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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1920
Page
4
A fragment lists consolidated newspaper items with telephones Bell 88 and United, mail subscription options paid in advance for various periods, and Associated Press credit terms. It shows pricing and rebroadcast notice for republication.
A verse by Walt Mason contrasts optimists and pessimists. It muses on long life, daily labor in a tiny mart, and the balance of joy and sorrow. The piece ends with a reflection that knowledge and humane effort sustain happiness despite gloom.
An advertisement urges gray haired readers to try Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer from Q-Ban Hair Color, Tenn. It claims faded hair causes disadvantage and promises dark lustrous results in weeks. The product, safe for scalp, costs 75 cents and has long standing endorsements.
James Smith aged 28, a well known young colored man, died at 7 15 in the morning at the home of his foster father William Smith at East Lane after a three year illness with tuberculosis. He had been at Piedmont sanatorium and then returned home. He leaves his mother Mrs. Thomas Lovett and one brother. funeral at 2 39 from No 1 117 East Lane with interment in Orrick.
The fragment reports Mi Hauptman seriously ill with uncertain condition described as unimprovable, noting a young man of fine character and a ticket sent to his sisters Mire and Whissen in Vermont.
The essay by James P F Ritter from Winchester High School praises the Navy as a vast learning system. It highlights apprentice programs, trades taught, and annual training funding, noting plans to expand education under Secretary Josephus Daniels and the Naval Academy at Annapolis as a model for future naval schooling.
A marriage license was issued in the corporation clerk's office on Saturday afternoon to William F Bowmen, a moulder and divorced, and Miss Mitinie Rebecca Kipps, both of the city. The groom is a son of Willi E Bowmen of Shenandoah County Virginia. The bride is a Shenandoah native and daughter of George Kipps.
Corporal Charles S. Grove of the United States Army, in charge of the Winchester recruiting station for nearly a year, departed for Cardington Ohio this afternoon to join his seriously ill father. Grove leaves the office in charge of Private Clarence K. Brewer as he re serves.
Doctors report no cure for colds and influenza but Calotab offers full effect with a single dose at bedtime. A clean liver and purified system follow, with no nausea or loss of appetite, aiding recovery and resistance to pneumonia.
Ad copy notes Calotabe offered in original sealed packages for thirty five cents with a cheerful refund if not delightful. The fragment references a consumer promotion likely part of a larger advertisement in a historical newspaper page.
Mrs. M Theall of Lowell Massachusetts reports three years of misery with right side pain constipation and general weakness ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She says the remedy doubled her ability to work and recommends it for female ailments The Pinkham firm invites letters for confidential advice backing its forty year stand in treating displacements inflammation irregularities and related conditions
Promotional copy touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as restoring strength by enriching blood with iron and nutrients. Available in liquid and tablet forms, both equally potent and bearing the Gude's name on the package for authenticity.
Two small farms in Frederick County Virginia will be sold privately after purchasing a larger farm. Tract 1 covers 1 acre with a dwelling and outbuildings plus 5 acres of orchard. Tract 2 covers 50 acres with dwellings and 6 acres of bearing orchard. Both tracts lie within half a mile of a Railroad station.
Advertises for competent teachers at elementary senior high and senior high schools for 1920 21. Only normal or college graduates considered with preference to local candidates who qualify. Apply by letter to FLE Clerk. Address Clim Persville 400 head of live stock.
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