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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1920
Page
4
A speaker recalls stealing hens years ago and helping the hungry, yet a widow’s missing fowl haunts him. He imagines a monument bearing his soiled legend while neighbors still mock his crime and the townsfolk debate praise versus guilt.
Last rites for Harry Clendening were to be held at his parents home in Hill, West Virginia, after a brief pneumonia illness. He leaves a wife and son Harry, his father and mother, and siblings Mabel, George, William, Carrie Agnes, and Virginia. Funeral was conducted by Rev. D B Grove, with interment nearby.
A vintage advertisement claims Danderine stops hair loss after application and leaves hair with renewed vigor brightness color and thickness with dandruff unseen and every strand appearing healthier for a few cents.
Had sold out with the intention of engaging in transfer work. He had been sick but a week, illness starting with an attack of tonsillitis. Mr. J. M. Miller and wife spent Sunday at Inwood. Rev. D. B. Groves and wife returned Saturday from a pleasant visit to Terra Alta. Mr. Chauncey Organ of Winchester spent Sunday with his aunt here. Mr. Archie Armel and wife of Wheatland spent Sunday with his parents here.
Berryville Virginia July 13 Miss Watkins of Washington is the guest of Mrs George Marrow at Edgewood Miss Virginia Lane of Hagerstown is the guest of Mrs Thomas Stillman at Rose Hill Miss Mary Boone Peyton of Charlestown visits Miss Willie Morris Snouffer Mr John Winn of Boston visits Otis Howe at Milton Valley Mrs George Atkinson called to Staunton by illness of sister Mrs Parkins Mr George Powers of Richmond deans Auburn Mr Clifford Luke of New York visiting his sisters here Mrs Wheat and Miss Florence Wheat are here from Clarksburg for the summer Mrs Benton Crisp of New York visiting her aunt Mrs Van Devanter at Crow s Nest Mrs William Byrd Lee returning to Gloucester county after visiting relatives here Mr and Mrs D E LeMay of Washington spent the weekend at Buena Vista hie fi
Local buyers report wholesale prices for eggs country butter best spring chickens and mixed hay with noted figures. Wheat and corn pricing appear uncertain amid abbreviated listings and partial terms.
Cracked corn corn meal and molasses listed among feeds. references to hogs steers lambs and calves with price ranges. Grain and livestock quotes appear alongside butter and dairy prints, with entries for hay clover mix and spring chickens including roosters. Markets show closing notes and scattered figures.
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel as the preferred liver remedy, with druggists reporting sales decline for calomel. The vegetable, guaranteed formula promises relief from liver sluggishness and constipation without side effects or morning sickness, and offers money back if not effective.
A historic portrait of Dr. Pierce who built a wide rural practice and later Buffalo presence. His Golden Medical Discovery tonic, a root and bark based remedy for stomach liver and heart, was sold nationwide in millions of bottles through drug stores, claimed to be a universal health aid.
An old time remedy claims to restore natural color and luster by using Sage Tea and Sulphur. The product, sold at drug stores, supposedly darkens gray hair, stops dandruff, and relieves scalp itch while restoring gloss and fullness.
A vintage ad urges readers to use Diamond Dyes for consistent staining and to avoid streaking. It promises easy directions in every package and emphasizes reliability for dyeing fabrics.
An old advertisement promotes a lemon juice and Orchard White mix to whiten and brighten skin. It instructs squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White, shaking to produce a quarter pint of lemon bleach, then massaging daily on face neck arms and hands for a beauty result.
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