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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
3
Fragmentary text discusses skin disease relief and healing claims with vague references to a product or ingredient named Zemo, noting ease of use and cost but lacking concrete details or verifiable information.
Privoy McNeil, officer in charge of Sal ork here, denounces fiat Soe the ti & rative of Con ile. The service for 37 years will speak in the Court House Auditorium At Thursday night and again on Friday night. He is said to have been cast into prison no less than 52 times because he preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. Friday night will be a sacred concert with Joe the Turk giving selections on various instruments. Admission 15 cents will be cheer. Everyone is invited to hear Joe the Turk.
Experts warn of a fall coal shortage and urge households to stockpile this summer. Tam advertises low May and June coal deliveries including Georges Creek Big Vein Summerset and Pocahontas coals in carload lots.
William Gerrison, a young white man of Shepherdstown, begins six months in jail for carrying a revolver without court permission in West Virginia. He must also pay a $50 fine.
The Virginia school superintendents hold a four day session at the University of Virginia from June 14 to 17. Topics cover school administration finances physical and vocational education and other matters. Noted speakers include Dr Charles H Judd from the University of Chicago and a Public Health Service official.
O K Weaver of Stephens City Virginia visited Charles Town on Monday to learn about residents he knew in 1870 and 1871. He helped plastering work on the jail and courthouse when postwar construction began and had not been in town for fifty years.
The Charles Town Advocate reports the gas company plans an immediate rate reduction from 1.30 to 1.19 per thousand cubic feet in Richmond Virginia. The move follows the city’s gas plant using oil as a cheaper feed, reversing a 1.30 rate approved by the public service commission.
Richmond VA May 4 The Aerican Legion posts and women s units join the United States Public Health Service in observing May 12 as national hospital day. Hospitals will hold open houses with visitors, entertainments, convalescent patient visits to theatres and ball parks, public inspections, nurse receptions for young women, and flower and cigarette donations to boost interest and aid disabled veterans.
The Virginia department of the American Legion will convene its first women's auxiliary meeting in Richmond on May 13 and 14. Delegates from each unit will attend the caucus style conference to elect officers and form committees on financing work, state history records, and policies.
Miss Catherine Yost has returned from a short visit to friends at Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Mina Caroline Hunter returned to Washington this morning.
The wife of a noted New York divine tells listeners to monitor daughters development and educate them on death related matters. She cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to ease irregularities and pain, restoring health.
A Milways Evening Wisconsin snippet recalls a traveler asking about a dry town and a joke about a venomous snake. The town allegedly bans liquor sales, while a traveler claims one local inhabitant owns a single snake. A long line and fatigue are described before the bite.
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