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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
2
Great News to buyers as we offer blanket and spread samples at less than manufacturer's selling prices. We bought from the manufacturer and provide bargains at an opportune time when weather favors blankets.
A sale lists fleeced blankets at 57, 68, 78 and 90 cents and wool blankets priced from 49 cents to 2.98 with savings up to 4.00. Extras include sey Siewed blankets at 3.25 to 4.50, white spreads from 1.15 to 2.00 and 2.25 to 2.75. Sale ends in 10 days with prices not guaranteed afterward.
Solomon Bequette of Flat River Missouri says a 50 cent box of Foley Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble two years ago. He recommends them to others with kidney issues. Also note mail subscriptions due in January at a reduced 2.00 per year rate.
An old advertisement touts Geta-It corn remedy from RE Lawrence & Co Chicago. It promises quick 2 second application drying without sticking to stockings and claims corns will come off clean with no irritation. Sold 250 a bottle and through Livick's Drug Store in Winchester.
Mr and Mrs J F Chapman hosted visitors at Cross Junction. C Fenton Giffin and family visited Capon Bridge with Baxter Giffin. W J Muse and family stayed with J F Chapman. Miss Shirley Fansler, public school teacher, spent weekend at home in Winchester.
The King's Daughters will meet at Mrs. George S. Bowers' home tomorrow Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The notice appears in the Want Column.
The narrator serves as mate on the brutal whaling ship Ghost under Wolf Larsen. Larsens tyrannical rule, Leach and Johnson’s abuses, and the narrator’s growing moral crisis and dangerous thoughts about mutiny unfold as the voyage nears Wainwright Island.
Hon J M Steck of Winchester introduced a bill to amend the existing act fixing licenses for moving picture theatres and amusement venues with phonograph recitals. It raises the admission cap to fifty cents and adjusts weekly and annual license taxes by seating capacity, with special terms for towns under 20 000. He also presented bills to create a State forester office and to amend section 3702 on setting fires to woods and inflammable substances.
An advertising note claims Danderine clears dandruff after several uses. It urges buying a 25 cent bottle at any drug store and applying it to the scalp with fingertips for permanent relief from flakes and itching.
A poem mourning a friend's death from pneumonia at age forty notes his strict health habits and obsession with germ avoidance. It humorously contrasts his caution with the narrator's indifference to rules, ending with a wish for the friend’s peace.
Elkton in Rockingham County remains the only Presidential post office in the Seventh District with a Republican postmaster. The term of H B Gentry expires in August. Democratic applicants are J Harry Leebrick J Henry Miller and John W Hompkins all organized Democrats.
The S. S. S. Co promotes a blood purifying tonic to relieve rheumatism by cleansing the blood of impurities. The firm claims their 8 S. T. S. blood tonic restores purity and strengthens the system, advising readers to obtain it from local druggists or write to Swift & Co. Atlanta Ga.
By authority of a decree in Frederick County Virginia a chancellor suit Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester versus Lyle May Anderson the undersigned will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester at noon on a date to be announced.
A 39.96 acre limestone farm near White Hall on Applepie Ridge Road in Frederick County Virginia is offered for sale. The sale provides terms one third cash day of sale with two thirds via two bonds due one and two years later, secured by a trust deed and fire insurance. Special commissioners and court officials are listed as part of the sale process.
Under a court decree a special commissioner will sell Baker's Steam Flour Mill at public auction Friday March 3 1916 at 11 a m in front of the Winchester County Court House The brick three and a half story mill fronts Market Street and backs to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with extensive siding and wagon space The interior has been rebuilt with new modern machinery capable of 250 barrels of flour every 24 hours Operated by electric power with an auxiliary steam engine a new boiler is needed.
A well known authority warns that excessive meat intake overloads kidneys with uric acid. He advocates four ounces daily of Rad Salts to flush kidneys, noting its grape and lemon acid base with lithia, an effervescent drink said to neutralize urine acids and prevent irritation. The advertisement urges constant use to keep kidneys clean and active.
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