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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1923
Page
7
A noted skin specialist endorses Mentho Sulphur for rapid relief of eruptions and itching. The remedy is applied like cold cream to face neck arms or body and praised for quick improvement. Rowles Mentho Sulphur is available from druggists for personal use.
Officials report moonshine activity in every Virginia county with Franklin and Henry as leading distillers. Seizures include five stills totaling up to 200 gallons in Patrick and Henry counties, plus additional raids in Frederick and Lee counties. Arrests include Sam Housman and others linked to operations.
A Columbus Citizen reflection notes a fisherman losing himself in fishing, blinding himself to nature and dulling his senses. It cites the phrase alter ego first used in diplomacy for Spanish viceroys and ends with a short man who looks up and sees farther than a tall man looking down.
Mrs Daisyingham of Baltimore visits. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeprety host at Melrose. many locals travel, visit relatives, and attend hospital stays. Revs G. W. Obaugh and W. B. Obaugh finish community meetings. baby arrivals announced. Alfred Doggett recovering from a recent injury. Mrs Milton Leidig improving in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
For Sunday October 7 Mt. Olive holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and sermon at 10 45 a m Mt Pleasant offers a 3 p m sermon Pleasant Valley has Sunday school at 10 a m Christian Whole Door meets at 7 30 p m Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 8 p m Sunrise lists Sunday school at 10 a m Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m
A note on Jerusalem highlighting diverse communities within city borders. It mentions residents from multiple nations and states that eight languages are spoken in the area.
The U P Trail by Zane Grey is hailed as a landmark American novel. The New York World will publish a special fiction section featuring the first eight pages of the story in color illustrations.
Mrs Laura L Slonaker formerly of Capon Bridge W Va and John W Haines of Wardensville W Va now Omaha Neb were married in Washington on Tuesday with Rev Ward F Downs officiating. Haines is from Wardensville and widower. Slonaker’s husband also died. The couple had long been friends.
Paris reports Gabriel Alphonse Mohrey alias Henri Jilat, mastermind of the Shattuck jewelry robbery in New York in April 1922, located at Chelles near Paris and shot while resisting arrest. Albert R. Shattuck, retired financier, and his wife were robbed of jewelry valued at $90,000.
Rye New York October 5 Miss Glenna Collett of Province Rhode Island loses her title as woman national golf champion in the Snare tournament. She falls to Mrs C H Vanderbeck of Philadelphia two and one in the third round.
A romantic verse titled Beautiful Nell expresses yearning and devotion. The speaker GEO B Harrison addresses Boyce Virginia, praising eyes and smile and desire to share life daily until death.
A vintage remedy claim offers a dye like Sage compound to darken gray hair overnight. Instructions say apply with a brush, one strand at a time, for darker glossy hair by morning. Other stories touch on candy surprises and odd invitations from early 20th century papers.
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