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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
2
In the 1917 sale, prices dip on night gowns skirts corset covers chemise and more. Specials include 100 white waists regular 1.60 now 69 cents with a mix of other items selling for 7 to 69 cents and early cuts across several lots.
Revival meetings in Winchester focus on the birthday of Robert E. Lee with Rev Luther Bridgers of Georgia delivering a 2 30 p m sermon at the big Evangelical Tabernacle. Large crowds travel by car and rail to hear him as daily services continue with morning and evening sessions. Local ministers join in cooperation and Bridgers is noted as preacher and singer. In other news Jon Kremer suffered a serious injury at a local plant when struck in the abdomen by a fork. he is the sole support of two wives and six children.
The excerpt analyzes a political figure described as Saket Sadeeben likening actions to a chess move or a raffle. It frames strategic thinking in election contexts and public decision making.
Serial adventure scene captures De Spain and Nan amid Calabasas clashes with the Morgans. Gale’s firepower, Nan’s inner conflict, and De Spain’s hunted status drive the narrative as Nan contemplates aiding him while avoiding kin danger. The tone mirrors frontier melodrama with named places and recurring characters.
McAlpin reveals Henry de Spain was with Nan’s uncle at the inn before a local clash and later confirms Henry is dead. He points to Henry’s coat and cartridge belt, claiming to know why Henry came to the hotel and asserting Nan's admirer died for her. Nan returns home shaken and more entangled in her feelings.
Nan tracks to De Spain on a moonlit ledge finds him delirious and guarded. She debates assisting him while risking her own safety, as De Spain clings to life and hints of gratitude.
A fragmented excerpt shows Tyche Eben and others discussing the desire to give thanks but worry about withholding blessings from others. The tone suggests a communal gratitude moment with anxious generosity.
An advertisement touts Pinex cough syrup as a cheap home remedy for bad colds and bronchial ailments. It claims immediate relief, healing inflamed throat membranes, stopping throat tickle, loosening phlegm, and curing bronchitis and whooping cough, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co of Ft. Wayne.
An advertisement touts Knowlton’s Dandeline as a 25-cent solution to dandruff and hair loss. It claims to restore life and lustre to hair after one application and after a week will show new fine hair growing across the scalp.
The article notes ancient Jewish customs valuing perfumes in bridal dress. One twelfth of a dowry was reserved for perfumes. It mentions the famed balm of Gilead distilled from a bush once common in Gilead, now scarce and supplied only by the sultan.
An old advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for biliousness constipation and sluggish liver. It claims no salivation, gentler on stomach and bowels, and a morning after improvement with a money back guarantee. It targets workers and children with promises of renewed energy and appetite.
H Grady Wiebb a 33 year old medical student from Lewisville Kentucky was arrested in Kansas City charged by federal authorities as a member of the gang that robbed the Baltimore and Ohio train at Central Doddridge West Virginia in October 1915. Authorities say about $100000 in unsigned currency was taken and about $1000 was found in his possession. Postal inspectors report he confessed. three other men had earlier been arrested Jeff Harrison Eugene Dietz and Dick Harrison.
The Ladies Aid Society of Mount Pleasant U B Church will hold a meeting at the church. Details on time and agenda are not fully legible in the fragment.
Advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound for cold relief. Take every two hours totaling three doses to break the grippe symptoms, unclog nostrils, relieve headache and throat soreness, with a 25 cent price at drug stores.
The record notes a January last Thursday gathering at Mrs. John Bailey’s Greenspring home. A surprise party honored Virginia Hott at Mr. and Mrs. John Hott’s home. Elizabeth Legg visited Agnes Busey, and the Dix children have measles. The Trimble child is ill and Evelyn Clown visited Zeph Morgan’s home.
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