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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1920
Page
5
The Star lists daily wholesale quotes for commodities including wheat corn timothy hay eggs butter turkeys live chickens hams shoulders potatoes and various meats. Prices shown include flour 12 pound sacks steers middlings bran and other feeds with range figures and notes on quality.
Advertisement claims a corn removal product causes no pain and costs only a few cents. It promotes ease of use and low price as a selling point. The copy emphasizes quick relief without discomfort.
Roanoke College students participated in campus campaign efforts on a Monday in Roanoke Virginia. The letter from campaign volunteers highlighted student involvement and aimed to engage the community in support of the college and its initiatives.
Lancaster resident Mrs. Margaret Havercamp recalls years of illness ending with a healthy baby after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to write for confidential advice from the Pinkham company.
A persuasion touts Pepto-Mangan as a food tonic to combat run-down feelings. It claims the red blood builder supplies iron and boosts energy and enthusiasm, with endorsements from physicians and a choice of liquid or tablet form.
Mrs. C. B. Guthrie of Richmond Virginia reports dramatic improvement after taking Tanlac. She describes relief from indigestion dizziness heart palpitations and nervousness noting she can eat normally sleep well and has more energy and strength after one bottle.
An old advertisement touts a child laxative described as gentle on the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to remove poisons from the body and promises a pleasant taste that children will love.
An advertisement promotes Aspironal as the best two minute relief for colds and coughs. It claims rapid results guaranteed by laboratories and army surgeons, urging immediate purchase at drugstores with a money back pledge if relief does not occur within two minutes.
Free notice of all sales to be given in the State Directory column. Those holding sales should furnish copy for sale bills well in advance to ensure publication.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Musterole-Wiek Relief as a blister-free mustard oil ointment for sore throats bronchitis croup sore neck rheumatism lumbago and various pains. It claims to soothe pains without cloth application and offers hospital size jars priced at 2.00.
An advertisement extols Tanlac as a cure and mentions its Winchester distributor Boyd Drug Company. A subsequent note describes a wonderful miniature electric motor weighing 160 grains, enclosed in a shell, with a one and a half inch length and inch and a quarter diameter, designed for precise dental or surgical uses and capable of about 5 000 revolutions per minute with either direct or alternating current.
A long list of sale notices across Virginia and West Virginia states detail March dates for auctions of stock, implements, furniture, hogs, hay, corn, and household goods. Locations include Stephens City, Middletown, Summit Point, White Post, Millwood, Ridgeway, and Winchester. The notices also describe court filings and divorce actions in Winchester, with dates in February and March 1920.
Fragmented OCR notes describe diseases like influenza pneumonia tuberculosis diphtheria and whooping cough along with warnings about dangerous conditions. It mentions a supposed remedy sold widely and urges immediate action as a persuasive sales pitch.
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