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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1915
Page
3
An advertisement offers a cure for catarrh with a LOOM application and promises a free guide. It mentions remedies and a cure, directs readers to send for the guide from Queensey & Co. Toledo Ohio, and touts patent pills for constipation as part of the same sales pitch.
Advertisement details a for sale at 12 noon on Saturday July 17 1915 in Winchester Virginia. Property fronts Stewart Street with seven feet six inches side setbacks and an alley ten feet wide serving as a joint use for abutting properties. Brick building with plumbing electricity and heating offers. Terms include cash balance and notes due one and two years after date with 6 percent interest secured by a trust deed and fire insurance. Also cites a civil suit Crawford versus Crawford in Frederick County Circuit Court seeking divorce with publication and notice requirements in The Winchester Evening Star.
In 1888 the traveler suffered a violent bout of cholera morbus. Two doctors could not help, and they warned he might die. He instead bought Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took a double dose, slept, and by 5 am boarded a train home feeling weak but recovered. He notes the remedy worked.
In a Chicago eye clinic a blind Kansas World War veteran, long separated from three sisters and family, receives surgery. After his bandages come off he sees again, prompting tender reunions with his sisters Mrs. Charles Sapping and Mrs. Hugh Monroe and Mrs. Sophie Fréchette, who escort him to a moment of personal joy.
Fragmentary report notes urban chaos in Hong Kong with unclear militias and damaged districts. Observers describe tense streets, scarce resources, and contested authority as residents cope under uncertain governance. Local officials urge calm and orderly relief efforts.
Mr and Mrs Holmes Conrad Jr spent yesterday at the home of Major and Mrs Holmes Conrad on Market street and returned to Washington this morning Ensign Richard E Byrd Jr of the US Navy left for Washington after a weekend at his home with Mrs Byrd and Mr R E Lincoln Buick agent in Winchester was mentioned in the report
Markets show mixed readings with corn and oats listed, along with hay straw and bran prices. Butter, eggs, and fresh country butter noted, while spring chickens and potatoes appear in retail listings.
The Star reports closing markets from Baltimore including wheat and corn prices, butter eggs and poultry trends, hay and sheep lambs values, calves and local farm staples. It notes steady or higher prices across vegetables, poultry, and eggs with specific figures for corn spot and creamery butter.
A New Jersey man declared his head is a block of wood and has been sent to an asylum. The warning comes as the Globe notes the unusual statement and cautions readers to choose words carefully.
Reading fragments suggests a note on the handshake as a gesture with military origins. It describes extending and grasping another’s hand as a token of goodwill, implying ceremonial or symbolic use in forming trust or alliance.
Jubilee Virginia reports a Sunday night service with a long program of recitations songs and a sermon led by Pastor Rev Goode. Dozens of children and choir members participated including Ruth Bean Viola Clark Kathryn Funkhouser and Lola Funkhouser with Isabell Anderson Sylbil Hook and Esther Goode among others.
Dispatch from Lynchburg reports Captain Patrick Henry Mc Caull former assistant postmaster and prominent Republican died Saturday night at 64. Born in Scotland he came to America at age five and rose from clerk of courts in Roanoke and Pulaski to two terms in the House of Delegates. He served as collector of internal revenue for Virginia’s Sixth District until 1893 and was a noted stump speaker and gubernatorial candidate. Col. John D. Mc Caull of New York is named in connection with his family.
A Musical America note recalls a rare moment when a pianist felt real delight hearing the piano play at last. The piece contrasts that joy with the sight of installment men removing the instrument from the private space.
A fragmentary passage notes men unable to be persuaded to waste champagne on a vessel's prow, reflecting a themed hesitation or satire in the text.
A fragmented OCR page lists multiple voters and figures announcing candidacies for local offices. Names include H HARPER for Revenue Northern District, C C BRANNON and ISAIAH C ROE for various posts, with formal pledges to perform duties if elected and subject to Democratic primary action.
A candidate declares intent to seek re election to the House of Delegates. The notice names John M Boyd R Richards and T Russell Cather and references the Democratic primary process.
A set of fragmented notices announces candidates for county treasurer sheriff and supervisor in Frederick County. Luther Pannett seeks re election for treasurer with Democratic support. R S Smith is named as an aide. A sheriff bid is filed by an unnamed candidate, pending Democratic primary on a date in 1916. A Back Creek District supervisor run is announced by E Dy Good and J Bee. The notices lack full details and clarify only candidacy claims and party process.
A young man files for divorce claiming his wife cannot cook as his mother did. The remark is framed as a satire on sentimentality and traditional roles, suggesting many who voice such complaints were raised in institutions rather than homes.
A brief item notes an optimistic thought sequence that turns without producing tangible results or benefits, leaving readers with a puzzling, nonproductive outcome.
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