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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1920

Page

6

Of Interest to Women From Lydia E Pinkham’s Medicine

Mrs John Lips endorses Lydia E Pinkham’s table Compound as strengthening and curative for female ailments. The ad claims safe, root based medicine for women and offers confidential advice from the Lydia Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts. The piece frames women seeking health guidance and mentions a domestic scene illustrating family life in Washington.

Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia Medicine Co Lynn

Curious Phrases on Historic Tables and Prices

A fragment describes historic associations at tables with vivid prices and a mahogany table raised high. It mentions abdication discourse and a fleeting moment, noting a “good old English” phrase linked to tossing and a doughy process once used in baking.

Blood Purifier Sarsaparilla and Health Pills Ad

An old advertisement extols Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and enricher, claiming it prevents biliousness and various ailments. It promotes Hood's Pills as a gentle laxative and urges readers to obtain medicine today. The passage also philosophizes about aging and vitality with a Colton quote on aging gracefully.

Tae Hood

Time to Work on Hugo and Waterloo Reactions

A concise reflection on Victor Hugo and the Battle of Waterloo, noting the delay before his writing and the lasting impact. It mentions 46 years after Waterloo and Tennyson's later lament on the duke and empire, highlighting literary responses to the historical event.

Victor Hugo Battle of Waterloo Tennygon Bury Great Duke

Fragmented OCR Financial Notation Remains Unclear

An unreadable OCR snippet shows scattered numbers and abbreviations including 495.86, 8 19,183, 46, 12,989.00, FOG and 3% with no coherent context or identifiable entities.

British Duped by an Adventuress

A British reader was deceived by a bold adventuress whose scheme misled her target. Details remain scarce as officials review the incident and its aftermath.

Adventuress Masie Crawford and the Thaw Family Scandal

A fragmented account centers on Masie Crawford, daughter of Harry Thaw, in a string of daring exploits across Britain. The text describes alleged faked adventures, clever town-to-town schemes, and a web of relatives including Walter Crawford as a key figure. Police probes fail to reveal her true identity or past.

Dad Masie Crawford England Albericanus Walter Crawford Harry Thaw Masie Crayford Seany Vitavions Sehaieceers Woking Surrey Miilitary Brirful Walter Crawford Canad Tier

Bank Statement Items and Cash Holdings Noted

The document lists loans and discounts, overdrafts secured, bonds and securities with premiums, other real estate owned, furniture and fixtures, and various cash items. It also shows ledgers for due from national banks and state banks, private bankers and trust companies, paper currency, fractional currency, gold coin, revenue stamps, and totals in the cash and asset categories.

Same Janking House U.S U. S Government Federal Reserve Bank Daulbank Tleme U. S Dilefcom National Banks Leeowa Th. S C. S Dness W. Ss Edness U. Ss U.S.C Étea Ceee Ee Pee Orme Corm National

Fragmentary figures hint at financial figures and codes

OCR reads a series of numbers and codes including 16393268 80723 626 13839 29 4 58 with stray letters. The readable portion presents monetary values and numeric sequences without clear context or identifiable names or events.

Sage and Sulphur Compound to Darken Gray Hair

An ad offers Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready remedy to darken gray hair. It claims easy use with a damp brush and 1 2 applications for darker, glossy hair, while noting it is not a disease cure.

Wyeth

Fragmentary Local Record Reads Like Gobbled Text

A garbled OCR fragment mentions a lizard, a cow’s lung, and unclear names or actions. The readable portions offer no coherent event, date, or clear subjects beyond scattered phrases and misread words.

Bank Statement Shows Ledger Totals and Cash Reserves

The document lists assets including loans and securities, deposits with the U S Treasury, and bonds. It notes cash in vault, due from banks, and redemption funds, ending with the cashier’s sworn statement by WM G Hardy.

State of Virginia Frederick Win G. Hardy WM. G. Hardy

Free Yourself From The Pangs of Rigamatism

The text promotes a blood purifier as a cure for rheumatism, arguing surface remedies fail and the disease lies in the blood. It touts a long tracked remedy sold by druggists, claims fifty years of use, and invites readers to contact Swift Laboratory in Atlanta for information and advice at no charge.

Heoour Swift*Laboratory Atlanta

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Mrs. John Lips Gonraé Bollmen Lapland Colton Middletown State Bank, Inc Middletown State Corporation Commission Jurolas LW. & Goffman W. H. Coffman Farmers and Merchants National Bank Winchester Ralue Larrick M. Ht Rhodes EB. R. Sperry Viremc County of Fredericks W. F. Coffman Cashier Ibis AL Owitgs N. Pe Satergat Ees Mt Masamas Saaner Titan We Syest Loral Berd Hilts Federal Reserve D. Fuller H. PD. Fuller Scorred J. S. Haldeman M. M. Lynch John M. Steck Scott Grant J. W. Raker, N. P Abjse Panige Iatic Lanatl RS Prast Conianies John TI Stoat Commercial & Savings Bank John I. Sloat H.C. Sheetz Nor M. Bond Blopaker Alice L. Osburn N. P State of Virginia THE Peoples’ Bank, Inc Stephens City State Corporation Commission. Resources Seapesgees Liberty Loan Russell A. Surgock Peoples Hank. Inc Stephens Federick Thestateday APY Ussr John A. ‘Hiskle J. M. Recete Dewant T Hehan Arpee Eas Lg Tormit Tottzedhrtha i A Star Net Shenandoah Valley Nat.Bank Saélrier Corret John W. Rice W.S. Fliett Stewart Bell Hisier, Maphis Little Joe's Union- Bank Beens Nye Peddust Companie Assis Casaier Hank Preder Pec Robinil W. A. Hailey Karls Chas Daisy Bell Bowers Requist Evans Cincinnati Ine Market St
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