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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1927
Page
5
A drug ad touts Calotabs as the supreme system purifier to cleanse the body and restore vitality. It recommends a weekly or biweekly course over several weeks and sells a family package with full directions for 35 cents at drug stores.
Miss Annie Oates spent Thursday evening and Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Whitacre. Miss Elton Oates Mrs W E Nelson and daughter Miss Ruby Nelson visited Mr and Mrs W H Oates last Thursday. Mr W V Carpenter and family were in Winchester Saturday evening. Mrs Jennie Menee mr sugar mice Keo and Mr Rick McKee spent Sunday at the home of Mr Rick Doran.
Mr. and Mrs W C Johnson and daughter Willetta, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Larrick of near Shi loh Church, visited Mr. and Mrs. W V Carpenter on Sunday. Mrs Viola Whitacre and Mrs Rosa Fletcher were guests of Mrs Carpenter last Friday.
The Star lists daily wholesale prices for flour corn meal mixed feed and brads plus retail figures for local flour and butter. Noted items include cracked corn at 2.16 per ton, creamery butter around 40 cents, and local flour barrel prices from 7.75 to 8.25, with broad price ranges for other commodities.
Jean Baptiste Douville receives the Paris Geographical Society gold medal for his Congo study and related book, recognizing exploration work and published findings.
Lansing Michigan woman Mrs EB Bassett recalls severe tiredness and pain before using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports rapid improvement after starting the remedy, crediting it with renewed strength and the ability to walk across a room. She praises its ongoing help and recommends to others including a neighbor’s teenage daughter.
An old advertisement claims 8 8 8 8 S provides relief for rheumatism and muscle pains. It features a testimonial from Carl C. Campbell of Johnson City praising the product and noting it is plant based. The pitch says the remedy strengthens the system and is sold in two sizes at general stores.
The twelfth annual Gainesboro district Sunday schools convention will be held next Tuesday May 24 at Ebenezer arch from 10 am to 4 pm with a noon lunch recess. Morning program includes opening service minutes, chorus, readings, duets, recitations, superintendent reports, and a male quartette. Afternoon features devotional by Howard Luttrell.
The program features J. R. Whitacre and Rev. J. T. Banks with duets from Redland and Gore Schools, plus recitations by Marguerite Wingfield and a song titled Every Ready workers at Gainesboro. Open discussion follows with solos and a chorus as Old Bothel School adjourns. A separate note mentions Lenin mountains as a vast range discovered by a Ya kutsk expedition.
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