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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
5
Bank shows resources and deposits as of December 31 1917 with figures totals and classifications. Directors W P McGuire M M Lynch S My Chiles C R McCann sign and attest the report dated January 9 1918.
Train No 14 departs at 7:39 p m connecting Roanoke to Philadelphia and New York with Pullman sleepers to Philadelphia. Parlor car to Hagerstown and Philadelphia. Special for points South via Shenandoah with intermediate stations and hourly timing notes. Contact W C Saunders for details. W B Vill Passenger Traffic Manager listed.
Daily and weekend service details for the Strasburg to Harrisonburg line. Includes No. 23 ex and No. 44 locals with arrival times at Harrisonburg and Washington, buffet parlor car notes, and notes on connections to Alexandria and barscoeburg. D H DeBUTTS, Div. Pass. Agent, Washington DC.
Readable fragments list times and towns including Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown Chambersburg Shippensburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg Harrisburg and notes 7.25 to 11.20 pm 2.20 to 6.40 with various ives and incomplete entries.
Winchester residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills with broad testimonials. Mrs. W B Harlee of 7208 Braddock St. reports relief from backache and kidney troubles. The ad urges readers to buy Doan's for 60 cents at dealers nationwide. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
The text presents an oath by WM. G. HARDY as cashier of the bank, sworn with affirmations of truth. Additional signatories listed include John W. Rice, Lewis F. Cooper, and J. Gray Williams.
An advertisement touts Hyomej as a pure antiseptic inhalant for catarrh. It claims rapid relief by breathing the medicine into inflamed membranes, kills germs, soothes symptoms, and warns against untreated catarrh which may lead to consumption. No stomach dosing or sprays involved.
The World Almanac 1918 edition promises extensive war coverage with over thirty titles on Great War topics. It includes costs, occasions, military growth, loans, war chronology, new taxes, and congressional acts, aiming to preserve key American documents among its chronicles.
Fragmentary OCR data shows numbers and letters without readable context or identifiable people, places, or events. No coherent incident or assertion can be derived for a dated news card.
The volume compiles up to date statistics across politics, business, education, religion, industry, prohibition, and woman suffrage. It presents a broad survey of human activity with emphasis on progress and condition, reflecting the publication’s enduring fame.
An old advertisement urges readers to try Hood's Sarsaparilla for backache and weak kidneys. It claims the tonic strengthens and purifies the body, restoring energy and vitality.
A Rev J Luther Martin records a satirical diary blaming Kaiser Bill for a seven day work and food ban cycle. The piece lists Sabbath rest on seven days with days named as meatless and wheatless, ending with no work until Wednesday night. The author frames Kaiser Wilhelm as the instigator of the rule.
A dated testimonial claims Peterson's NNTMBENT heals eczema salt rheum sores itching and other skin diseases. It urges piles sufferers to try a ten cent box, with a Buffalo New York referee endorsing its efficacy and promising relief.
The text promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla with Pepto Iron taken before and after meals to bolster the blood nerves and digestive organs. It claims benefits for scrofula rheumatic conditions anemia and nervous symptoms from iron deficiency and notes Hood's Pills aid as a mild laxative in harmony with the other remedies.
Stephens City Virginia reports People's Bank had a very successful year led by cashier Russell A Shr yock and assistant Clarence Lemley with an eight percent dividend. Updates include H A Dinges improving after illness, Mrs F Bell Grimm visiting Atlanta, M Yeakle securing a new post in Winchester, a porch flour theft incident, strange pedestrian tracks on Main Street, Corporal Charles A Dean visiting from Camp Lee, Julian Dean visiting Martinsburg, Alvan J Steele traveling to visit relatives, Methodist church services postponed due to fuel, cream separator manager John T Painter, and Mrs Julian D Steele receiving a piano as a Christmas gift.
Ad promoting Musterole claims it replaces mustard plasters, made from oil of mustard and other ingredients in a white ointment. It promises prompt relief from sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck rheumatism and other pains without blistering.
Vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle safer alternative to calomel for liver relief. Claims include no salivation, "entirely vegetable" formula, and a money back guarantee with morning renewal of energy, headaches vanishing, and regular digestion.
An old remedy claims to cure dandruff by dissolving it with four ounces of a common liquid argon moistened into the scalp at night and rubbed in gently in the morning. The method promises removal of all dandruff with repeated use and claims it will erase every sign.
Fire at North Market Street home caused by a hot stove pipe igniting woodwork near the ceiling. Rev. Walker Carter, a colored resident, reportedly added fuel to the stove around an o clock. Fire companies Sarah Zane and Rouss responded and quickly extinguished the flames with chemical helpers.
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