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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1916
Page
5
The text touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for decades of female ailments and claims women in nearly every town rely on the remedy to restore health and strength.
United States Department of Justice probes a Chicago letter from a major wholesale grocery house urging merchants to raise prices. Officials say the missive advocates reporting higher figures on goods bought when prices were low and warns of further 100 percent item increases in the near term.
Brucetown Virginia October 31 A village school held a Halloween masque with games led by Frances Larrick and M S Tanquary. A wheel of fortune, a witchs tent, apple toss, and a wall pumpkin drew prizes including a Hickory fun doll won by Edith Fox of New York.
An ad touts Knowlton's Danderine as a 5 cent cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims immediate beautifying effects and after weeks real new hair growth appears, with scalp cleansing and itching relief.
A mother praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a dependable family laxative that gently relieves infant constipation. The ad highlights a natural, non narcotic formula with pepsin, sells for fifty cents, and offers a free trial bottle by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Conticello Illinois.
In Frederick County Virginia the case Utah Crosen versus Albertus Crosen and others records a decree from April 27 1916 directing a Master Commissioner to inventory Mortimer Q Crosen estate locate real and personal property debts share entitlements and creditor accounts. Notice by weekly Winchester Virginia publication four weeks and attendance required November 25 1916 at the Master Commissioner office with relevant records.
The report notes frequent stymies in the North and South golf tournament at Pinehurst. A stymie is an accidental two-ball position causing illogical penalties. The piece laments its impact on sportsmanship and temper. It ends with a weather proverb about wool and rain prediction.
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