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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims calomel damages bones and stomach, while the tone cleanses the liver and bowels without salivation. The pitch includes a money back guarantee and suitability for children.
Governor Stuart designates Judge Frank B. Whiting to preside in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County on Thursday. Several matters will be heard by the court, as Judge Fishburne believes it improper for him to preside.
Leslie H. Affleck of near Stephens City and Miss Hettie M. Bailey of Johnson City Tennessee obtained a Winchester license last Friday. Affleck, 22, met the 19 year old nurse after a motorcycle accident in Tennessee and planned a quiet ceremony with her arrival expected from Johnson City this week. Details of the ceremony and her arrival remain unclear as Affleck could not be reached.
The first issue of the Bayonet, eight pages plus a four page picture supplement, serves as the publicity organ for the Eighteenth division. Lieut. Guy E. Viskniékki oversees the paper as business manager. The editorial promises readers will welcome its return home once Recall is founded.
The funeral for the late Mrs B H Leathers will be at 3 tomorrow afternoon from 118 South Market Street. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. A surviving sister is Mrs Rose Grin Lewis, widow of Charles Lewis, not Mrs Rose Grim as previously stated by The Star.
John W Sprint aged near the century mark, longtime Boyce resident and former hotel keeper, died at his home in Boyce. He served in the Confederate army and witnessed the John Brown hanging. He leaves a son J Trone Sprint and six daughters. funeral arrangements to be announced with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester.
The Adjutant General orders five Winchester and nearby men Martin L. Donnelly Junion Ford Samuel N. Giles Levi F. Anderson William Dehaven to appear before the local board. Their sworn statements will be heard to determine exemption due to hardship and their cases will then proceed to the district board for final decision. None have reported to camp yet, but rapid handling is urged ahead of training increments.
A 10 cent Cascarets advertisement promises relief from constipation and indigestion by cleansing the liver and bowels. It claims headaches dizziness nervousness and biliousness vanish, with a gentle cleanse for children and adults sold by all druggists.
Boyd Richards advertises for apples and various fruits to be consigned to best markets. Phone 289-w, broker, office in S V N Bank Building. 9 24 m.
Announcement of the marriage of Clarence E. Koontz son of the late John E. Koontz of Page County Virginia and Frances Ligon Thornton daughter of Mr and Mrs F C Thornton of Charlotte Virginia took place at the home of the bride’s aunt in Brooklyn New York on Saturday September 29. The couple departed for a wedding trip and plan to reside at the Tubeyries farm near White Post Clarke County Virginia. Koontz, educated and formerly Frederick County agricultural demonstrator, now general manager of the Tubeyries farm owned by Graham F Blandy of New York, is described as highly accomplished and the estate’s status is noted. Also mentioned is a United States tax assessment of about 7000 dollars on liquor stock held by a retailer in Hagerstown.
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