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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
4
An editorial from the November Wo jhan's Home Companion urges solemn gratitude in 1917, noting Americans’ sacrifice as Austria’s entry into war changes the holiday ethos. It contrasts past feasts with wartime duty and calls for piety, responsibility, and concern for the civilized world.
A rustic speaker notes geese heading south as winter nears. He vows to prepare by stocking coal flour and potatoes and to mend and fortify his frugal home for the coming cold. The narrator mentions a weatherer in his den as part of the scene.
An advertisement extols Gets-It as the world’s best corn remedy. Two drops banish pain and enable peeling the corn away. priced at two cents or prepaid by BE Lawrence & Co. It is sold in Winchester via Miller’s and Livick’s Drug Stores. Also a seasonal verse about geese and winter notes.
Parents urged to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipated children. The product blends laxative herbs with pepsin, claims no gripe or narcotics, and is described as pleasant tasting and effective. Free trial bottle available by writing Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
Eczema and similar skin troubles arise from impure blood and can be cured by cleansing the blood. S S S is advertised as a premier blood purifier, claimed to be the oldest on the market and sold for fifty years. Readers are urged to write for complete treatment advice to Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga.
Richmond October rumor says Captain Alexander Forward, Secretary to Governor Henry C. Stuart, may replace Judge J Richard Wingfield on the State Corporation Commission when Wingfield’s term ends January 15. Forward, formerly editor of the Harrisonburg News Record, is regarded as an efficient newspaperman and has long lived in Richmond.
A guidance note advises using a small paper strip to shield fingers when driving a tack. By threading the tack through the paper strip, pressure is applied without direct finger contact under the hammer, reducing injury risk.
A regional notice promotes gymnasium work for women to relieve fatigue nervousness and bodily aches. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Grady of 344 Bruce Street Harrisonburg Virginia praising Dreco medicine dispensed at Miller's Drug Store. The Dre en Man offers information and sales at the store.
Rosenberger Virginia reports visitors from Opequon Fawcett Gap Stephens City and Washington D C. George Bywaters and family visited. Mrs Fawcett and Miss Maury were guests of Mr and Mrs Guy Frye. Mrs Lentz returned to Washington after visiting Mr and Mrs Frye. James Gardner Belva Gardner and Painter visited. Mrs Frye spent a day in Winchester.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion gas and sour stomach. It claims five minute relief from fermentation and dyspepsia with a harmless formula, urging households to keep a fifty cent case on hand.
A Chicago woman testifies she suffered for about two years from a female trouble and regained health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She weighs 165 pounds and feels as strong as a man after treatment. The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for female illnesses including displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities period pains backache and nervous prostration.
Train timetable fragment lists stations such as Shambersburg and Shippensburg with times and codes. Mentions trains arriving in the morning and daily service, with garbled names and numbers. The readable items suggest a regional rail schedule snippet from Cumberland Valley area.
A Reading resident writes that months of backache rheumatic pains and swollen joints kept him from work. He states Polley Kidney Pills brought relief and allowed him to resume business activities. He signs his name with address at 840 N 2d St.
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