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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1918
Page
6
A historical letter argues that prolonged church closures and health boards scare tactics during the influenza era have harmed worshipers. It urges reopening to lift public morale, noting waves of cases will continue yet society must return to work and war efforts.
The advertisement extols Vital Force and nerve force as keys to success, linking strength to rich red blood and iron. It promotes Peptiron a real iron tonic with iron wax celery pep sin and other ingredients in chocolate coated pills. claims easy absorption and no constipation. Order via druggist or mail from C I Hood Co Lowell Mass.
Clair Price, special correspondent with the American Navy, writes about the seaplane service that guards the English coast, destroys Zeppelins and submarines, and inflicts misery on the enemy. The Washington Star will publish the full article on Sunday October 27.
Miss Agnes Turner of Chicago Illinois reports overwork irregular meals and carelessness toward health led to headaches poor digestion constipation sleeplessness and fatigue. After using Chamberlains Tablets for nearly two months her stomach was cleaned her system invigorated and she can eat and sleep in comfort now. For sale by all dealers.
The 1697 hailstorm described by Edmund Halley devastated Lancashire from Ormskirk to Blackburn. Hailstones weighing up to a half pound struck the ground and killed fowl, damaged panes, and toppled crops and greens. A bootle woman was struck by a stone and fell.
Sir James Frazer argues that some civilizations practiced legalised regicide as part of a limited monarchy. The Khazars, a Caucasus and Caspian region people, allegedly used kings’ death by design for nine centuries, amid droughts or calamities, shaping history on Europe Asia borders.
The article notes deadly nightshade real name Atropa belladonna used for English market atropine. It links the name to fate goddess Atropos and discusses its stronger effects on humans than animals. Nightshade commonly grows near ruined abbeys and monastic houses, likely remnants of monkish herb gardens.
A 65 year old note recalls the Koszta affair when Hungarian patriot Martin Koszta sought US citizenship, was seized in Smyrna aboard an Austrian warship, and the US ships St Louis under Captain Ingraham prepared to enforce protection.
A phoebe built a nest with three eggs in an auto truck's running gear inside a Ware garage. The owner faced a $100 penalty if he disturbed the nest and required a game warden's ruling. The warden permitted nest removal given the circumstances.
A vintage advert promises skin whitening by mixing juice from two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White lotion. It claims daily massage removes tan redness sallowness sunburn and windburn, leaving clear soft rosy skin at a low cost and asserts safety.
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