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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1918
Page
2
An advertisement promotes cutting meat to ease kidney strain and urges drinking four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush and stimulate kidneys. It cites uric acid from meat as a cause of illness and portrays Rad Salts as safe and inexpensive for urinary and bladder relief.
An old-time advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe substitute for calomel. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury that can salivate and harm bones, while Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant, vegetable remedy suitable for children and adults to relieve biliousness constipation sluggishness headaches and stomach issues. The ad promises a refund if it does not act better than calomel.
Archie McCarroll and son from Oklahoma will live with his parents in Brucetown. Albert Clendening and daughter Virginia visited in Bunker Hill W Va. Miss Smie Snapp spent weekend in Winchester with Miss Margaret Drummond. Mrs Florence Galloway brought her daughter home from Memorial Hospital. Florence May has been ill for a year. Delbert Lambert broke his arm on a see saw. Dr. Stuart treated him and he is recovering.
Impure blood and weak nerves are treated best with Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiren taken before and after meals. The combination is advertised as economical for scrofula rheumatism catarrh dyspepsia loss of appetite fatigue anemia and exhausted nerves. Hood's Pills offer relief for biliousness or constipation. Sold by all druggists.
Private Iven H. Miler from Camp Humphreys visits Rosenberger Virginia and praises the camp for raising over 800000 dollars in the fourth Liberty Loan. He notes the flu epidemic is under control with over 800 deaths during the peak. Otto Preffit and Charles Frye are mentioned visiting local homes.
The report mentions eS, B Snapp as a spending geome in West Virginia. It records Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller spending Saturday in Winchester and notes Mrs. Bertie Keckley’s health improving after a period of illness.
Public Health Board cautions urge prompt treatment at first cold symptoms to curb influenza and pneumonia outbreaks. Advises bed rest, warmth, and early use of Hyomei inhaler with Oil of Hyomel for quick relief and to prevent spread. emphasizes accessible, low cost prevention.
The California Academy of Sciences showcases immersive habitat displays in two large halls devoted to California mammals and birds. Natural history objects are mounted within native surroundings under skylight to reduce reflections. A San Joaquin valley elk representation demonstrates the realistic grass and water scenery amid distant hills.
A Belfast visitor recalls a mixed Catholic Protestant couple living in harmony until the Boyne anniversary. A Catholic wife keeps a pope bust and a Protestant husband a William of Orange bust. When the husband returns drunk on the anniversary, the wife avoids further clash by pawning the Orange bust and buying another pope bust.
The article traces early census origins to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, citing Herodotus on 3050 B C Egypt census for pyramid work and 1400 B C under Rameses II to apportion land. It notes Moses and David counting tribes for military strength and a 1200 B C Chinese provincial data census by Aking.
The New York Mail argues against shelving experienced workers after age forty five. It asserts that men with decades in the world hold valuable experience and should be directed to suitable markets. The piece laments misplacement and overemphasis on salesmanship for goods while neglecting human material.
The article argues that dust and noise from shared beds disrupt sleep and that separate beds or rooms foster better hygiene and calmer nerves. It suggests nervous people and delicate children will sleep more soundly and may need less total sleep with independent sleeping arrangements.
In the Western District of Virginia, James P. Reardon is appointed special master to determine ownership of funds from 1936.08 dollars paid into court on October 11 1918. He will publish notices in the Evening Star Winchester and convene hearings at 10 AM November 15 1918 to collect evidence and decide liens costs and fund distribution. The land involved totals 963.04 acres in Frederick County with multiple grants and owners named.
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