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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
3
A brief look at the spread of Prince Albert tobacco across markets and smoking habits. The text discusses broad distribution channels, brand visibility, and consumer adoption factors influencing ubiquity and prevalence among diverse groups.
The page lists daily market quotes for farm commodities and regional prices. Cattle and poultry ranges, corn and hay values, and butter and egg figures appear, with specifics for live chickens, turkeys, and hogs. It also includes Baltimore market standings for corn, butter, eggs, live poultry, hay, lambs, calves, and pigs and ends with New York apple prices for Jonathan and Baldwin varieties.
Readable fragments show pricing terms such as dollars per barrel and per unit with mixed typos. No clear event or entities beyond generic commodity pricing.
Shenandoah Valley Academy basketball team, after a likely win over Hagerstown High School, travels to play Winchester Athletic Club in the North Market Street armory on Friday night at 8.
Dr J Earl Noonan well known in the city returns from Richmond where he attended the annual Virginia State Veterinary Association convention. He was made a member of the association's legislative committees, one of its most important bodies.
An old article promotes a simple diet as key to longevity citing Canaro and claims Vinol from Geo Fr Miller's Sons restores strength in the elderly. It frames modern diets as taxing vitality and positions Vinol as a reliable, non secret tonic for aged readers seeking health.
An old newspaper snippet promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming to tone weak kidneys and relieve aches from cold weather. It notes sales nationwide and mentions Messrs. P. and Middleton and S. A. Crounse traveling to City Point Virginia for work with Du Pont Powder Company. It adds Graham Rosenberger attends the Anti-Sl en League convention in Richmond.
Permanent organization of the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company is formed extending from Winchester to Harrisburg with lines to eastern cities. Officers named include Henry M Tracey president and Oscar K Kines secretary treasurer. The firm operates 59 toll lines 34 exchanges and serves 15 000 subscribers across multiple Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia counties.
Mr J Horace Lacy Jr secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and young attorney in Winchester has been appointed the local agent for the Mutual Benefit Insurance Company of Newark New Jersey Castoria notice appears with familiar infant remedy wording and signature line.
The piece argues for a city manager and small at large council as the main route to better governance. It cites Dayton as a leading example and notes public sentiment supports expert administration, while warning against assuming reform alone guarantees improvement without vigilant civic oversight.
The record notes 465 cities operate under the commission form while 6 more employ a city manager or are provided for one. This highlights a prevalent governance approach with a small number adopting manager-led administration.
A National Geographic Society summary notes the Kattegat’s strategic role as a naval corridor linking the North Sea and Baltic Sea. It describes narrow waters, mixed shorelines, and the area’s use by German and Swedish ships to reach Central Powers ports, with rail connections tying Sweden to Germany via Denmark.
The Kattegat waters train Norse sailors in handling sudden gales, broken seas, and rocks. Storm winds lash these channels among many islands and shoals, shaping a maritime culture of risk. Island communities depend on cod, herring, lobster, and oyster fisheries amid steep eastern shores and low western coasts.
A verse by Walt Mason critiques judgmental Christians who condemn sinners while praising themselves. It contrasts stern rebuke with Paul’s gentleness and suggests wanderers may seek heaven’s joys despite earthly misdeeds. The piece questions self righteousness in moral policing.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia David R Barrett against Albert Barrett George W Margaret A Willams and others the master commissioner orders publication to notify all interest parties to appear in Winchester at ten o clock to proceed with estate actions for Lucy Barrett including debts taxes and liens and to report further matters deemed pertinent. Publication to occur in the Manchester Evening Star for four consecutive weeks. January 1916.
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