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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
5
The undersigned will offer for safe sale at public auction in front of the County Court House in the city of Winchester Virginia at 11 o clock.
The postponement sale has been moved to Saturday March 24 starting at noon. Vendors and buyers are advised to arrive early as items will be available for inspection and bidding.
Daily train arrivals listed with times around 114S and 922 BD. TheTowex schedule shows Winchester station arrivals at 920 am daily except Sunday with PM service daily X daily except Sunday. Gen P A.
A vintage health ad claims youthful vitality comes from active bowels and liver. It cites Dr Edwards a Ohio physician who created olive tablets mixed with olive oil to cleanse the liver and bowels, describe them as a substitute for calomel and gentle yet effective. The ad notes olive color tablet and price 25 cents per box sold by all druggists.
By virtue of an execution in the Clerk's Office I will offer for sale at 10 a m on Monday March 26 1917 at 548 Fairmont avenue the property listed including a piano desk bookcase extension table sideboard morris chair mission rocker drapery chair mirror sofa clock and stove. Cash terms. J E ANDERSON Deputy.
In a Mejeve Cal$ Press feature a high school production included Miss Margaret Murphy as Tom Thumb's mother. Murphy, granddaughter of Patrick Murphy of Wadesville, Clarke County Virginia, and former Winchester resident, is the daughter of Joseph Murphy of Wadesville who works in California railroading.
The funeral for E Vance Yeakley who died yesterday morning will be held at Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel tomorrow at 10 o clock. Rev Dr George S Bowers of Grace Lutheran Church will conduct the service and Winchester Lodge of Elks will preside at the grave. Pallbearers from the Elks include Dr J A Richard M B Murnan C M Showalter W L Fultz M B Clowe and G Fred Yeakley.
A fragment reflects on life’s purpose, asserting true meaning lies within the heart rather than foreign lands. The terse muse suggests inner discovery as the essential quest.
A Chicago woman describes two years of illness and paralysis-like weakness and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health. She reports weighing 165 pounds and regaining strength, endorsing the product for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration.
American steamer Healdton torpedoed without warning near Terschelling Holland. Twenty crew drowned, eight injured transferred to shore, others missing. The incident heightens war tensions as Congress prepares to act.
A health note on uric acid buildup and remedies. It explains how excess uric acid harms kidneys and joints, causing gout and rheumatism, and recommends flushing the kidneys with hot water and taking Anuric three times daily as a simple remedy.
An old advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a quick safe remedy for sour stomach indigestion. It claims to neutralize acidity in minutes, prevent fermentation from spoiled food, and let meals digest properly, with a fifty cent bottle offered at drug stores.
Charles H. Harper seeks 25000 damages against his brother J. W. Harper in a Federal Court special term in Martinsburg West Virginia. The suit stems from a sale of Harpers farm and alleged interference with Harper’s wife leading to divorce and relocation to Oklahoma. Proceedings likely to span several days with multiple witnesses.
Prof Frederick Stanley Smith of Hagerstown Maryland arrives for an organ recital at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South at 8 pm. A large crowd is expected to attend this evening event.
An old advertisement touts a corn treatment called Gets-It. It urges readers to apply about two drops and lift the corn with two fingers. The pitch promises the corn shrivels and loosens from the toe without harming surrounding flesh.
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