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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
5
Miss Agnes Turner of Chicago describes how irregular meals and overwork caused indigestion headaches constipation and sleeplessness. She used Chamberlain's Tablets for about two months and reports a complete recovery with improved appetite and sleep. For sale by all dealers.
Mrs. R F Byrd offers her Amherst Street residence for rent with possession October 1. Inquiries to Mrs. R E Byrd at 1758 Q Street Northwest, Washington.
The advertisement claims a method to dissolve dandruff using about four ounces of ordinary liquid argon rubbed into the scalp at night. It promises removal of all dandruff by morning with further applications, plus relief from itching, and describes hair as fluffy glossy and soft.
Sugar certificates for October for the grocers in Winchester obtainable at my office. Ott Shirley Carter L. F. A. for Winchester.
The document outlines economical stump removal techniques including burning, digging holes, auger bore methods, and use of dynamite. It notes longleaf pine areas use side or vertical stump pullers, recommends blasting when soil is waterlogged, and mentions stump processors for large-scale clearance.
Joe Crown editor of the Clarke Courier Berryville Clarke County Virginia died at 7 this morning from pneumonia after a week long illness. He was a prominent local newspaper man son of the late John O Crown who founded the Clarke Courier and earlier editor until his death. Crown had returned two years ago to Berryville to run the Courier and was guardian for four orphan children of his deceased sister in law Mrs Randolph Meade. Funeral will be held Friday at 1 o'clock with open air service and burial at Freen Hill Cemetery.
Instructions urge clearing around grapevines removing weeds and trash. Discard rotten grapes by burial or burning to keep vines thrifty and ensure next year’s first class fruit.
The great bulk of dairy products are and will be furnished by grade cows.
Wartime note stresses trenches such as pit silos as valuable defense and urges all citizens to buy Liberty bonds, warning that those who refuse aid the enemy.
Messrs. William Bryant Breckenridge and Ralph Ray Rosenberger of high city left this week for Camp Polk Raleigh North Carolina after enlisting in the Tank Corps. Breckenridge is son of Mr and Mrs D William Breckenridge Rosenberger is son of Mr and Mrs John W Rosenberger of high city.
A wartime appeal urges readers to purchase Liberty bonds to aid the war effort and help defeat the Kaiser. The message emphasizes civic duty and national finance as key to victory.
By decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia the special commissioner offers for public auction on November 9 1918 at 12 oclock M in front of the court house the property formerly owned by Charles Taylor at 501 S Main St corner Main and Leicester streets Lot 44 feet by 158 feet with a two story dwelling described as attractive and in fine condition One third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy Auctioneers Duvall Dunn bond security provided by M M Lynch Special Commissioner
Miss Georgie Baker 18 died of influenza at Memorial Hospital. Her undertakers were barred from using St John’s Church due to county health board lockdown, so the burial occurred in the churchyard with city health officer J Robt Doran present. She was from near St John’s parish and recently moved to Winchester. She left parents and several siblings.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior wartime health medicine. It claims blood purification and health benefits from roots, barks, and herbs. Letters from prominent people are cited supporting its effectiveness against scrofula eczema boils pimples catarrh rheumatism and related ailments.
New York October 17 Mr and Mrs A R Pendleton and Miss Lily D Boyd of Winchester Virginia are registered at the Hotel Marseilles New York a favorite riverside stop for Southern travelers viewing Hudson River battleships during the season
Miss Emma Howard Wight will start new government work with a patriotic demonstration at Fort Loudoun Seminary on Friday evening, the 18th. She will deliver an address, present several patriotic declamations including "Prayer Amid War Ruina" and conduct a Red Cross talk.
The family of J. W. Price and A. J. Price expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for sympathy during their son’s death and for the flowers sent for the burial.
Due to prevailing sickness there will be no meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union until further notice. More Liberty bonds are needed to end it.
Mr and Mrs G B Welsh of Wadesville are advised their son Luther M Welsh has reached France, after enlisting at Keyser West Virginia on April 19 and transferring to Battery C Seventy third Artillery Fort Strong Boston. He sailed homeward from the United States about three weeks ago.
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