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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
3
An advertisement touts Calotabs as the best laxative for biliousness indigestion and constipation. One tablet at bedtime with water is said to leave one alert and ready for breakfast. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a money back guarantee.
Funeral services for Harvey W. Cornwell a well known Frederick county farmer were held at 2 pm at the Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church South following his death Saturday night. He was 73 and left a large family in Frederick and nearby counties.
The Supreme Court today upheld the revised wire rates effective January 21, under a joint resolution. The decision affirmed intrastate rate authority exercised under the Postmaster General Burleson’s order.
As attorney in fact for the heirs of J A McCauley deceased I will offer for sale at public auction in front of the court house Winchester Virginia on June 14 1919 at 11 a m that certain tract of land with the buildings thereon in Frederick County between Kernstown and the Winchester and Strasburg Railroad containing four acres one rood and twenty poles described by deed dated July 30 1881 from D B Kater and wife recorded in Deed Book 97 page 126 The tract has four acres of bearing orchard The sale terms are one third cash on day of sale the balance in two equal annual installments with 6 percent interest from day of sale deferred payments secured by deed of trust on the property and a fire insurance policy on the buildings Foster Gray Attorney in fact for the heirs of J A McCauley deceased
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to cleanse the liver and bowels. It warns against calomel citing risk of salivation and bone damage, claiming the product leaves users feeling alert and energetic by morning and is suitable for children.
In Washington on June 2 the Senate judiciary committee stalled Attorney General nominee Palmer due to Frelinghuysen objections over his acts while alien property custodian. A sub committee was appointed to investigate and report findings.
Mr Elmer Gilbert Ambrose and Miss Dorothy Miller of Bloom County were married on Saturday afternoon by the Rev E W Brubaker at the parsonage of Frederick circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South in this city. The bridegroom works in the sawmill business near Bloom.
Coblenz is named as the capital of a newly proclaimed Rhine republic with a provisional government to meet in Weisbach and a national assembly in the capital city. The proclamation describes an autonomous republic within Germany formed from the Rhenish provinces of Nassau and Hesse and the Tallatinate.
Kathryn rushed to her mother crying that a dog frightened her. Her mother tried to divert her with a question about the dog’s tail, and Kathryn replied she didn’t stop to look at the tail.
Mrs. Kenneth Boyce of Berryville Clarke county received a telegram stating Private Kenneth Boyce has arrived safely at Newport News Virginia from France and expects to be mused?
Winchester at its last meeting elected ten delegates to represent the town at the Anti-Saloon League annual convention in Amelia Washington on June 4 5 and 6. Named were Capt John Rosenberger J N Good the Rev A A Kelly T J Cooper the Rev H G Spencer and the Rev F M Byrdson. The convention will be in the big tabernacle used for Billy Sunday meetings with a program of speeches by prominent temperance workers from all religious backgrounds.
Merchants and households in Ester urged to decorate streets for a welcome home to Winchester and Pramene county servicemen returning from overseas. A public parade is planned around June sixth with a formal group welcome near early July. individuals should display flags and buntings now.
Public auction of a half acre lot with brick dwelling near Winchester on the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike Toll House. Sale set for June 16 1919 at the Frederick County courthouse with terms one third down and balance in two installments or all cash. Possession September 1 1919. Special Commissioner W Roy Stephenson. County officer Esther L Ridgeway.
Private Boyce attached to the Eightieth Division has left the military service after serving in France since last May.
Notice records that Coca Cola Bottling Works affiliates and R J Shine registered marks and bottle imprints in Virginia 1919. The filing cites Martinsburg Hagerstown Winchester and Lynchburg with notary John W Harvey noting the signup and expiration dates.
Flora J. Fleming files in Winchester Virginia to obtain a divorce mensa et causa. William B. Fleming is named as the defendant and is nonresident. He must appear within fifteen days after publication to protect his interests. The order is to be published weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star. Clerk J B Beverley signs the notice.
The article ranks fats by saponifying capacity with cream first, then peanut, olive oil, cottonseed oil, and animal fats. It argues mastication aids digestion of liquids, noting olive oil becomes cream when aerated in the mouth for a minute or two before swallowing.
Special Commissioners announce a public auction of a desirable farm on the Great National Pike between Winchester and Washington City. The land includes creek frontage and improvements with outbuildings. Purchaser to pay equal annual redemptions via two bonds and insured trust on the property. Auction June 7 at 12 noon.
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