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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement claims eczema and skin diseases arise from blood disorders and will be cured by a thorough course of S.S.S. It urges readers to write the Swift Laboratory head physician in Atlanta, Georgia for full medical advice and to obtain a bottle today.
Federal Prohibition Commissioner John F. Kramar rules cider may be made at home without regard to alcohol percentage if not intoxicating, and may turn into vinegar with no fermentable addition. Home use, limited sales to permit holders, and sales under act provisions are allowed. The ruling targets home use, not commercial cider.
After a boy was accidentally locked in a bathroom the family installed an emergency bell and a night lock on the front door. They also hung an extra key on the wall outside the room so a would be rescuer would see it. The bell near the tub aids semi invalids who may faint from hot water.
A new Virginia law forbids kissing the Bible in courtrooms as part of an oath. It states that kissing is unnecessary and unsanitary, allows officers to require hand placement on the Bible, and imposes a $100 fine for violations.
An editor praises a recent piece and a young poet retracts a previous vow to never send work again. The editor cautions not to retract the note, saying the letter itself was the point of the reference.
A light office scene mentions heavy filing and a punch used to level tasks. Confetti scatters widely and a bird collects it for transport to the Mardi ras carnival where he enjoys the loot, selling bags of confetti at about 1L cent each.
The Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a small memorandum pad with three parts split by transverse cuts and perforated on the left edge. The sheets can be removed without damaging remaining notes, making it useful for a business desk.
A London court heard a plaintiff say he was knocked down twice by the same bus yet suffered no serious injuries. The bus faces further trials and could be barred from similar contests if it fails again.
Melba welcomes Chester for a visit but is shocked by his attire. She questions him sternly asking why he wears his Sunday clothes on a weekday.
A humorous vent from the Passing Show in London mocks editors for misquoting a wedding speech. The note complains that the bridegroom’s line about “many years of uninterrupted bliss” was printed instead as “many years of uninterrupted bills.”
Instructions describe using a common shoelace and buttons. Create eyelets by punching holes in the boot tongue large enough for the lace to pass. Thread the lace through button eyes, then knot ends flatly to secure, keeping boot buttons in place.
An old belief holds favors asked on the fourteenth day of the month will be granted. The Chinese avoid starting new tasks on the seventh day, considered unlucky.
A quotation extols the principle of total devotion to work without letting health or industry suffer, urging absolute yield of consciousness to the business at hand and the diversion of time accordingly.
Manganese ore has been discovered on the western fringe of the saline basin Pernatti lagoons about four miles northeast of Woocalla, Australia. The find marks a potential new source in the region and may influence local mining prospects.
An advertisement extols meat avoidance to ease kidney strain and cure urinary issues. It advises stopping meat when back pain or cloudy urine appears and consuming four ounces of Rad Salt water mix daily, promoted as a safe, effervescent lithia water with tonic kidney benefits.
The horn book, used from 1450 to the end of the eighteenth century, served as a basic elementary school text with a horn cover and parchment page showing letters numbers and syllables. The article also notes a method for cleaning gold jewelry with warm suds and sal volatile to boost brilliance.
A garbled entry references a daughter at home, a weekend at frog.co tege, and a dialogue about a weight of potatoes. It mentions the department of agriculture weighing potatoes in their office and notes possible records of some items, with no clear dates or names.
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