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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1920
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text shows telegraph and newspaper branding notes for Morning News The Weekly The Weekly Mirror with pricing and republication credits. The fragment references Associated Press dispatches and local news publication constraints.
A muddled plea predicts winners and losses for Grimes and Jay with hints of campaign spending. The writer imagines cooks and bread lines, claiming times may bring riches for supporters or a sham of dignity for opponents.
A fragmented pastiche portrays a Bluebeard figure named Watson as a dangerous suitor. The text suggests murder, wrought with sly charm, and warns of brides seeking wary vows while many suitors are left with ruined lives and prison.
Mrs Sommerville and guests travel to Charlestown to attend events at the other daughter’s gathering. Participants include Mrs Isham Randolph of Igo and Mrs Elizabeth S. Clay of Albemarle, with Miss Caroline Ar of Washington and Mr Evans.
A sequence of social notes records visits and movements of the Meade family and related friends. Mentions include Mrs. Ada Hatcher and daughters in Washington, Mr. E F Meade visiting Virginia's eastern shore, the Blakemore party from Front Royal visiting Wise Sowers, and Eliza Mason Meade graduating with high honors in Washington.
A. L. Fellers of 409 North Center Street Martinsburg West Virginia, a Pennsylvania Railroad brake man for 11 years, reports Nervlax greatly improves his stomach troubles gas indigestion and nervousness after one bottle and plans to continue treatment He praises appetite sleep and overall condition and notes a second bottle is purchased Nervlax is sold at George F Mil ler's Sons Drug Store.
An old advertisement touts Q-Ban Liquid Shampoo and Q-Ban Hair Tonic as remedies for dandruff thinning and brittle hair. It urges regular brushing and two weekly shampoos, claiming the products cleanse dirt and grit, nourish hair cells, and promote thick, lustrous hair. Franck Baker & Son of Winchester Virginia markets them.
Middletown Virginia residents share visits and trips with relatives and friends. William Keith and family were in West Virginia this week. F J Larrick spent Sunday with his family. Philip Rogers and family from West Virginia visit E B Rogers. C P Murray of Roanoke visits her mother S F Rhodes. Charles Converse and child from California visit Hugh Larrick. Jack Brown of Washington spends several days with J S Larrick. Victor Larrick and son of Mason and Dixon PA visit relatives. Anna McLaughlin of Mason and Dixon PA visits Emma Larrick. Mac Crabill of Bloom visits Mattie Wright. F Venable and children of Front Royal visit B B Parker.
A fragmented report describes arrests tied to a city ordinance against open exhausts. The incident involved a crowd described as a “colored” youth group and included claims of violations and fines. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
Local wholesale markets list prices for wheat potatoes butter eggs and meats. Entries include spring chickens cornmeal corn prices hogs and beef with ranges indicating market volatility and regional supply conditions.
A vintage recipe uses Old Dominion Self Rising Flour from Winchester Milling Corporation. It lists two and a half cupfuls flour, one egg, half cup lard and butter, and moisten with milk and water.
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