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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
4
A verse rich with autumn imagery contrasts illness warnings about doctors with a nostalgic view of winter. The speaker laments past costs of ice and frost while embracing winter as a hopeful boon, foreseeing fireside reading and song. The poem blends nature, weather, and economic relief in a reflective tone.
Subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan topped 150000 this morning with further amounts yet to be reported. The list includes Moling and Seal 1000, Philip Kiompus and Family 1000, Dr. J. A. Richard 1000, BE Blair Sheets 500, J. A. Kiger 500, Charles P. McVicar 500, Emily Carter 100, Virginia G. Baker 100, C. Fred Barr 100, James P. Reardon 50, plus multiple others ranging from 50 to 2 each. A note mentions Mrs J B Baker visiting Mrs C Ridgeley White.
The Clarke county School Board ordered public schools closed for one week starting September 30 to stamp out a threatened influenza epidemic. One death occurred among school children, attributed to predisposing croup with influenza developing afterwards. Most pupils are with apple crops during vacation, and no widespread alarm exists.
Winchester resident J H Cooper reports Doan's Kidney Pills ease backache and urinary disorders. He says the remedy regulates kidneys and removes trouble quickly, endorsing the product as household medicine. Buy Doan's Kidney Pills at all dealers through the makers.
An 18 year old, well dressed and attractive woman held on horse theft charges in Fairfax county refuses to reveal her identity. She was captured in Berkeley county by Sheriff Pannett while dining with a colored family. she provides silence and offers no admission or denial of the crime.
It will protect 1,000 soldiers from smallpox and 666 from typhoid. It will assure the safety of 139 wounded soldiers from lockjaw. It will render painless 400 operations and provide two miles of bandages for 655 wounds. It will care for 160 injuries in first aid pockets and furnish adhesive plaster and surgical gauze for thousands of wounded. Every purchaser serves the country and the boys in France. Be Prepared. The First Troop Boy Scouts.
An old advertisement touts Foley Cathantic Tablets as a mild gentle remedy for indigestion biliousness bad breath gas constipation and other symptoms from undigested food in the stomach. It promises quick action with no griping or nausea and mentions a cold weather context.
Miss Virginia Marshall Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Baker has enrolled at Hannah More School in Reisertown Md George Kidwell has gone to Baltimore for special mouth infection treatment under Dr Cereit
In a monthly council report Dr. P. W. Boyd announced his resignation as city health officer to accept a commission as captain in the U S Army Medical Corps and leave for active service. The Winchester Board of Health recommended Dr. Walter Cox for appointment and secretary of the board.
An early 20th century medical ad touts Calotabs as the ideal calomel substitute to end a cold overnight. One Calotab on the tongue at bedtime with water, no salts or nausea, promises no interference with eating or work and a refreshed system by morning.
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Hon S Lucien Lupton reports a letter from G P Coles noting a Presidential order allocating 2 000 000 for highway work in the Tidewater area. Funds target connections around Norfolk Hampton Newport News Morrisons Camp Eustis York Town with broader state release for other regions.
By deed of trust from A Bowers dated 1910 the property near Rest village, 2 acres and 26.6 poles in Frederick County Virginia, including a two story six room residence with porches and a shop, is offered at public auction in Winchester on October 19 1918. One third cash and remainder in two annual installments, payments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Sale held in front of the courthouse. Mrs William Byrd and daughter Mary Byrd and Evelyn Shipherd return to Baltimore after 51 months.
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