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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
3
A peculiar vis it is a fast moving street rumor in the financial district. It hops from street to street gathering followers and grows in size until it clashes with a government official or company cloak it borrows. Rumor then shrivels and dies without a trace.
A New York family physician visits the home where the children have measles. Doctors Brown Jones and Smith inspect ears kidneys and eyes and all report the patients are improving. The father thanks the doctor for not hiring separate eye specialists.
The Patel laboratory in Bombay produces an antidote serum from cobra venom collected every ten days. Ve nom is dried and dissolved in salt solution, then injected into a horse until it builds a potent, time usable serum. The serum from one horse neutralizes cobra venom in time to save lives, though each bite needs a venom matched antidote.
William Forbes-Leslie of the Institute of Petroleum Technologists says a true oilfield exists in England. He notes Norfolk oil shale holds hundreds of millions of tons with 30 to 40 gallons of oil per ton and seeks to show Britain is deeply underexplored for oil at depth.
The ancient Peruvians are hailed as the world's finest weavers after careful study of rich tapestries and fabrics. Despite being buried for centuries in desert sands and made with primitive looms, these textiles are judged superior to modern factory-produced fabrics.
City council reviews balances in multiple appropriations and considers overdraw risk by year end. A measure to shift school fund dispersal to the city treasurer passes on third reading. Water system changes to save fuel are discussed with a $11 per connection cost and hoped savings. plan referred for further detail. New pumping station engineer appointed. day shift goes to William Stultz. Improved lighting from Northern Virginia Power Co noted. cost increases for city hall iron castings highlighted. The Charley Rouss Fire Company shows a 672 deficit covered by its own treasury.
The text argues that a garden and architectural elements must harmonize, warning that neglecting this balance wastes the builder’s effort and fails to produce a pleasing image that artists would want to reproduce.
Survivors in 1765 were trapped for five weeks in the Upper Stura Alps hamlet of Bertoletto. A stable manger shielded them from collapse as goats supplied milk and a hayloft hole allowed feeding. Roccia led the rescue effort, locating his wife and relatives after breaking through six feet of snow.
Notice to owners of stock in the Valley Turnpike Company requests proof of ownership to be filed with Secretary D. B. Dinges in Middletown VA by October 15. Owners with original certificates should forward them. those lacking certificates must submit sworn statements detailing their claim.
Bronchial coughs and asthmatic spasms disturb sleep and signal illness says Halbert of Paoli Indiana. A reader reports Haley Honey and Tar cured a severe cold with constant night coughing. Mrs Kremer returns from a visit to her aunt Mrs Barr in Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
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