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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
4
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The piece notes the long defense at Kut el Amara ending in surrender after months of fighting. It blames the British government for poor planning and reliance on an expedition to Baghdad, arguing Turkish forces concentrated to outmatch General Townshend. It contrasts Gallipoli as another costly misstep.
A speaker laments thoughtless neighbors who walk across lawns, trample dandelions, let cows roam at night, keep hens and roosters, and damage flowers, trees, and shrubs, leaving a damaged garden and unprotected beauty spots.
In memoriam for J W Spellman dated May 6 1915 from his son Carson and wife Laura Spellman. The poem speaks of sorrow at a missing beloved as family gathers at the table and memory fills the heart with longing.
A vintage advertorial warns against calomel a quicksilver laxative causing sickness and salivation. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable tonic costing 50 cents per bottle as a safe effective alternative that restores energy without side effects and is suitable for children.
In Bartonville Virginia on May 6 residents report improvements to homes new lighting and chimney work. Several social visits occur including Grace Pifer with Margaret Barr near Winchester and Mary Virginia Funk with Joanna and Jenetta Hockman. Prof Funk leads local farming with corn planting advancing.
Governor Stuart offers 100 reward for the apprehension and delivery of R. E. Herrell, former deputy clerk, indicted with his father for alleged forgery involving public funds. His father died. Herrell fled. Prince William board adds 100, totaling 200. W. W. Garrison, indicted with Herrell, was sentenced to one year. Governor declines to intervene despite friends’ pleas.
The fragmentary OCR note references reading The Winchester Star. It provides no clear event or person names but confirms newspaper content related to the Winchester area.
A New York lawyer reported a burglary of his safe with loot described as his nightshirt comb and brush. The Kiel canal at about 61 miles is the world second longest ship canal, while the Suez is the longest.
A notice for Gaston Lamoille, editor of The American Astrologer, advertises life reading services in Winchester on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It claims his prophecies derive from study in India and the Orient, with endorsements from numerous followers and a promise of health, wealth, happiness, power, and success through his guidance.
Published by special permission several readers report regained jobs, sold property, reconciled relationships, and improved finances after consulting. Samuel Murray restored his traction position, Thomas Morgan sold his Richmond property, Miss G B reconciled with a rival, Mrs Amy Brown found happiness, and Anton Gross earned a $9300 profit after December 1913 guidance. Consultation hours and fee are listed.
Mix one quart milk with one half cup Indian meal and one half cup farina. In double boiler cook thirty minutes, stir often. Add one cup plus two tablespoons salt two teaspoons ginger two teaspoons nutmeg and one quart apples. Stir in another quart cold milk, bake three hours in a deep dish in a slow oven. Fireless cooker recommended.
The text notes Spartan mothers preparing youths for warning Constantine faced a harsher fate, contrasts Diaz as benevolent dictator with Carranza needing a tougher rule, and suggests Japan seeks broad influence in China. It also hints at U S sympathies in the Culebra Cut situation.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold as an internal remedy that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is described as a strong tonic and blood purifier with a claimed no quackery reputation and issued by J J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Also recommended are Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Under a February 29 1916 chancery decree by the Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court special commissioners sell at public auction in Winchester one half mile north of the city a limestone farm with 12 acres of bearing apple and 10 of peach, improved by a cut stone house and barn. The farm rents for 500 yearly to March 1 1917 and sale offers one third cash with two year notes or all cash. Auction date May 27 1916 at noon with purchaser to receive rental rights and insurance and trust deed security.
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