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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1918
Page
5
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a universal remedy for nose throat and lung troubles. It claims the inhaler is easy to use, contains no cocaine or morphine, and guarantees to banish catarrh coughs colds sore throat and bronchitis or money back.
Mr. Sam Hodgson has returned from the west and was accompanied by Lieut. J. Roland La Badie of the Canadian army who has been discharged for wounds. La Badie served eighteen months with the Royal Flying Corps and has seventeen Hun planes to his credit. He has a distinguished record in France and has been decorated for distinguished service.
Mrs Rebecca S Orndorff of rural route Stephens Clity Virginia probate of her will in Frederick county Circuit Court. She leaves her real estate to her husband for life and at his death to their children Mary E Cline and Daniel Orndorfe. Personal property goes to the two children with Geo A Samsell named executor. Will dated August 3 1915. Small personal articles willed to grandchildren.
Mrs. Beulah H. Carlysle of Clarke County near Cain's Chapel died at Memorial Hospital at 7 AM from pneumonia. Her husband William Carlysle and five children are ill with influenza. he visited Winchester today but weakened and returned home. She was 35, daughter of Al Lake. Burial will be tomorrow at 10 AM in Carpers Valley graveyard with no services then. services to be scheduled later.
Mrs Theodore E Parker was cared for at her home in her final illness by Mrs H H McGuire and Miss Camile Graber. The Parker family reported Mrs Nora Fling has no influenza but is recovering from a nervous breakdown. Miss Ida Fisher recovered enough to be up and around. Douglas Lee Fisher is ill with influenza at his National Avenue home.
The Corporation Court met today with Judge F. B. Whiting presiding. A detailed report of court proceedings will be printed in tomorrow's issue.
Oban in Scotland is a summer resort built on tourism with boarding houses and shops selling plaid tartans and Scotch pebbles. Visitors flock to enjoy blue bay waters, hill road views, and nearby islands while McCaig’s Folly looms as a local curiosity.
A New York Evening Post Saratoga correspondent reports an itinerant pickaninny band from a southern orphan asylum drew crowds in the street. A drum major led lively airs and, after begging for donations, signaled a finale with a Star Spangled Banner that left four army officers red faced but silent as they departed without spoiling the impromptu concert.
In a probate filing a Chicago citizen’s will leaves all possessions to his business partner, citing gratitude and a life interest. The testament notes no estate for heirs though children are mentioned as young and able. The decedent is described as a Hebrew, and the petition asserts no estate remains.
The term Black Watch traces to British regiments formerly named by uniform color, including a Black regiment. It notes the Red regiment as Cromwell’s Ironsides and adds a second use of Black Watch for Dominican guards and later kitchen scullions in great houses.
The coconut crab earns its name by living mostly on land and visiting the sea yearly. It nests in ground holes lined with coconut fibers and climbs trees for food. Ameri can Forestry notes the robber crab carries coconuts by stripping husks and gripping the nut under its legs. It then hammers holes in the coconut to access the meat.
A brief fragment notes flirtation and lonely movement, mentioning an enigmatic “G oy Steric” and suggesting men’s attention shifting toward affection as a personal pursuit. The text reads as a fragmentary poetic line with unclear context or attribution.
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