Public Sale of City Property in Winchester
By ordinance of the Winchester Common Council commissioners will offer for sale at public auction in front of the County Court House on Saturday June 28 1919 at 10 oclock in the morning the lot and brick building on West Water Street formerly occupied by Rouss Hook and Ladder Company. If price is adequate a deed in fee simple with general warranty will be issued to the purchaser.
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Common Council
City of
Winchester
County Court House
West Water St
Bad Weather Reduces Loudoun Wheat Harvest
Wet conditions damaged much of Loudoun county wheat with smut and rotted heads, yielding only about a quarter of normal in some areas. A few farmers have begun harvesting while Shenandoah Valley reports better conditions despite some rust.
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Loudoun County
Shenandoah Valley
Lowering Infant Deaths Through Public Health Education
An article by W A Plecker, M D, discusses Virginia’s infant mortality, comparing international rates and urging statewide public health action. It highlights sanitation, maternal education, and early infant-care information distributed by the State Health Department and Children’s Bureau, calling for broad community cooperation.
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New Zealand
Virginia
Chile
Russia
State Board of Health
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Health Department
Children’s Bureau of Washington
The Coming of the Child Pamphlet Notice
Expectant mothers are urged to write for a pamphlet on prenatal care. Address W A Plecker M D State Registrar care Virginia State Board of Health Richmond Va for guidance on feeding and the great responsibility of motherhood.
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W. A. ‘Plecker
Care
Virginia State Board of Health
Richmond
Wanted A P Service To Native Tongue
The Service Bulletin notes readers' wartime demand for non English AP credit lines. A Pittsburgh woman asked for the Associated Press in German for a year and sent five dollars. The letter was forwarded to a German language Pittsburgh paper that belongs to AP.
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Associated Press
Service Bulletin
W. H. French
Pittsburgh
Shimmy Dances Provoked Closure at Virginia Military Institute
At the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington alumni introduced the shimmy and other cheek dances denounced as vulgar by the International Association of Dancing Masters. Warned that such dances would force closing of the hall, several participants continued until Colonel Purdie ordered the orchestra to play Home Sweet Home, after which the hall was cleared and the event ended.
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International Association of Dancing Masters
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Purdie
Medicines Used by Monks in Ancient Times
The article claims monks possessed knowledge of over three hundred medicinal plants used for remedies. It notes modern advances aside, many remedies still rely on field herbs and roots, including Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised for female ailments for more than forty years.
Athleticism in the East and Elephant Hunting in Ceylon
The piece credits the Philippine occupation with sparking a broad East Asian athletic awakening akin to Olympic origins rooted in a single village, fostering friendly competition and mutual respect. It notes Ceylon elephants are hunted mainly for sport, yielding less ivory than African elephants.
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Philippines
Far East
Bagnio
Ceylon
Africa
Judge Slaughter Slanders Dreco Help Benefit Claim
A signed statement from Judge Slaughter of Spring Hill Alabama claims Dreco root and herb medicine provided wonderful relief for kidney and liver trouble and constipation. The testimonial states improved sleep dizziness headaches and digestion after using Dreco and recommends Dreeg from Miller's Dews Store in Winchester.
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Slaughter
Spring Hill
Dreco
Winchester
Miller's Dews Store
Times of Life’s Veep Emotions
A reflective quotation on life’s changing emotions and the quick shifts between past and present, noting how certain periods bring intense feelings that blur into a life’s arc. The text frames these emotional gaps as transitions between old and new.
Childs Mispronounce Creatures In Silly Rhyme Fight
A humorous family scene centers on Children Anger James Bob and Billie arguing over a box of animal figures. The line put in his thumb and pulled out a rhinoceros cookie leads to playful misnaming with rhinostrudge rhidostrous and rhino phrases while Bob, the older boy, asserts pride in his find.
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Bob
Billie
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Chas. M. Stieff
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Mohler
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Estey
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Evans
Piccardilly St
the Union Bank of Winchester
Home Fire Insurance CO
H.R. Bryarly & Bro. Agents
WCAHE
Jessie Hillyard
Bell
Wall Paper Headquarters
East Water Street
W. Ramsburg
L. F. Cooper
FR. L. Glaize
Commissioners
Shryock & Co
Loudoun
Friction Vick's
Geon
Ars
Red Cross Health Center
Boyce
W. A. Plecker
M. D
France
Chautauqua
Luvia Ellen Mann
Pansy” In “Polly of the
Circus
Urs
A. P
William L. Meehan
John Douglas
Polly of the
Ryan
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Dewey Hotel
14Th
Frank ,P. Fenwick
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