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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
3
An ad promotes Cascarets with bold claims that taking a dose at night will cleanse the liver and bowels by morning, leaving the user clear headed with better breath and rosy skin. It touts no griping and ease, and even suggests children will like Cascarets. Prices listed are 10 25 and 50 cents.
An advertisement invites readers to send name and address for a home diagnosis service. The seller claims to study chronic diseases and deformities, promises to identify trouble and provide steps to treatment.
In Hagerstown Maryland a fragmented notice offers generic health advice. It suggests eating sparingly of meats and spacing meals by at least five hours with nothing between meals. It also recommends drinking water and taking Chamberlain's tablets after supper to improve digestion.
In Martinsburg West Virginia on Oct 11 12 the circuit court opened the trial of Dr M Virginia McCune-Rossa and her husband Kismet Rossa on charges of malpractice in the death of Ari an Bowers wife of George M Bowers Jr son of Congressman Bowers The defense seeks impartial jurors and calls local experts while the prosecution presents a dying statement and hospital transfers as key evidence in the case.
An advertisement touts Allenrhil as a cure for rheumatism dissolving uric acid and removing pain within 24 hours. It urges druggists to offer two bottles to sufferers and claims long term relief without side effects, citing the inventor Mr James H Ark and the Boyd Drug Co as endorsers.
The article notes Rossa's career remains obscure with an Australian origin of his title unknown to the public. He was early befriended by Dr. McCune, who later married pin, and since then has been associated with Dr. McCune in her sanatorium work.
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