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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
3
Mrs Thomas H Davis of Montgomery Indiana reports months of bladder trouble with no relief. After being advised to take Foley Kidney Pills she started using them and found relief. The pills claim to ease backache rheumatism stiff swollen joints and kidney trouble and are sold widely.
Travelers by auto rather than wagon train resist horse traffic as a band of fortune tellers continues traditional gypsy business in Pierre South Dakota observations note women guiding the group and the scene remains vivid despite modern transport
Washington January 31 warning the public to be careful with hair dyes rouge hair removers and similar cosmetics due to poisonous ingredients. The bureau notes mercury poisoning from rouge and corrosive hair removers and that black dyes often contain salts of silver lead copper iron or bismuth posing poisoning risks if ingested. Treat such materials as poisons.
Notice from the fuel and food administrators of Virginia directs merchants dealing in essential food to keep stores open on Monday holidays until noon while suggesting some close all day Monday as a patriotic duty if withholding food to customers causes no harm.
Marlboro Virginia residents report a series of visits and relocations. H H Shall from Winchester spent time with his aunt Mrs S G Jamison. R Lee Wilson of Winchester visited Jasper J Pangle. Ethel Martin ill with pneumonia at Mrs Fred Shall in Middletown. D B Stickley of Middletown attended local business. George Booth and Roy Booth of Lexington visited their father John F Booth. Arthur Shanholtz of Opequon visited W H Shanholtz. D H Duncan moves from Strasburg to Middletown to practice medicine. H E Shull in Winchester on business.
An old advertisement claims a greasy salve cures eczema tetter pimples and other skin troubles without staining. It promotes E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio products and urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first symptoms like hoarseness. Sold by all druggists.
An August ad argues that women can serve the nation beyond home duties by remaining healthy. It claims Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures female weakness and nervousness, restores strength, and is a temperance, non secret tonic with ingredients listed on the wrapper.
E T Harrison of Southern Stove Works Richmond urges households to reconsider the belief that hot blast stoves only work with anthracite He claims proper adjustment lets the stoves burn any coal including soft coal and even mine fuel He warns against unnecessary expense from abandoning hot blast stoves based on fuel limits.
Louis B. Crner of Somerset Virginia reports feeling run down with back pain and rheumatic discomfort. After using Foley Kidney Pills he says he felt like a new man and notes relief from backache stiff joints and swollen ankles. Sold everywhere by druggists.
At Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station a fertilizer discussion praised nitrate of soda. Speakers claimed higher yields and longer lasting effects on fertilized trees, with examples from Indiana farms. The Department of Agriculture offered to supply nitrate of soda at cost to farmers in Frederick County via Baker and Company.
Advertising copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as a beneficial combo for purer blood and stronger nerves. It claims cost efficiency and a fourfold benefit, with Hood's Pills as a laxative option.
Reports from the frontier describe serious disturbances in Berlin Kiel Bremen Hamburg Basen and other industrial centers. Armed clashes between troops and strikers left many dead and wounded while soldiers reportedly refused to fire in some Berlin suburbs. The strike movement is rapidly extending to provinces and large mining regions, with thousands of miners going out.
The Elks lodge welcomed new members as a duet was served during the evening. The Hikes have increased membership, and the lodge is now one of the largest in the state with several new members joining recently.
Local items report Mr M A Armel in Hagerstown after illness, Mrs J S Kitchen ill at home. Gen R D Johnston recovered at his residence. Canterbury’s residents visited the latter. The new graded school opened for winter with Prof Shepard as principal and Dine Samapacll as primary teacher. Enrollment around forty. Privates Benjamin and J Oliver Newcome spent time with parents. Lewis Haymaker recovering from appendicitis. Don Gray ill for days. Edward White on business trip to New Market. Townsfolk dub this winter timer as roads and mail stay nearly impassable. Twin infants of Clinger interred.
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