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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
2
Manufacturer's samples offered at less than actual cost. Three special bargains include a 39c lot worth 69c, a 44c lot worth 75c, and an 88c lot worth $1.40. All trimmed with ribbon and lace. Additional specials in camisoles and silk underwear.
Estate listing by C. P. Bailey & Co. and Bailey Bros. Store markets ten limestone farms from 100 to 310 acres with orchards and running water. prices from 65 to 150 dollars per acre. Includes 100 acre tract on Apple Ridge with fruit land, 310 acre near Winchester, 18 slate and creek farms with orchards, 215 acre tract with bottom land and saw timber, plus 16 city properties and 8 suburban homes. Also offers grazing tracts and timber-rich parcels.
A Linchfield Illinois resident writes that Chamberlain’s Tablets cure stomach disorders and act as a gentle laxative. The ad suggests the tablets for indigestion and constipation and notes they are sold by 211 druggists.
Daily wholesale and local retail price list shows commodities such as creamery butter country butter young chickens potatoes and flour. Various items like cornmeal cracked corn screen screenings and contry butter are listed with accompanying prices.
Corrected closing prices from the Baltimore wholesale markets list spring poultry and dairy figures. Notable entries include spring chickens at 36 cents per pound and butter at 246, with corn, timothy hay, and clover mixed hay also reflected for reference.
The ad claims catarrh can be cured in all stages by constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to work through the blood on mucous surfaces and build up the constitution. The makers promise $100 for any case it fails to cure and invite readers to send for testimonials.
An advertisement touts Nerv Worth as a safe vegetable tonic that eases summer burdens for all ages. It promises a money back trial if benefits fail and cites numerous signed testimonials. The copy lists livestock market figures and drugstore sales in Winchester, with assorted prices for animals and products.
The American Red Cross reported readiness to provide assistance after a Florence earthquake killed about 100 people and left thousands homeless. Relief efforts quickly fed and sheltered the homeless, with damage to 200 homes and several churches and public buildings.
Winchester resident W H Elwell a harness maker at 311 National Ave testifies Doan's Kidney Pills quickly fix his lame back and weak kidneys. He has used them for years with good results whenever his kidneys misfire. Sold 60 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Brussels reports unemployment at 800000 with declines as of June. Two blast furnaces operate from sixty prewar, four more intact. 25 furnaces hoped to be producing by year end, or 44 percent of prewar output. Textile carding may resume in weeks as machinery captured by Germans is found in Leipzig and repaired.
The message links thrift today to future success and urges all readers to purchase War Savings Stamps, suggesting a postman can lay the cornerstone for them with mail order stamps and patriotic duty.
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