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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1918
Page
2
A testimonial from Mrs. Ernest Beebe of Watertown New York claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health during pregnancy after female weaknesses. The ad urges others, especially women overtaxing their strength, to try the remedy and sends for special suggestions from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
Editor Roanoke Observer argues for a large industrial school in Winchester modeled on Hampton Tuskegee Gary plans to recruit five to ten thousand young people from across the United States, offering tuition free, discipline, training, and protections to attract Black labor and boost regional prosperity.
An advertisement urges readers to seek effective treatment for a persistent catarrh. It promotes a long advertised remedy from O. G. S. and promises to target the disease at its source. Readers are invited to write for free medical advice to the Medical Director in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs Pearl Patrick of Meadoréville Kentucky writes of severe constipation and sour stomach. After ineffective pills she used Black Draught and felt digestion improve and bowels normalize. The letter extols Thedford's Draught as a valued laxative for stomach liver and bowel troubles.
An old advertisement claims a free sample bottle of Green's August Flower can cure indigestion dyspepsia torpid liver and constipation. It touts fifty years of success and notes headaches stem from stomach disorders. Miller's Drug Store offers the sample.
Rev C D Lambert returned from Mill Cap Va after attending the funeral of Mrs Headsley a sister of Mrs Lambert. Families and neighbors report numerous auto trips to Washington Baltimore and Chambersburg with visits to relatives in Hagers town Summit Point and Winchester. Mary Carter and Robert Carter show some health improvement after illness and surgery.
Thrift, Savings Stamps are now on sale at multiple Winchester businesses including the United States Post Office Funk and Son H. H. Woodward Brill and Ritter Hansbrough and Carter Hate Jack S. Rosenmeyer Hodgson and Brown Jones Brothers Harlee Brothers Ryan and Orndout Jolliffe and Joniffe C. We-Ramsburge Anderson's Pook Room S. E. Curl's Barber Shop C. E. Huntaberry Asco Drug Store Five and Ten Store.
Several Winchester banks announce closures for Thursday July 4 1918 a legal holiday. Cashier statements list that all paper maturities due that day will be payable Friday July 5 1918. Names include Shenandoah Valley National Bank Merchants National Bank Union Bank of Winchester Commercial and Savings Bank.
A short editorial question warns readers against spending wages without buying war savings stamps. It urges thrift and saving for national effort, framing the stamps as essential support during the war.
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