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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1917
Page
3
A Paoli Indiana note lists cough types including winter cough bronchial cough and racking coughing with phlegm. It claims personal relief from coughing through a remedy sold widely, promising curing effects.
The Senate discussed a proposed league to enforce peace after a White House note. Senators argued presidents typically addressed both houses, and Wilson’s action was seen as expanding peace efforts abroad. In New York, stock market fell after the announcement of the presidential address on foreign relations.
A fragment notes deep sea fish with unusually expandable stomachs, naming a well known species and contrasting with a larger, better known example. The text mentions an accommodating moth and a skein reference, with unclear context and wording.
An ordinance requires all improved lots in a defined area of Winchester to connect to city sewers within 1209 days after notice. It prohibits earth privies where sewer access exists, sets fines up to ten dollars per offense, and makes noncompliance a separate offense after thirty days.
A quirky 1920s style tip tale advises careful soap cleansing after fruit stains before handling water devices. The piece blends playful instructions with domestic chores and gadget usage hints.
The readable fragments reference numbers and names in a garbled mix. No coherent event is identifiable from the OCR to summarize into a proper news item with distinct entities.
Advertises Pape's Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion sour stomach and gas with claims of relief within five minutes. Asserts large annual sales and scientific harmlessness and urges readers to obtain the fifty cent bottle from any drug store for quick stomach relief.
Washington reports that the Carranza government is pressed to release Archibishop of Guadalajara and Bishop of Zacatecas held by Carranzist agents. The Star Dept says churchmen are detained and seeks official explanation for the incident amid concern among U.S. Catholics.
The fragment hints at a moral tale where a young swan navigates risky company and learns from wiser paths. It suggests scenes of bad companions, a test of judgment, and a respectful, thoughtful outcome guided by prudent influence.
E Crones the chef linked to a past soup poisoning at a Catholic banquet is reported as seen at the Second Regiment armory dance. Dressed as a Harlequin, he arrived with friends who claim he talked with police and left the city after the event amid anarchist ties.
London report quotes R G Wells declaring no side can claim total victory in the war. He urges creation of an international tribunal for peace under the headline Ideals For World Peace. Wells emphasizes a collective path to lasting settlement and world harmony.
Dr Edward J M Edwards a renowned Ohio physician for 17 years treated many women with liver and bowel ailments. He prescribed a vegetable mix of five oils said to cleanse waste from the system improve complexion and relieve symptoms described as pale face sallow look coated tongue and poor feeling with one tablet daily at 25 cents per box available at all druggists.
Reports from the wrecked east London munition plant show the death list growing toward 300 as investigators detail a blast that created an 80 foot deep crater and a six acre devastation zone. A tank top blow opened 8,000,000 cubic feet of illuminating gas, triggering a two mile flame column.
London January 22 The Star wires report that there is no unrest in Russia yet but warns of rising discontent. Dispatches attribute cabinet changes to unrest and cite Professor Simpson in the London Times noting food shortages and high living costs as key factors in maintaining czarist detentions.
J H Cooper a Winchester carpenter reports using Doan's Kidney Pills for backache on several occasions and says they regulate kidney action and relieve any lame back promptly. The testimonial appears in local ads promoting the Buffalo New York sold remedy at 60 cents a box.
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