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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
3
The listing shows varied farm goods with prices for wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, flour products, and dairy items. It notes corrected markets from the previous day and includes livestock prices such as cattle and chickens, reflecting a rural market page snapshot.
An advertisement argues catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation, with a free circular offered by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Suffering from rheumatism for years James H Alten devised a compounded prescription claiming to dissolve accumulated impurities and uric acid deposits in joints and muscles. He distributed the remedy through agents Boyd Drug Company Franck Baker and Son with a money back guarantee on the first two bottles to customers who report no benefit.
A national campaign will run through November led by railroads steamship lines and express carriers in the United States and Canada. Local agent W B Grim urges Winchester residents to cooperate to help shippers with packing problems and improve transportation service. Carriers will inspect freight and express shipments and record faults not meeting perfect package criteria.
An Army surgeon named Amos Hadley was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife Sue Tinsley Hadley. The first degree conviction followed a trial at Richmond with Judge Scott presiding and a 2 pm schedule for further proceedings.
A prisoner, still smiling, thanked Senator Gunn for the fight on his behalf and was returned to his cell.
In Stephens City on October 24 a public meeting formed a local Red Cross executive committee to address public health needs and the role of a nurse. Members include Ida Guard and Edgar Lineburg among others. A high school chapel program urged community support and a follow up meeting will set fund goals and methods.
Letters from Winchester report Pat Stephenson is aboard the steamclip Mount Evans sailing to Havre France after leaving his home over a year ago. He has traveled across Weide and the Atlantic, visiting Europe and the British Isles before returning briefly to the United States.
An officer of the United States Army transport Proce ident Grant has completed a voyage around the world visiting nearly every country. He is the son of the late Henry Stephensong of Kenilwort, in this county. His mother, Mrs Helen M Stephenson, now resides with her son John T Stephenson at Rosamont near Alexandria Virginia.
Winston B. Davis, war veteran and former captain of Company G, Second Virginia Infantry, has been appointed major in the adjutant general's department to succeed Samuel Gavemoy Waller of Front Royal. Davis, a graduate of VPI, began his military career as a private in Company G, Second Virginia Infantry and served in France with the 29th Division.
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