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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1915
Page
2
Ad promotes Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable substitute for calomel claiming it cleanses the liver without causing sickness or salivation. The fake cure promises quick relief from biliousness headaches constipation and diminished energy with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors will auction 20 000 in five per cent ten to thirty year road improvement bonds before the courthouse in Front Royal on August 10 1915 at noon. Bonds dated May 1 1914 accrue interest semi annually payable May 1 and November 1. Minimum bid 100 with accrued interest. Bonds redeemable after twenty years and tax exempt. Johnson M Lake chairman. Louise O Zirkle returns from Harrisonburg State Normal School.
Mr and Mrs S B Perkins invite guests to a series of Saturday night dances at the Winchester Inn. Dances run from 9 to 12 with admission by card. The events honor the Inn's guests.
An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming to boost energy and support kidney function. It asserts the product helps the kidneys cast out poisons causing backache rheumatism and other kidney and bladder troubles with wide distribution in stores.
The Winchester Commercial Pony Contest starts today and runs to October 2 1915 offering a Shetland Pony with harness and buggy to a rider 16 or younger. Participating firms include S H Hable Clothier The Airdome and Price's Shoe Store etc with votes earned by purchases and old accounts.
Eunice mourns a broken heart over Roy Porter who wanders with a mysterious woman. Patty the lively friend arrives as chaperone and chauffeur to Brook Haven, uncovers the entanglement, and reveals Roy’s wealth of misunderstanding and hidden fiancée. Walter is seen as content.
Royal Asiatic Society experts declare the dome’s design derived from Damascus’s fourteenth century Great Mosque. Timur’s sack of Damascus spread the idea to Persia and India, where gilded tile domes impressed distant observers. The structure’s inner and outer shells reveal its pagan roots.
A visiting Southerner praises local lamps and good lookers while recalling women entering a hotel with silk trailing. he recalls a dance venue where some women wore scant outfits resembling wet bathing suits, likening a girl at the beach to the scene.
Residents and visitors include Mrs B A Hoenshet of Boyce visiting her brother A P Holland and Miss Naomi Pool of Winchester visiting Aunt Mrs T Carson Adams. Rev C V VanDerlinden attends district conference in Romney WV.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease needing internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as directly acting on the blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available and a Toledo Ohio address for order. It praises a two medicine combination and cites physician endorsement and non quack medicine.
Trustee to sell at public auction on August 24 1915 in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia. The property includes a dwelling house stable and other buildings on one and one half acres on the east side of Welltown Road north of Grimes adjoining Kiger Stouffer and others. Terms: one third cash and the rest in two annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance.
A local reader recounts years of illness and fatigue after childbirth and credits Cardus with restoring health and energy. The ad claims weight gain, renewed ability to work, and urges women to buy through druggists or write Chattanooga Medicine Co for advice and a 64 page guide.
In Winchester Virginia the Corporation Court issues an order in the bill of review and petition for rehearing by Annie K Noakes against Emmeline K Wright Gilbert H Noakes H E Noakes F E Shaener James W Conrad Emma J Dobson Nina L Dobson and others including Farmers and Merchants National Bank to set aside part of a decree, require payment of specified sums and bring non residents into court within fifteen days after publication in The Evening Star. The matter concerns a store house and lot on North Main Street and related purchase money bonds and costs.
A fragmented notice indicates a woman at an auction on the 13th drew wide attention as crowds gathered in the area. The event details are unclear but the sight prompted local chatter.
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