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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1919
Page
4
A reader laments deceptive advertising and urges honest selling. The speaker condemns false claims that lure customers with broken promises and insists the prudent dealer earns trust by truthful pitches and reliable service. The piece closes with a call to integrity from Mason.
Citizens of Frederick discuss the need to organize a Fruit Growers’ association to protect the apple industry from cedar rust. ensuring the future of local fruit production amid growing concerns.
Brill and Bitter deny circulating reports of shoe shop profiteering in Frederick County. They challenge accusers to reveal accounts and costs, promise court action for slander, and state they were said to be fined 5000 by the Federal Government, which they deem false. They urge witnesses to come forward with evidence.
Experts link cedar rust to spreading spores from cedar galls aiding infection of nearby orchards. Community action urged to cut cedar trees near Frederick County apple groves to protect a fragile industry facing its worst year on record.
A note from High View West Virginia dated October 29 reports many residents attending the Hagerstown fair and Edgar Line taking his first airplane ride over the city. Families and travelers are mentioned visiting relatives in Akron Johnstown Central City Keene and Ashland. More residents plan winter stays in Youngstown and Jacksonville Florida with others visiting relatives in Winchester.
Chief of Police Doran received an anonymous postal card naming an auto truck with its license number and urging police to watch for it. The writer promises to report in person if needed, but the police disregard anonymous messages unless crime could be detected.
Winchester resident and fireman J. T. Nalls testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured a back and kidney pain after a cold settled in. he praises the remedy as reliable and notes the product is available for 60 cents at all dealers from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Monasteries once thickly strewn across England and much of Europe were called abbess or abbey for abbots, while those governed by a prior were termed priories. The terms derive from abbas meaning father in Syriac.
An old advertisement promotes irregular Tri umph Pills with claims of safety and reliability. It warns against other products and urges writing to the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin for details and a free address.
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