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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1923
Page
5
A Canadian doctor named Banting has introduced insulin after a year of research. American physicians at Atlantic City endorsed its use for diabetes, promising broader application beyond animals. The breakthrough is hailed as a major medical advance saving lives.
Middletown Va May notes list residents visiting relatives and moving households. Misses Mary and Leola Brooks return from Wellings Run after weeks with Mrs. David Rhodes. Several locals ill or visiting Martinsburg, Stephens City, Union, Front Royal and Washington.
Baltimore and Ohio employees and families will attend the annual B and O veterans picnic in Brunswick on May 16. A big parade with two bands is planned and dancing will follow. Morning addresses are expected from President Daniel Willard and several officials and judges.
A large concourse of relatives and friends attended the funeral of the late Mrs I N Allamong at her Maryland Avenue home in Martinsburg. Pastor Aubeter F Schmucker officiated with assistance from Rev Frank Custer and Rev Frank Steelman. Interment followed at New Norbourne Cemetery. Mrs Allamong was a Frederick County native and sister to S D McDonald of Martinsburg.
Benefit noted today in the condition of Mrs William Ramsey who underwent a serious operation at Memorial Hospital last Thursday. She is the daughter of Mrs Jessie Shirley of Martinsburg West Virginia and wife of a partner in P C Neidemeyer and Company of this city.
A testimonial style ad claims S S S eliminates rheumatic impurities by increasing blood cells, boosting strength and appetite, reducing crutches reliance, improving complexion, and stopping pimples and eczema. It emphasizes immediate difference, touts widespread sale at drug stores, and promotes the large size as economical.
Berlin papers react with indignation to the passings on Baron Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and colleagues. Rotfamme calls the sentences monstrous while other editors say innocent Germans are punished to preserve Premier Poincare’s prestige.
VMI alumni across the nation honor the 59th anniversary of the Battle of New Market on May 15. General E. W. Nichols will speak at the New York alumni dinner, with Col. Greene of New York accompanying him. The May 15 observance includes memorial exercises and volleys over graves.
In Duesseldorf May 9 the Krupp directors including Baron Gustav Krupp von Bohlen filed an appeal against sentences from the French court martial at Werden. They remain in the French military prison awaiting decision by the upper tribunal as observers expect the Ruhr resistance to strengthen.
Pope Pius received King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the Vatican in a solemn audience. The royal couple were accompanied by the British ambassador and their retinue, with military honors from the palatine guards and pontifical gendarmes. The private audience lasted nearly an hour.
Eighteen men including Sheriff Harry Clouse of Ohio County are free on bail from 2,500 to 100,000. Federal officers in several states hold warrants for 69 more following indictments by the federal grand jury charging conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. The indictments cap a two week probe into an alleged liquor combine with extensions across states.
300 acre farm near Stephenson Depot VA with an 8 room stone house, bank barn, double corn crib, wagon shed and outbuildings all in good condition. Water from a never failing stream. 50 acres meadow, 25 acres timber. Close to church and schools. Sold to divide estate. Apply to J L and J W Jolliffe. May 9 1861.
Advice to avoid crowds and maintain hygiene to ward off illness. Recommends May-apple laxative pills, hot foot-baths, lemonade, Anuric tablets, and Golden Medical Discovery tonic for recovery, with mentions of Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY and trial offers.
Federal Judge Knox ruled that the Volstead Act limits on physician liquor prescriptions are violated and issued an injunction preventing enforcement officers from interfering with Dr. Samuel W. Lambert in New York.
The Special Commissioner under a chancery order will sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on May 26 at 11:00 AM two parcels of real estate. Lot A is a six and eight tenth acre tract in Frederick County with a four story frame dwelling. Lot B is a house on the north side of Main Street in Winchester near Germain Street. Terms require one third cash, two equal installments, secured by bonds and a deed of trust, insurance policy to cover improvements.
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