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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1918

Page

4

Marry Flood Byrd

The Evening Star reports marriage of Flood and Byrd. Publisher lists subscription rates for readers and subscribers.

Marry Flood Byrd

Roads to Riches and the Folly of Quick Fortune

A reflective verse discusses schemes promising wealth by mail and the lure of shares and gilt stocks. The speaker contrasts imagined riches with real poverty, noting many have fallen into scams yet remain content in a tale of caution about investment and fortune.

John D

Winchester Struggles With Severe Winter Storms

Weather forecasters predict continued storms as Winchester faces heavy snowfall. City workers rush to clear crossings while major downtown streets receive priority. Residents endure power and fuel hardships as the cold stretches into the week.

Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Calomel for Quick Relief

Druggists report calomel sales drop as Dodson's Liver Tone gains favor praise for safety and effectiveness. A guaranteed, pleasant tasting vegetable remedy promises relief from liver sluggishness and constipation with no next day discomfort.

Calomel Dodson

Loyal Alleged Alien Proved Citizenship in Virginia Case

Lee Frenkel, formerly of Norfolk, sought to verify his naturalization after being treated as an alien enemy. Records show final papers granted February 1894, with Frenkel planning to return to Norfolk once citizenship is confirmed and restored to his position with the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company.

Srom Norfolk United States Lee Frenkel Winchester Frenkel Corporation Court Holmes Boyd, Sr Beverley Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company Germany Ater Ada. Copp Steamship Company

Danderine Promise for Beautiful Hair in Minutes

An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming dandruff loss and itching vanish within ten minutes of application. It promises new hair growth with continued use and suggests easy, one minute daily styling to create light, fluffy, glossy hair.

Knowlton

Hard Winters Recalled In Virginia Letter

B S Sellers of Rockingham County Virginia cites 1834 35 winter in a Baltimore Sun letter. He references Alexander Stephens history noting severe weather across the United States with ice on Chesapeake Bay frozen rivers and orchards damaged from St Augustine Florida to Georgia and snow in Georgia in January and March.

Baltimore Sun B. B. Sellers Ishind Hord Rockingham County, Va Herbert’ Richardson United States Alexander“H. Stephens Georgia Lebanon N. Y Chesapeake Bay Cape Charles and Henry Feo Savannah Augusta St. Augustine Pla

Infant Diptheria Death Hits Johnson Family in Town

Wilson Johnson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson, died at home on North Market Street from diphtheria after a two week illness. Older sister Marie Johnson, six, also ill with diphtheria. A third suspected case exists but the attending physician has saved another child. The body will be taken to the Christian Church on Timber Ridge for private burial in the churchyard tomorrow.

Wilson Johnson Walter Johnson Yorth Market Street Johnsons Marie Johnson Johnson

Funeral of Mrs S A Byers

Funeral service for Mrs Sarah E Byers wife of Samuel A Byers was held at her North Main Street home at 2 PM with Rev George S Bowers of Grace Lutheran Church officiating. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles McCann Scott Grant William S Hiett Frank Magruder Conley Dunlap and J M Brown.

Sarah E. Byers Samuel A. Byers North Main Street George S. Bowers Grace Lutheran Church Mount Hebron Charles i. McCann Scott Grant William S$. Hiett Frank Magruder Conley Dunlap J. M. Brown

Nineveh News Notes Highlights Local Visitations

In Nineveh Virginia Weaver returns from Philadelphia and New York to her home near the village. Howard Statler travels to Covington due to his aunt’s death. A S Jett and K Weaver visit Front Royal and Lions City. R D Johnston shows improvement after a four week illness. Shirley G Miller returns from Baltimore after a week with relatives.

Nineveh Var Virginia" Weaver Philadelphia New York Howard Statler Covington A. S. Jett Front Royal K. Weaver Lions City R. D. Johnston Shirley G. Miller Baltimore

Wheatless cornmeal biscuits from a simple batter

Parched cornmeal forms the base for biscuits combined with peanut butter salt and water. The recipe instructs to toast cornmeal in the oven stir in a hot peanut butter mixture, then fold in the hot meal. The dough drops from a spoon and bakes into 16 small cakes.

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