Box peers at postwar prices for sale
This notice advertises a special lot of box peers offered at 20 to 30 cents, cheaper than prewar prices, with boxes valued up to 75 cents each and correspondence cards priced 20 to 30 or 35 cents.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
2
This notice advertises a special lot of box peers offered at 20 to 30 cents, cheaper than prewar prices, with boxes valued up to 75 cents each and correspondence cards priced 20 to 30 or 35 cents.
Norfolk and Wes timetable shows routes to Berryville Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Winston Salem and Shenandoah. Pullman parlor car to Bristol and sleepers to Bluefield with cafe car. Southbound No 27 runs at 8.39 am toward Hagerstown with parlor car and Pullman sleeper.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia a divorce a vincula for adultery is sought from Grace Hipsley Bowman defendant a non resident of Virginia. She must appear within fifteen days after publication of this order in The Evening Star Winchester Virginia. Order published weekly for four weeks. J. B. Beverley Clerk.
Wool Growers take notice I will be in the market again this year at my old stand in J T Fisher's ding on North Market Street Imchester Va and at Ridgeways Store Ridgeway W Va Remember I buy wool every year at the highest market price Both phones at Fisher building and in my residence Call residence through Berryville exchange on the Bell phone C V phone at Ridgeway M FISHPAW a8 oeer ville Va 5 14
A collection of candidate notices for the Northern and Southern Frederick County Commissioner of Revenue posts. Names include Robert Shade H. C. Reynolds Hugh G. DeHaven Isaiah C. Roe and details cite Democratic primary action and prior service.
A barrage of notices announces candidacies for re election or new runs in Frederick County. Names include DICK GOOD MARSHALL LEWIS WM D DeHAVEN ELON D SHENK WM E SMITH A R RINKER PANNETT JOHN M MASSIR RUSSELL CATHER PHIL H GOLD C C BRANNON and others all subject to the Democratic Primary on August 5th or 6th.
Notice lists ROBT. S. SMITH as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer in Frederick County under the Democratic party for the August 5 1919 primary.
Wyoming will join prohibition states on July 1, ending sale and manufacture of liquor. Fred L. Crabbe, head of the Anti Saloon League, is expected to become Prohibition Commissioner. Voters showing the largest per capita majority in the nation mandate strict enforcement, with law aimed at stopping commercial liquor traffic and bootlegging.
Fragmentary text mentions a mother's friend who is described as a druggist. Details are unclear and names or places are unreadable in the clipping. The item reads like a stunned outsider note without complete context.
Wheat harvest in this section progresses rapidly aided by favorable weather. Much headway is made though rust affects much of the grain lowering quality. Harvest is unusually early and should be finished by June 28, about a week earlier than typical years.
Local items from Stephenos a Virginia notes visits and family travel. Mrs W O Zinn and daughter Christiana went to Washington to visit friends. Mrs Hollis Snapp and Dorothy spent days with Mr and Mrs J H Ashwood in Hagerstown. Mrs Hannah Cunningham and Jennie Pope returned to Berryville after visiting C H Hamilton. Ben Henshall of Oklahoma visits his mother Jennie Henshall. H S Benner with relatives in Frederick last Sunday.
R L Omps submits candidacy for re election to the House of Delegates for Frederick County and City of Winchester subject to the August 5 primary.
H. O. Pierce seeks the Virginia House of Delegates seat representing Winchester City and Frederick County. He runs as an Independent, subject to voters in the November election.
Mrs D W Isley of Linchfield Illinois reports using Chamberlains Tablets for stomach disorders and as a laxative with quick results. She endorses their effectiveness in addressing digestive issues and related discomfort.
Dr Maitland Alexander praises the Y M C A for wartime work overseas saying it ranks among the war’s finest efforts. He notes 1 700 shops in France 50 factories 920 entertainments and 4 000 000 feet of film shown. The Y M C A distributed millions of books magazines and newspapers and facilitated 300 000 remittances totaling over 20 million dollars.
Belgrade May 10 reports describe a vast movement of refugees, soldiers, and civilians through Serbia creating typhus risk. Americans and Red Cross sanitary teams escort them to delousing stations where they bathe in Lysol and are barbered as their ragged groups pass north-south.
General Pershing thanked the Knights of Columbus through Lawrence Murray and Edward Hearn for aiding the American Expeditionary Force. He cited their devotion to duty, promotion of athletics, and support for army entertainment and morale during and after hostilities.
An old advertising note explains Bayer aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross for safety. It promotes unbroken Bayer packs with proper directions, listing uses such as headache toothache neuralgia and colds. It mentions handy tins of 12 tablets at low cost and larger packages at drug stores.
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