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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
4
The Evening Star details James H. Allen's claim that a self made prescription dissolves uric acid deposits in joints and muscles and banishes rheumatism. He shares how physicians and experiments led to a remedy offered through local druggists with money back on first two bottles if no benefit is shown.
The ticket presents James M. Cox of Ohio for president and Franklin D. Roosevelt of Wyoming for vice president as the party’s congressional choice. The brief outlines the national party slate and key regional alignments.
A Richmond Times Dispatch column denounces attempts to revive the Ku Klux Klan. It argues the organization dissolved after the Civil War served a harmful purpose, warning that resuscitation would threaten Southern unity and honor.
Markets list wholesale prices for eggs butter hams shoulders corn barley rye oats and timothy hay with figures for creamery butter local flour and feeds. The page also describes a two men one machine fruit picking device from Popular Mechanics detailing a turntable pulley system and rope pulled runway enabling four trees per stand and single horse operation.
A substantial wooden platform of the desired height is bolted to a box bed wagon to aid ladder picking in a snapple orchard. A turntable at the top pivots on a heavy bolt with an L shaped extension runways, rollers, and wheels for extending and locking the runway for use.
A verse by Walt Mason laments zoo creatures trapped behind iron bars and cages. He describes lions, wolves, and monkeys pacing in dull confinement, longing for the forest and mountains, while observers gaze on, ignoring their pleas for liberty.
Advice on easing digestion suggests eating sparingly, spacing meals by at least five hours, avoiding between meal snacks, and drinking plenty of water. It mentions taking Chamberlins Tablets after supper as a remedy.
Vintage style advertisement claims Danderine shampoo or tonic makes hair appear heavier and more lustrous. It promises relief from lifeless colorless hair and dandruff while stimulating scalp thickness. A 35 cent bottle is advertised as freshening the scalp and preventing falling hair with druggists carrying the product.
At the Purdue orchard fertilized trees produced less fruit than unfertilized trees, suggesting nitrates are not a universal remedy. Nitrate fertilizer showed strong results on sod and is best applied three to four weeks before bloom, though it does not indicate harm to trees.
Farmers bulletin 156 from the U S Department of Agriculture notes layering as an easy grape propagation method. Cover part of a branch with earth so it sprouts roots and can be cut loose to transplant. best started in early April with transplanting about a year later.
Farmers are advised to cut clover when about three fourths of seed pods darken. Do so in calm damp conditions, preferably morning or late evening, to reduce shattering. Haul the crop with rocks to catch dispersed seed and minimize losses.
The piece notes strawberries currants and raspberries fetch record prices this year and suggests they are easy to grow at home. It argues many homes lack these fruits and promotes gardening as a path to higher yields with simple cultivation tips.
In the Frederick Circuit Court Clerk's Office on August 23 1920 D M Dillard filed a case caption listing a plaintiff and defendant. The notice records docket action in the court and identifies parties involved.
State licenses for automobiles can now be obtained within thirty six hours after application. The secretary of the commonwealth, B O James, informs police authorities that the license card will be secured within one day after application. Previously owners waited weeks or months and could operate only with known delays.
Fox Film Corporation scales the Clarke County scene for a feature titled Under the Shadow of the Dome. For a week camera crews and five actors, guided by directors, have toured the valley and mountains around Castleman’s North Hill farm to shoot views and scenes.
The troupe will move south to exhaust mountain scenery while filming. Three months are needed to assemble all scenes for the production Under the Shadow of the Dome, which will be shown in Europe and America.
The timetable lists trains serving the Norfolk and Western network. It includes No. 13 at 9:07 a.m. to Bristol with a Pullman car, No. 1 at 2:30 a.m. to Roanoke and Bristol with sleeper to Williamson and Winston-Salem, No. 27 at 5:53 p.m. to Shenandoah, and northbound No. 28 at 8:39 a.m. to Hagerstown with connections to Philadelphia and New York, plus No. 142 at 7:86 p.m. parlor car to Hagerstown and sleeper to Philadelphia. Officials W C Saunders and W B Revill sign off.
A marriage license was issued in the Circuit Clerk office to Chas. Washington and Estelle Splawn, colored, in the city.
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