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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1917
Page
3
A historical notice warns that tight heel footwear injures women causing corns and calluses. It notes home remedies and emphasizes avoiding cuts, promoting a quick drying ether-based prep as a painless relief, while cautioning against unsafe remedies.
A late night arson attempt destroyed about two hundred bundles of fodder as an incendiary relit a starter near a shed. Firefighters were slow to respond and the suspect fled south before an alarm from the South End Hose Company. Police pursue multiple clues as Mrs. L. R. Fay and Miss Clara Wood depart for Baltimore and Washington.
A farm stretches to what an engineer says can be powered by electricity. He claims four dollars of electricity daily would run milk, churn, cream separator, wash, heat irons, sew, bake griddle cakes, pump water, sharpen tools, light a lamp, and toast bread for a family. An ad touted a farm electric light plant under 500 dollars, prompting discussion.
In twenty years of reports, thousands of physicians describe Res treatment as highly effective for eczema and similar skin troubles. The first use of Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap stops itching and burping and clears eruptions quickly. Sold by all druggists.
A fragment from the Star of Medidiam mentions a pier at an Egmeludion and suggests farm life can be improved, noting it is a far from prohibitive idea. The short excerpt hints at a rural development concept tied to a Mississippi context.
Winchester resident C H Boxwell Sr describes kidney pain backache and fatigue from heavy lifting. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with eliminating pain and restoring health after years of distress. Boxwell stated in 1909 and again in 1915 his family kept a box on hand and urged others to try the remedy sold by Tate oster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
John L. Harper married Miss Lida Lowery of Frederick county on Saturday evening at the Presbyterian Range on North Braddock street. Rev. Dr. J. H Lacy officiated. The groom formerly served with Maryland militia and recently returned from the Mexican border.
An old newspaper promo invites readers to mail five cents and a slip to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar products for cold and cough remedies.
Police in this city questioned a man found to have drunk liquor he carried from nearby oases toward the state line into Virginia. He admitted two men in Winchester paid him a dollar each for two quarts, but he spent the money on liquor and drank the rest before entering Virginia, and was discharged with a warning.
The County Clerk reports conveyances of realty admitted to record. W. K. Neff sells to H. W.trict for 4600 dollars. E. S. Reubeck sells to George I. Pitzer for one acre at Cedar Hill for 150 dollars. Scott Grant sells to Wilbur EL Cather for 87 acres in Stonewall district for 10 dollars plus liens of 8700 and deferred bonds of 9300. Miss Maggie Logan leaves for Akron Ohio after stay with the Misses Wood east of town.
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