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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1916
Page
6
Mrs Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York reports long stomach trouble relief from Chamberlains Tablets. She says the tablets gave positive lasting relief after trying many remedies and values them highly. Obtainable everywhere.
The Star offers a 16 H. P. Fairbanks engine with magneto for 40 dollars to make quick sale as rooms are needed. Inspection available at Star office. Rae Weg
The Vitagraph Company presents the deluxe Blue Ribbon photoplay My Lady's Slipper starring Anita Stewart and Earl Williams with Townsend Brady as author. The show includes a refined vaudeville act by Matt and Jesse Schaffer. Admission is 10 and 5 cents with shows at 1 30 and 7 15 Friday May 12.
Empire presents two moving picture performances headlined by notable stars in their first film, a romantic theme, and an accompanying episode of Tron. Tickets are ten cents for the bundled show, highlighting exceptional salaries and strong audience appeal.
The Winchester exhibit train along with local schools and officials marks a government funded display traveling from Washington to Cumberland. The 42 steel cars showcase War Navy Interior Agriculture and other departments plus Red Cross efforts. Crowds expected but crowding will be controlled as it visits Winchester Martinsburg and other stops.
Ancient Greeks valued temperance and purity and used a five point star as a health badge. A red five point star appears on Chamberlain's Tablets packages as a symbol of health. If you suffer indigestion biliousness or weak constitution get a package from your druggist for quick relief. Obtainable everywhere.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a harmonious blend of compatible ingredients and the finest product of skilful pharmacy. It claims therapeutic power to cure impure blood, low health, poor digestion, and related complaints, urging use for rheumatism weak stomach and loss of appetite.
A landmark maxim of Safety First guides national conduct, underscoring the priority of safety in governance. The phrase emphasizes prudent decisions, responsible leadership, and the protection of citizens as central to state policy.
The Boy Scouts of Winchester assist in the annual Clean-up Campaign under way this week. The Star shows ward divisions where city carts operate collecting garbage starting in the second ward. Scouts report to City Manager Field on homes observing Clean-up Week and a follow-up cart returns to finish cleaning each ward.
A farmer family story recounts a rambling farmhouse scene where a single fly wanders inside a screened house. The mother heir apparent to swat the insect finally strikes, and the girl recalls the long tradition of shooing flies with sassafras bushes in older country homes.
John Peyton Howe, Nashville railroad president and Episcopal Church pension fund head, announces the second million of Tennessee’s five million dollar fund. Telegram comes from Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts.
ILA reports Miss Henrietta Price a well known school teacher was taken ill with pneumonia yesterday and was taken to Memorial hospital for treatment.
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