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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
4
A compact note shows Consolidated with Mornite News Tats The Weekly The Weekly Mirror and a telephones contact Bell 33. It lists advance subscription rates for six months three months one month and a year and notes Associated Press news use restrictions.
On a bitter March day a village crowds the grocer to price a box of berries from the south. The banker the lawyer and the tinsmith react differently as they consider the value and health impact, ending with the image of wealth and tinsmiths living well.
An analysis of inflation and its impact on the value of coins in American life. The column notes how a dollar haircut era may halve the dollar and reduce small change to meaningless exchange, affecting subway fares and postage stamps. It cites past values like 25 cents two bits and a dime for tips and cinema, framing the issue as a public price shift.
A Saturday Evening Post writer notes Admiral Sims seeks men under his command to act on their own initiative. An incident shows a captain asking to proceed or return in fog. Sims answered yes, then later ordered no, leaving the ship uncertain at sea.
A vintage ad claims Cascarets relieve biliousness constipation and sickness in children. It touts gentle cleansing of the liver and bones without griping and highlights no calories or dangerous drugs.
A. M. Sperry of West King Street Martinsburg West Virginia was promoted from assistant passenger agent to charge of the passenger station at Martinsburg after about five years in that role. Sperry, a Middletown Virginia native, previously served as ticket agent at Mountain Lake Park Maryland and cashier at Harpers Ferry before joining Martinsburg.
A testimonial claims Milks Emulsion restored strength, appetite, and color after pneumonia and sleepless illness. It describes the product as a tasty, doctor endorsed food that builds blood and tissues, relieves chronic stomach issues, and guarantees refunds after six bottles. Sold by druggists nationwide from Terre Haute Indiana.
Local buyers quote daily wholesale prices for wheat No 1 timothy hay mixed hay and barley butter turkeys live roosters young chickens hams and potatoes. Also listed are local retail prices for flour middlings crocked corn screenings potatoes cornmeal and country butter with various weights and units noted.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks approval to remove the watchman at the grade crossing where the Winchester and Strasburg Railroad intersects the Winchester and Berry s Ferry Turnpike in Frederick County Virginia. Trains would stop and proceed slowly for safety after the change. A public hearing is set for March 18 1920 in Richmond before the State Corporation Commission.
Dr Ed Sencindiver III longtime Martinsburg physician is seriously ill at home in Lovettsville. Reports say he was improving yesterday but remains in grave condition. Dr E C Stuart of Sarioh was summoned to attend.
Mamie Lee Brill 22 died at home 420 North Kent Street Sunday morning. Funeral held at Presbyterian Chapel at ten this morning led by Rev J H Lacey. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. She was wife of Albert Brill and leaves her parents and other relatives.
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