Mail delays rise as new postal rules take effect
The Shenandoah Valley region faces day long mail delays as inspectors remove a clerk from the westbound train 55 mail car. Registered mail for Winchester and nearby towns is held at Harpers Ferry until evening, delaying delivery to the following day. Inspections aim to cut costs but frustrate patrons and businesses.
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Winchester
Harpers Ferry
Shenandoah
Malley
Star
Valley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern
Strasburg
Harrisonburge
Baltimore
Ohio
Trexington
W. Va
Johnson Advice on Luck and Industry
A fragment discusses Samuel Johnson on for tuitous riches and the value of rational labor. It notes pigs’ cleanliness in the wild, the secretary bird’s qualities, and mentions an ancient Gypsy stone superstition about marriage and vows.
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Sam.Johnson
Samuel Johnson
South Africa
Public Sale of Valuable Farm and Timber Lands
A public auction in Winchester Virginia offers four tracts totaling about 830 acres: tract A with 130 acres, tract B about 125 acres, tract C 25 acres, and tract D 175 acres of timberland and pasture. Terms: one third cash, balance in one and two years with interest. deeds of trust and insurance required. See office at 22 Rouss Avenue.
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Baerftratory
Winchester
Sotho
Rouss Avenue
Virginia
Robert T. Barton
Adm
D.b.n.c.t
David A. Fries
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Women Suffering
Letters from readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving female troubles and nervous spells. Examples from Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana describe weight gain, regained health, and renewed ability to work.
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Goting
Pinkham
Horatio
Ark
Lydia K. Pinkham
Jam Rearick
Arkansas
New Orleans
Lydia
Pickham
N. Derbigny St Orleans
Las
Full Maturity Quote on Love and Home
A quotation from Mrs. F Crdy states a woman reaches full maturity only after baptism in her love and devotion to home and children. The line reflects early 19th or 20th century sentiment on gender roles and domestic duty.
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F Crdy
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