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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1920
Page
5
An influenza warning extols Pepsinol as a tonic to restore appetite and nerve health, aid digestion, and nourish blood. The advertisement urges readers to obtain Pepsinol to combat weakness, fatigue, and debility during illness.
An advertisement promotes Hamburg east Tea as a safe inexpensive vegetable remedy. It instructs to brew a teaspoonful in hot water, drink a teacupful several times daily to relieve congestion and aid coughing, claiming it opens the skin jets and clears the system.
The advertisement touts a 30 cent bottle of St Jacobs Liniment to rub into backaches lumbago sciatica rheumatism and sore joints. It claims fast relief within fifty counts and markets the product as magical yet harmless and skin friendly.
An article extols Pekin ducks as the premier market fowl noting fast growth and low losses. It highlights three value points: eggs for ducklings, abundant soft feathers, and fattened adult ducks for sale. Pekins forage well with water access, making them highly profitable for East coast breeders.
Sly exchanges reveal a traveling salesman, finance talk, and social pressure about marriage. A man named Kissem delays by waiting for a dog’s death, while commentary on money, imagination, and ownership threads through the banter.
A fragment from a theatre sketch collection includes quips about neighborhood borrowing and gossip. Dialogue touches on a pianist sister and neighbors’ language, a profitable benefit, a dimly lit scene, and a lantern jawed witness in a courtroom bit.
A riddle notes a male term stag with a female counterpart, given in a social tea setting. The speaker, Tommy, hints his mother is a society leader and uses polite address ma'am. The question requests the feminine for the mise line stag.
The fragment references a famous imperial motto and a claim about Columbia's goddess. It appears as a garbled historical note with unclear dates or events, mentioning Britain and a goddess figure in a torn quotation.
Two teachers debate Miss Gotrox's voice as one says she lacks a voice while the other cites imagination shaping her singing ability.
Historical note on buttermilk once wasted in creameries is now valued as human and animal food. It is used in forms such as buttermilk cheese condensed buttermilk and powdered buttermilk, reflecting a shift in dairy processing and utilization.
Farmers urged to enrich soil by plowing under vegetable matter as humus boosts fertility. The article stresses the value of organic material, noting its long term benefits and that reliance on gold cannot make a person truly rich.
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