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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1918
Page
2
An article promotes daily hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate as an internal bath to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It argues internal sanitation is more important than outward cleanliness, promising clearer skin and relief from bilious symptoms within one to two weeks.
An advertisement claims facial pimples signal sluggish blood and offers S.S.S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier. It promises to cleanse the blood, remove skin irritations, and says no minerals are used. Readers may write to the Medical Director in Atlanta for advice.
Article discusses Spanish influenza seen in Spain in May and worldwide epidemics since ancient times. It explains symptoms fever and weakness, cautions on complications like pneumonia, and promotes bed rest and Vicks Vapor Rub as a home remedy with steam inhalation. It notes low fatality but stresses preventing spread.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines hill selection to develop superior seed stock for potatoes. Growers should plant seed plats, mark top plants, dig and rate by uniformity, and record selections with numbers for future planting. After three seasons, enough progeny should exist to plant the main crop.
City chamberlain reports record financial activity for 1912 with receipts of 523 138 739 33 dollars and expenditures of 552 759 712 83 dollars. Tax revenue water rents and stock bond sales fueled income while debt service dominated outlays including 168 585 952 00 for revenue bond redemptions.
G W E Russell notes Queen Victoria opposed the women’s movement. In 1870 a prominent matron spoke from platforms against women’s rights, provoking the queen’s strong fury and a fierce demand that women’s agitation be checked and confronted.
Farmer Turmut loses a suit cloth bought after a good market day. His wife complains to the vicar who later asks about it. Turmut responds with a grim quip that he “haveshy, noon and night,” illustrating his stubborn humor in the face of loss.
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