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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1916
Page
4
A fragment from a wartime political address discusses Thomas W Harrison of Winchester Va and Thomas R Marshall of Indiana. It questions the Kaiser’s motives and morality, contrasting battlefield sacrifice with imperial leadership and duty.
A Roanoke letter recalls a mother’s claim that two remedies cured her 15-year-old daughter’s exhaustion from overwork at school. The piece contrasts wartime woes with a mother’s faith in Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription and cites the Richmond News-Leader.
The advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to restore stomach health, aid digestion, improve appetite, purify blood, and strengthen liver function. It claims alcohol free, tissue building and nerve restoring effects. Available in tablet or liquid form with trial offer of 10 cents and mailing to Buffalo New York.
The poem praises Albert Clarence for brilliance in Greek and spelling while critiquing his disregard for parental commands. It notes his lively mischief, cleverness, and capacity to dazzle teachers, though he lets his younger brother do chores.
Mr. Walter Shade of Dehaven starts an extended journey by Cumberland Valley Railroad, touring the north and middle west. He will visit Harrisburg Buffalo Niagara Detroit Toronto and other cities during the trip.
The poem depicts soldiers in battle with fearless gaze and divine imagery. It contrasts their martial glory with the absence of wives or mothers, hinting at the cost of war while praising victory and heroic endurance.
M. P. Carter of Winchester notes that The Outlook and Roosevelt positions on Belgium and US neutrality diverge across 1914 and 1915 editorials. He cites editorials praising neutrality and later accusing the US of failing to protest Belgium's invasion, signaling public opinion shifts.
The text notes that bake powders may use hate and alum derived from minerals instead of cream of tartar to lower costs.
Prof W C Ritter superintendent of the Deaf and Blind School at Hampton Virginia travels by car with Mrs Ritter and two faculty members. They arrived in Charlottesville to visit Monticello and plan time with friends in the Shenandoah Valley. Ritter has family ties in Clarke county and is known in Winchester.
After six years of work and eight years after the bill authorizing its construction a statue of General Robert E. Lee will be placed on the Gettysburg battlefield. The equestrian sculpture by F. W Sievers cost about 40000 dollars. It will be unveiled next May following Virginia General Assembly funding.
A dated home remedy promotes Hamburg Brust Thee as a safe vegetable cure for colds and grip. It instructs mixing a tablespoon of the tea with boiling water, drinking a teacup full, and notes it opens pores, relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and drives a cold from the body.
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a cheap remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatic stiffness. It claims quick soothing relief after applying a small amount and asserts the product is harmless and non burning.
The undersigned will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House at Winchester Virginia at 2 o'clock A M on Saturday November 4 1916.
Trust and attorney for owner offer 26 acre tract near Chambersville four miles northwest of Winchester Virginia for public auction at the courthouse on Saturday September 30 1916 at noon. Property includes four room dwelling stable outbuildings never failing stream apple orchard about 11 years old with good varieties. Terms one third cash day of sale balance in six and eighteen months by bonds bearing interest and secured by deed of trust. Immediate possession. M M Lynch substituted Trustee A C G Stickley Attorney. For details contact J W Fisher Strasburg Va. 9 2 4.
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