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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
4
A poem style appeal by Walt Mason asks towns to host lectures for peace. He promises to lecture in any town or state for a guaranteed payment, in advance, to promote ending warfare and uniting nations.
Jan 12 in Boyce Virginia reports include B A Lindsay of Spout Run visiting on business, R B Rust in Front Royal for the weekend, and families Diffenderfer Reid Siler and Denny relatives listed with illness visits. Viola Carper accepts a new Hagerstown job while John Dixon visits Berryville. Kenneth Gilpin to Richmond to serve Clarke and Warren counties in the House of Delegates.
Sunday visitation with Mrs. BE R Shenk. W A Estep left for Philadelphia. C H Gaunt reports two sick children. Bryan Thompson takes job in Hopewell Virginia. Powell Cobb, Lacy Hampton, and W B McKay all visited this week.
Washington report from Secretary Houston warns of a serious fertilizer shortage for the coming crop season. He notes relief efforts since World War I disrupted phosphates and potash imports, with nitrogen supplies first to be affected. The statement cites four potential sources in the U.S. none immediately available, including kelp from the Pacific coast, an alumina deposit in Utah, eastern feldspathic rocks, and mud from Searles Lake California.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to cleanse the blood and strengthen the system. It claims impure blood leads to debility and disease, urging readers to take the remedy, noting a forty year test of effectiveness.
The report details high costs in developing Searles Lake deposits and title issues, with kelp and alunite as potential materials. Three firms begin kelp-based production while experts head to the Pacific coast for tests. Production remains slow and war-driven sulfuric acid prices surge from five to twenty five dollars per ton, impacting phosphates and nitrates amid efforts to cut costs.
A farm advisory stresses conserving all fertilizing materials. It urges crop rotation, proper fertilizer use, and liming to boost soil productivity and sustain yields.
Norfolk woman Mrs K Gravely Cabell wins an absolute divorce from Col George C Cabell a prominent Norfolk lawyer and politician The divorce was granted by Judge Melamore in Nervose county circuit court Depositions were taken two weeks earlier while Mrs Cabell visited Norfolk The evidence was straightforward her claim of desertion.
An advertisement touts Pinex as a concentrated pine extract cough remedy that quickly loosens dry hoarse or painful coughs and soothes inflamed membranes. It markets 24 percent ounce bottles and a separate syrup, claiming effectiveness for bronchitis asthma and croup with a money back guarantee.
Dr G A Davis issues a correction to a prior statement about Dr Miller. He explains the suit mentioned was repeatedly soaked in mercury bichloride, altering the situation. Davis reports meeting Miller in Summit Point West Virginia on January 12 1916 and offers to set the record straight.
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