strained, drunk as a tea throughout the day or before bed, is claimed to open skin pores relieve congestion loosen bowels and help drive a cold from the system. The remedy is described as inexpensive vegetable safe and harmless.
An old advertisement offers St Jacobs Liniment for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. A 30 cent bottle is sold at drug stores with a claim to ease soreness by rubbing into the pain and that relief occurs within fifty counts. The copy emphasizes rapid acting pain and lumbago relief with a single use.
A letter urges expeditious movement of apples from Winchester district to New York to capture market conditions and prevent transit deterioration. It notes annual production of at least 500000 barrels and a storage capacity of about 116000 barrels owned by a fruit growers association. The aim is to resume the Cumberland Valley Company movement with official prompt attention.
Mrs D W Isley of Ednehfield Illinois writes that Chamberlains Tablets give sure relief for stomach disorders and indigestion. If you are troubled with indigestion or constipation these tablets will do you 100 cents. For sale by all druggists.
Merchants who buy Star advertisements can better afford to invest in government programs. The approach links local advertising revenue to fiscal support, suggesting a cycle where promotional spending fuels public expenditure.
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