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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
6
An old testimonial notes Charles Est Vinci as a superior body-building tonic. It claims the product, praised for stomach and health benefits, offers a money back guarantee if it fails to deliver results and mentions a doctor and relief from stomach trouble after use.
Entries note Mr. Ju ho returning home ill and visiting from Leamington to Winchester, with other travelers including Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Drummond. The Stonewall school teachers meet for literary discussions, dances, and a table event referencing nautical history and Victor Hugo. Local guests from Reading, Hagerstown, Cross and Washing invited.
Package of Hamburg tea advertised in pharmacies claims to cure cold and grip by steeping a spoonful in water and drinking. described as inexpensive entirely vegetable and safe. It asserts opening pores and relieving congestion, with laxative effect to break the cold.
A fragment describes an unverified rub claiming to relieve rheumatism by topical application. The text advertises rapid relief from pains and aches without skin burning, referencing vague doses and a popular name Jack Robinson while disclaiming a cure.
A Virginia official in Winchester attests to the truth of a state record, swearing under oath to the best of knowledge. The document references amounts and numbers including a 1,000 and 28 13,937, with dates and figures embedded in the oath text.
An advertisement proclaims Pape's Diapepsin quickly relieves indigestion, sour stomach, gas, heartburn, and dyspepsia. It claims dramatic improvement within minutes, notes the product is harmless, and prices a box at 50 cents.
A church service is noted for Sunday at 11 o clock. The location is described as the Farmers and Merchants National Bank building on the second floor.
Farmers explore a hay shortage solution by top feeding tops and pulp through a feeder for cattle and sheep. A silo packing method is described to preserve tops, and feeding after beet topping is advised to reduce waste and extend forage through winter.
The report lists assets and liabilities for Shenandoah Valley National Bank, including total assets of 3 218 905 07 and deposits of 2 086 883 07. It shows U.S. government securities, loans, cash items, and reserves, with cashiers and directors sworn to accuracy by cashier Wm G Hardy on June 5, 1926.
The notice warns readers about ice house readiness and timing for harvest. It emphasizes avoiding delays and preparing before winter. It mentions agricultural context and the urgency to act as temperatures drop and ice forms.
A partial OCR passage discusses adjusting type size and spacing for readability and suppresses errors with prompts. It mentions thick text, spongy sections, and adapting ascenders, with references to a region or place and an implied editing process. The readable content is minimal and context unclear.
Disjointed text describes evaluating egg quality by size air space position and yolk dispersion. It references an observer or operator noting yolk separation and air cup volume under varying conditions with limited coherent detail.
Delegates from the Farmers organizations including International Farm Congress, Farmers Congress, National Grange, American Federation of Labor, Farm Bureaus, and National Farm Union met to prepare requests to President Wilson and Congress. They urged immediate return of railroads to private control and prompt legislation to meet current conditions. Protests urged government control end within two years. The organizations claimed a combined membership of 4,060,000.
An ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast acting relief for colds starting after the first dose. It claims instant improvement in nasal congestion headache and body aches with minimal cost and no quinine.
Panic swept the Union Coal and Coke Company mines near Pa on January 29 as ventilation fans stopped. In the ensuing rush toward the shaft a miner was injured while workers struggled to evacuate safely.
Lieut Bernard Van deyeit Mekhout was fatally injured when his single seater Nieuport crashed during a flight at Guantanamo Bay. He died after being brought to the Solace hospital ship. Mekhout was a 1917 Naval Academy graduate. Also noted: William Wagner, a Winchester resident, broke his arm at his son’s home on North Braddock Street.
A historical advertisement recounts testimonials for Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets. Mrs Holland of Parkersburg credits restored appetite and health after constipation. Mrs Thornburg of Roanoke recalls relief from weakness and nervousness after years of illness. A third testimonial from Mrs Hymang in Rover Ave notes renewed strength and relief for backaches and liver function with the products.
The court read Eugene V. Debs final speech into the record amid the trial of five suspended Socialist assemblymen on disloyalty charges in Albany New York. Debs praised Lenin and called himself a revolutionary and Bolshevik while defying U.S. law and the Supreme Court. A pamphlet distribution by the Socialist party of Greater New York was noted. Miss Didier Practe Res Arm, Memorial Hospital superintendent, toppled on ice and fractured her forearm near Brad dock and Water streets. The bone was set and she rests comfortably.
Jacob H. Hillyard, a carpenter from Winchester, testifies after seven years that Doan's Kidney Pills helped his back pain, dizziness, and urinary issues. He notes relief since an injury worsened by damp weather and praises the product highly over years. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
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