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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
2
A brief sale note reports a marked down sale of muslin underwear. It mentions remnants of table linen and yardage discounts with prices like 21 cents and 60 cents per yard. The text indicates ongoing clearance and reduced goods availability.
The ad claims St Jacob's Oil rubs away rheumatism and ache by applying to the tender spot. It promises fast relief from pain stiffness lumbago backache neuralgia and muscle bone soreness with a 25 cent bottle from any drug store.
The price to wholesalers will rise from twenty to twenty one cents per gallon as gas distributors cite higher crude oil costs and shipping facilities as causes. The report notes the impact on joyriding costs and general consumer prices.
Excerpted scenes from Nan Morgan and De Spain unfold across Music Mountain with gunmen battles and jailbreaks. Nan plans a final meeting as De Spain contemplates escape and a last night departure amid Morgan clan clashes and tense standoffs.
De Spain confronts Nan in a tense mountain scene as he offers a shell and vows not to start trouble. Nan hides, then overheard voices reveal Gale Morgans pursuing marriage, while Nan resists his demands and Vows to reveal nothing. The moment grows strained with danger and unspoken loyalties.
Nan challenges Morgan and De Spain as a confrontation escalates with a mounted outlaw aiming to shoot. Nan shields her cousin, blinds De Spain to killing, and covertly slips a loaded cartridge to him, forging a perilous moment that ends with a vow to continue.
Vernon Kennedy a.k.a. Bogus Kennedy, who sold two Shrum Brothers horses in Harrisonburg, is missing after leaving with payment. He had sold one horse to R. M. Ward of Charlottesville for 126 dollars and another to Hirsch Brothers for 25 dollars, and later told his wife to move to West Virginia. He is a noted jockey and horse trainer in the area.
A cheerful ad touts Cascarets as a gentle laxative that activates the liver and purges the bowels. It claims to ease headaches biliousness sour stomach and bad breath and notes suitability for children.
Sunday services feature familiar hymns from recent meetings. The pastor, recovered from illness, will preach in both morning and evening sessions. Morning topic The Toy of Jesus. evening topic The Man God Called a Fool Does He Live In Winchester. Baptism to be administered. Miss Luella Haymaker departs for Baltimore for several weeks. Mrs. Hunter H. McGuire leaves for Washington.
A brief anonymous musing notes that delaying effort is easy yet choosing to act defines moral weight. It suggests that the tardiness fades when one commits to doing the right thing, framing action as decisive in ethics.
Catarrh cannot be credibly dismissed and internal remedies are advised. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is described as a regular prescription by a leading physician. Testimonials are available. pills also marketed for family use.
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