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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1926
Page
8
A claim that General Robert E. Lee's sword was given to the Manchester Historic Association is incorrect. Miss Susan B. Harrison requested confirmation, and Fred W. Lamb of the association states the sword originated from Confederate officer sabres found near Richmond after surrender.
Metropolitan Life Insurance reports that deaths from alcoholism among more than 17 million policyholders rose about 14 percent in the first nine months of 1926 versus 1925. The death rate reached 3.3 per 100.000, with cirrhosis at 6.6 per 100.000, slightly above 1924 and near 1925 levels.
Musterole advertised as a grandmothers remedy for colds and bronchitis. It promises warm tingling relief as the mustard oil penetrates and soothes pains and aches from chest colds to rheumatic conditions.
A testimonial claims a wife cured of bloating and poor appetite after four years by Maya’s medicine. The note says doctors failed, an operation was advised, and a druggist brother sent the bottle. It asserts the remedy clears catarrh and mucus from the intestinal tract and relieves numerous ailments with one dose convincing or money back. Baker’s Drug ad circulates nationally.
Mrs. Catherine Mackey daughter of the late Col. G Alexander Porterfield died Sunday in Washington. Born at Kilnwood near Leetown she lived in Charles Town and Jefferson county. Body brought to Martinsburg and buried at Green Hill Cemetery. Sister of John Porterfield and Charles Porterfield and Mrs Kate Morton among relatives in Berkeley county.
Physicians recommend Calotabs to break up a cold overnight or shorten grippe and tonsillitis. One or two tablets at bedtime purge toxins with no nausea or eating interference. Next morning the cold vanishes and appetite returns. a family package with directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
The West Virginia Elks Association will establish a state hospital and home for crippled children in Martinsburg. It will start on the fourth floor of King's Daughters' Hospital with twenty beds and may later move to a separate building. Financing includes plans for a handsome edifice as needed.
A Norfolk and Western Railway prepared photograph showcases the Natural Bridge as a national landmark on the Lee Highway near Roanoke Virginia. The piece compares Niagara Falls to the bridge noting Niagara’s American Falls at 167 feet high versus the Natural Bridge at 215 feet, with the bridge 100 feet wide atop its arch.
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