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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
3
The New York Medical Journal argues that medicines should be described in English rather than Latin while noting many doctors still write Latin scripts. The piece suggests Latin names impress patients and may reinforce traditional authority, though the practical effect of language on treatment remains debated.
Electricity is now generally used in blasting operations in mines as misfires become rare. Experiments show a much greater explosive effect when electric blasting is used. The method ignites the whole charge in advance with a detonator and explosive charge, replacing the single exploder.
An old advertisement claims a physician authored freckle removal prescription that promises a complete clearing of freckles. It pledges a money back guarantee if results are not seen, urging readers to ask their druggist for ethine and try the preparation.
The piece critiques women's suffrage and political power arguing motherhood and home hold moral authority. It questions why women seek public power when a mother's influence and the home shape society, warning of a hen pecked nation if women gain votes. It invokes Texas farmers' union leader Lewie, lamenting loss of traditional gender roles.
The piece lambastes politicians who pursue personal gain over public good and exposes secret combines, misleading campaign promises, and tariff tactics. It urges wisdom honesty and farmer representation to curb machine rule and restore prosperity through sunlit political reform.
A caller warns against women's suffrage, arguing it breaks a divine covenant between God, Eve, and Adam. The piece cites four thousand years of progress and recalls Israelite wandering after violating the covenant, claiming laws debase women and offend civilization. It references Rolle’s attempted lowering of women’s standards and public backlash.
Essay argues farmers bear massive usury and inflated values from watered stock and high interest. It cites $200,000,000 yearly real estate and chattel loan interest, equating fictitious values to farming’s crop worth. Calls for drainage of financial water from agriculture to protect civilization.
Mrs Martina Seavey of Unionville Missouri details severe female trouble with weakness nervous spells and cramps. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved greatly and now endorses the medicine to help other women.
Public sale of a Stewart Street lot in Winchester Va to settle Grace E Keith and John P Keith trust deed. The brick dwelling fronts 57 feet 6 inches on Stewart Street and backs 150 feet to an alley with modern plumbing electric lights and heating. Terms require one third cash day of sale and two bonds due in one and two years at six percent interest.
Public notice states a diamond ring will be sold by virtue of an execution in favor of J B Colt Co against Samuel B Shearer. The sale is set for July 3 1915 at 10 a m in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia with inspection the same day. Luther Pannefyt is the sheriff listing.
A garbled advertisement promises a trial package for Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The text mentions sending five cents to Foley Co Chicago and requests a name and address. Also contains disrupted nautical drafting terms.
Seymour Deming argues in Atlantic Monthly that critics fear new ideas and cling to old tactics. The piece labels the so called old wheeze as hollow and empty, exposing how tradition armor fails to hide weak arguments.
In a Pullman car, two men quarrel over gas quality, with Jones boasting their town has the worst gas in the United States. He claims kerosene is poured on the stove each morning to start breakfast, a remark cited from the Philadelphia Telegraph.
On the first day of school a teacher asks how many pupils are tuition pupils meaning those from outside the district who must pay. A disruptive boy fails to grasp the term and the exchange reveals billing practices for students in need.
A French traveler in the sixteenth century praised Dover and Kentish beer as delicious and wholesome, reviving spirits after crossing the channel. William FitzStephen notes William Becket’s embassy to France carried wagons of beer in tron bound casks as gifts, admired for its wholesome, wine-like color and bitter taste.
A public sale of the G Miller estate real estate in Frederick County Virginia will be held at the Winchester Court House on Saturday June 26 1016 at 120 oclock noon. The Lime Stone Farm near Winchester will be offered in three parcels and as a whole with buildings improvements and tenant crops. The parcels include No 1 No 2 and No 3 comprising about 435 acres with two forts and six poles. the sale includes options to divide by two parcels or as a single farm. The sale notes a survey available through J M Steck Attorney or Dr A D Henkel and outlines tenancy and crop conditions. Terms include two equal annual installments and a deed of trust.
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