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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1916
Page
2
In a dramatic shipboard scene Captain Wolf Larsen promotes teenager George Leach to boat-puller after exposing his uncertain past. Mugridge flees and Cooky’s jealousy injects tension as crew protocol clashed with mutinous behavior onboard.
The narrator witnesses Wolf Larsen's brutal control aboard a ship as cabin boy Humphrey Van Weyden earns his place. A doomed crane-like funeral is held for a dead crewman cast to the sea. The voyage pushes toward San Francisco as storms and fog loom, and Larsen's menace shapes the fate of all aboard.
The narrator describes a drastic shift in status aboard the sealing schooner Ghost as the cook known by multiple nicknames becomes domineering. Once a refined passenger, the narrator is reduced to a worthless cabin-boy, forced to address the cook as Mr Mugridge and perform galley tasks amid sharp sarcasm. He is ridiculed for simple duties and his inexperience is mocked.
An old promotional text offers one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood driven treatment. It asserts 35 years of use, claims disease healing on mucous surfaces, and urges immediate start with testimonials and Toledo based Fichene y Co. selling at 75 cents.
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An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming it stops dandruff cleanses the scalp and invigorates hair. It promises softer shinier hair with new growth after weeks of use and recommends a 25 cent bottle from druggists or toilet counters.
In Middletown Virginia on January 18 Mrs M L Larnick visits relatives in Baltimore. The Landsdown Maryland family of Fred Manuel and two children stay with Mrs Manuel's parents Mr and Mrs Stanley Peter. Elsie Edmondson returns to Baltimore after visiting her parents E E Edmondson. Mamie Stickley guests Nettie Willey. Hampston of Edinburg guests William Coff man family. Emma Larrick returns from New York City visit. Robert Campbell will depart soon.
A vivid advertisement promises instant relief from stuffed nose due to cold or catarrh. It claims Ely's Cream Balm clears air passages, soothes swollen mucous membranes, and restores easy breathing with a fragrant antiseptic formula available at druggists.
Trustees announce a public auction of a three story brick house and lot at 213 North Main Street Winchester on January 15 1916 at 12 M The property was devised to Arthur S Markell for life with remainder to his children Terms require one third cash day of sale and balance in two equal annual installments at six percent interest secured by a deed of trust and fire insurance bonds and notice of bond on file with the Clerk of the Corporation Court Winchester Va
The sale of the above-mentioned property is postponed until Saturday January 29 at the same time and place.
Awit seority deo Pake up the duties of gisliint cashier of the Commercial and Savings Bank which was recently organized in Winchester. Mrs J W Rhodes was a recent guest of her daughter Mrs E B Steele in Stephens City. Miss Roberta Parker has returned from a visit to her sister Mrs Howard Armel in Washington.
A health claim urges drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the digestive system. It says this practice purifies the alimentary tract and removes toxins from liver kidneys and bowels, promoting a feeling of youth.
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