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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
3
The notice advertises ladies silk hose at 75 cents and 42 cent hose for women, silk alines at 40 cents, and writing paper at 35 cents per pound with a stated value of 50 cents. Details emphasize clearance pricing on women's wear and supplies.
On February 24 1920 Henry G Harbaugh and Charles E Staples dissolved their partnership under The Farmers Supply Company Staples buys Harbaughs interest and continues business at the same place under the same name Creditors are asked to settle with C E Staples and claimants to present their bills to him
The notice advises those prone to periodic bilious attacks on when to expect symptoms. It says appetite drops during an attack, but meals are often eaten anyway. It recommends skipping one meal and taking three Chamberlain's Tablets to avert an attack. It cautions against tea or coffee for sufferers.
A retrospective look at 1838 39 40 Winchester Virginian issues compares early local news to The Star of today noting scant coverage of weddings and deaths. The piece recalls a murder in Hamshire County and highlights colonial era poems and vignettes about Martha Custis Washington and Queen Victoria, with musings on forgotten local names and life in 19th century Winchester.
The Rev. F M Richardson will deliver a special sermon to the women of Braddock Street Church Sunday evening at seven o clock. Men are requested to attend. The text will be Ezekiel chapter thirteen and eighteen.
Potatoes shipped in seventy pound sacks by mail trucks between Virginia valley towns and Washington are reported to rise in value. Packers paid 1.50 a bushel plus 42 cents postage per sack with prices from 5.60 to 6.40 a bushel at retailers.
Under state agriculture authority a department representative leads about fifty fruit growers from Inwood Gerrardstown Bunker Hill and Darkesville to wage war on cedar rust. The plan aims to clear cedars countywide next spring by treating borders first and moving forward.
Train schedule notice lists No 13 6 07 am to Bristol and intermediate stations. Cars include a Sliman el Jer car and No 1 2 30 am to Bristol Bluefield Norton Ann Welch with intermediate stops. Pullman sleepers to Williamson and Winston-Salem cafe car service and Roanoke connections toward Memphis points South No 27 6 53 pm to Roanoke and intermediate stations.
A partial railway timetable item mentions No. 288.39 a m for intermediate stations, burg Philadelphia and New connection at Shenandoah Junction for Washington No. 14 7 36 p m Parlor car to Hagerstown Pullman sleeper Hag er to pomer No. 2 12 50 a m cesbes ne to Philadelphia and New e For additional information wit General Paysengey fer WR RAVILL Pas Traf Met.
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of stressing symptoms lasting weeks and progression to more serious diseases. Mentions Chamberlain's cough remedy and advice to act daily, with uncertainty about illness status.
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