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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
4
A fragmented verse condemns quiet talk of peace while criticizing war rhetoric. The speaker doubts pacifist appeals and warns of continued conflict, citing German aggression and the devastation seen in France as justification for renewed action.
Prescription costs rise and many turn to Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as a combined treatment for blood nerves stomach liver and bowels. The ad touts iron content and overall system support as a cost saving alternative to physician prescriptions.
A reflective essay surveys old homes in England with tragic legends and historic figures. It recalls Windor, Littlecote, and Stoke Poges, noting crimes, executions, and literary ties. It laments influenza tolls and wartime sorrow while honoring George Washington’s lineage and Gladstone’s memory.
A Saturday night column blasts suffrage leaders and southern senators, claiming 300000 women of the underworld and southern Black women will shift political power, urging immediate action and warning of calamity. The piece ends with a moral verse about seizing today and postponing tasks.
Cross Roads notes record the burial of an infant from Mr. and Mrs. Tom McKee at Fairview Church Cemetery after death in Winchester. The notes also mention visits by Nimrod Albaugh and family, Jennie McKee with Boyd Whitacre, John Giffin and family, J B White and family, and Wilbur Pugh with L C Olates over the weekend.
Letter from Mrs. William Bell of Logansport Indiana praising Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for relief during a severe diarrhoea attack three years ago. States the medicine was the only one that helped. For sale by all dealers.
A Virginia court orders actions to divest Annie T. McGuire’s title in Winchester realty at Braddock and Amherst streets. It seeks to remove a cloud, construe wills, determine fealty terms for Laura Holmes McGuire and successors, approve a sale to Hunter H. McGuire, and provide equitable compensation for improvements. William Taylor must appear within fifteen days to protect his interest. notice to be published in The Winchester Star and posted at the courthouse.
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court October 3 1918 the suit to obtain a rece mensa et there and for general relief against Stanley Briscoe who is not a resident of Virginia. He must appear within fifteen days after due publication to protect his interest. Copy to be published weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Star and posted at the courthouse front door. Copy-rTeste J B Beverley Clerk.
By decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia in the chancery case Harr iett Chapman vs Kate S Anderson and others the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester at 12 6 clock M on Saturday November 16 1918 that lot No 219 on the west side of South Plain Street between Clifford and Mork Street adjoining Miss Rose Janney and others The lot fronts 29 feet 8 inches on Main Street and extends back 188 feet more or less and is improved by a large two story brick residence One third cash on day of sale and the balance in two equal annual installments bonds and deed of trust and insurance on buildings M M Lynch Special Commissioner A G Swanson Auctioneer
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