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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
2
A 19th century-style notice promotes Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health safeguard for women. It claims fretfulness and nervousness ruin dispositions and that many women have found renewed health and happiness after years of suffering.
A sociable boy named Johnny uses a neighbor friendly song call to pass the time. The scene reflects a simple childhood habit and neighborly interactions from a past era.
President William W. Guth of Goucher College argues married women are better qualified to teach than single women. He says the aim of higher education for women is home ownership and preparing them to be wives and mothers who guide future generations.
For sale 182 acre farm eight miles from Winchester with dwelling barn and commercial orchard priced at 4000 dollars. A block of four dwellings with six rooms and hall each on Main street. Good investment for a quick buyer. Some excellent bargains in city lots. Interested in improved or improv-
Mrs. Cora Hudgens of Richmond Virginia credits Tanlac with a dramatic four year recovery from rheumatism and stomach trouble. She rose from bed in ten days and gained to 110 pounds after four bottles. Her improved health remains the neighborhood topic as Tanlac is sold by druggists.
The Star lists daily corrected wholesale prices for dairy meats and grains including creamery butter 0.80 to 0.95, country butter sheets 0.35, spring chickens 0.23, hay baled 15.00 to 20.00, straw baled 8.00, flour middlings 1.90, bran 1.76, hogs 0.00, creamery butter 0.40, chickens 0.28 to 0.30, flour barrel 7.66, shelled corn 0.75, cotton seed meal 8.75, plus Baltimore and other market quotes for cows, young chickens, springers, fat steers, and various feeds and grains.
A brief, unclear medical note proposes an unusual remedy described as a sleeve wrapped around a moat fac, lacking clear medical basis or context.
Alert issued by the States Department Culture urges rapid action to destroy wild currants and gooseberries in the pine stands of the northeast to halt blister rust. A one year delay in removal could cost 11 percent of young white pine on the North Hudson New York plantation, with 15 percent infection observed after one year.
Poorly nourished cows give birth to weak calves that are hard to raise. Calf development starts before birth as the cow consumes and digests food which is transmitted to the calf through the umbilical cord. If the cow lacks food, both her condition and the calf's development suffer.
Farmers rush cattle onto new pasture in early spring to capitalize on green forage. Milk cows may gain production once grass greens but gains are temporary without continued barn rations. The risk is rising stock and fluctuating milk yield if feeding is reduced.
It emphasizes expert inspection by skilled watchmakers at least once a year with oiling and cleaning every twelve months. The ad claims reliable, long life for timepieces and offers jewelry and clock repairs with competitive charges, inviting customers to use their services.
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. It claims a tiny bottle costs a few cents and quickly stops the pain, allowing the corn to be lifted off with fingers.
An advertisement touts Nature Herbs and Roots to flush kidneys and neutralize acids. It claims improved kidney function with Dr. Carey’s PRESCRIPTION NO. 777, a plant based remedy to ease bladder weakness and prevent Bright's Disease, Diabetes, or Gravel, with 50 years of use allegedly endorsed by doctors.
The Western Frederick Bank will hold its annual meeting at the Gore Virginia school building on Saturday May 6 at 10 a.m. for the election of directors for the ensuing year. E R Hook cashier announces the call and details.
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