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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a doctor prescribed cure for irritated skin. It claims rapid healing, long use by doctors nationwide, and relief for armies, blackheads, dandruff, chafing, and irritated babies, with soaps sold separately.
Brucetown Virginia January 12 Douglass O Connell celebrated his fifteenth birthday with friends at his home last Wednesday night Refreshments were served and guests included Sadie Snapp Katharine Morrison Helen Jobe Ettie O Connell Julian Snapp Raymond Boden and Cecil O Connell.
A snippet shows scattered monetary figures including 4,035 and 1,300 with sums like 12,250 and 1,953, plus entries such as nickels and ency. The text is incomplete, offering no clear entities or events to summarize.
Misa Nina Braithwaite visits sister in Bloomery Virginia. John Kelly moves into tenant house on C D Braithwaite farm recently vacated by Jacob Bobrer. Mrs Lora Reynolds of Martinsburg West Virginia ill with pneumonia. husband Guy Reynolds travels from City Point Virginia for treatment. Mena D Braithwaite and Mrs A W Braithwaite visit relatives at Reynolds Store with Joseph Jolley family.
The Sunday School Board of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church elected officers for the coming year at a meeting held last evening. Names include Superintendent Hunter N. Kern and secretary J. M. Spurr, with Misses Sartelle and Grim among orchestra members and J. M. Spurr as treasurer. Members were entertained by Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Spencer. refreshments followed.
The ad promotes Scott’s Emulsion as a blood-boosting tonic to resist sickness. It claims 18 pounds is average blood in a healthy adult and links blood quality to illness resistance, urging use after meals and noting substitutes to beware of.
S A Hale of Henrietta New York testifies his kidney ailment and insomnia improved after three months of failed treatments until taking Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He reports increased appetite energy and weight gain and credits the remedy with his full recovery. The letter is sworn before Notary Morris T Griffin on July 20 1909.
A patient solicitation letters readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp-Root from Dr. Kilmer & Co. The ad promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and notes regular bottle sizes are sold at drug stores. It requests mentioning The Winchester Star in correspondence and provides a Binghamton New York address.
In Torrytown West Virginia on January 12 Floyd Walker is very sick with grip. Keedysville Maryland resident Thomas visits at Joseph Weight’s home. Mrs Ben Abrell is ill with grip. Zeph Morgan and son Gwynne and several other children in the family are sick with grip. Floyd Game and sisters Minnie and Effie visited their sister Nellie Marple. Ash Kerns returned home after visiting sister Cora Hott. Andrew Adams spent Saturday and Sunday with John T Hott and family. J S Haldeman of Poyce Virginia registered last night at Hotel Jack. Mrs Qo L Jamison of Frederick Maryland visiting friends in the city.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion. It claims digestion improvement within minutes and promises relief from heartburn belching gas sourness and stomach distress for the entire family with a fifty cent case available at any drug store.
December roll of honor lists Primary Grades Louise Well Marie Huff Catherine Huff Ruth McCann and Evans Kline. Intermediate Grades Mabel Kline Mary Kline William Cornwell. Miss Ridgely Jackson teacher. Dean Virginia Kern Principal. T.U. meeting January 13 at 3 pm. secretary requests full attendance. Mr R Gray Williams left for a several day business trip to New York City. Mrs Sarah Brooks has gone to Washington and Baltimore to visit friends.
An old prescription links hills and goats milk to coughs and bronchitis but Geo F Miller's Sons offer Vinol a cod liver extract with no oil and beef peptone. The product claims to reach the source of trouble, relieve coughing, cure colds, and support blood nourishment.
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit of Frederick County on December 6 1915 Mary E Galliday sues The unknown heirs of Joseph Shambaugh deceased and The unknown heirs of Jacob Rhodes deceased as defendants in a pending matter filed in that court.
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