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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
4
A reader endorses Simpson's bitters and Popoff's pills, claiming chronic ailments vanished after using a syrup of seaweed prunes and cheese. The letter mocks doctors and other remedies while touting rejuvenation and renewed vigor from the October air.
Bond purchasers at the knitting mill are listed with amounts totaling various sums including 1000 and 500 dollars along with smaller figures 150 60 and 50. The text appears to document investor contributions or bond subscription figures. No further context or names are provided.
H N Kellogg chair of the Re vocation argued war raises paper costs. He said the cost per ton would soon reach 30 dollars, up ten from the present. Details reference Bessie Hillyard and West Water Street.
Names of buyers who purchased $1000 worth of fourth Liberty bonds are listed, followed by a separate note of unclaimed letters at the Winchester post office for the week ending October 19 1918. Letter recipients must pay one cent per letter.
The article analyzes Caesar’s invasion of Britain, deducing landing around August 27 from the lunar cycle, noting the southern Britons’ civilization and the era’s London growth a century later, and observing that Britons aided Caesar with ships despite western Gaul’s Venus proximity.
Winchester resident Mrs. J W Stryker testifies to back pain and fatigue easing after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports renewed strength for housework as kidneys improve. Advertises price 60 cents and urges asking for Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Worry and the blues are linked to functional derangements and can worsen. A few weeks of outdoors, sleep, water, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is claimed to revitalize the system and improve conditions for women prone to stress.
Mrs. D. H. Hartman will leave Winchester later this week to join her husband in Baltimore where he works as a machinist with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Their friends here regret their permanent departure and wish them success in the new home.
The piece recounts Cape Colony shifts during the French Revolutionary era while noting British sieges in 1795 and 1806, the 1815 retention of South Africa, and the 1834 emancipation of slaves amid abolitionist actions and economic reforms. It mentions demographics of 26,700 whites, 29,300 slaves, and 1,850 free Khoikhoi.
Snakes are caught in the Australian bush for venom valued at about £500 per pound. Death adders brown adders and tiger snakes supply the venom, with tiger snakes yielding the most. The work demands skill to catch snakes unharmed and survive. Tiger snakes remain numerous in remote interior areas.
A Neue Zurcher Zeitung correspondent recalls a 500 year old Swiss encounter when a large group of gipsies traveled from the east and camped near Zurich for two weeks. The 14 000 men women and children impressed with orderly conduct and gold and silver ornaments paid for meals before vanishing back to their homeland after seven years of wanderings.
A musical actress reports daily suspensions from a cord across her room to exercise limbs and strengthen muscles for burlesque work. Her sister professional helps with leg exercises for ten to twelve minutes, a method likened to models’ routines and a backboard neck device used by a Parisian beauty specialist who gained fame from this round-shoulder cure.
A brief notice notes a poetic snippet referencing affection and love with initials G B and Bierue. The fragment hints at romantic themes without locating a full story or clear event.
By decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia the special commissioner will sell at public auction on November 9 1918 at 12 oclock M in front of the court house the property at 501 S Main St corner of Main and Leicester streets. It is a two story dwelling with lot 44 ft 2 in by 158 ft and will be sold for one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy.
A notice seeks a reliable white man with a small family for general labor. Offer includes a five room furnished brick lodge, garden spot, cow stable, liberal annual wages paid monthly. Apply to GEO C. THOMAS, Mer, Green Hill Cemetery Co, by October 31 or at the board’s first meeting.
Public sale in Winchester Virginia on November 28 1918 in the case Sarah Theresa Henton vs Elmer E Thompson et al. Two building lots in the southern city, Lot 1 45 by 100 feet and Lot 2 139 by 95 feet triangular, offered separately or together. Terms one third cash day of sale balance in one and two years with interest, secured by deed of trust. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn and M M Lynch special commissioner. Clerk J B Beverley certifies bond posted.
Classified notice for Mrs R B Byrd seeking tenants for her Amherst Street residence with possession starting October 1. Applications addressed to Mrs R E Byrd at 1758 Q Street Northwest Washington DC.
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