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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1916
Page
3
A vintage advertisement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy emphasizes rapid relief for stomach ailments. It claims the medicine is widely available and highly regarded for prompt aid before a physician arrives.
The Martinsburg Journal reports a visitor staying at a local hotel was beaten near the sport house after allegedly making an improper remark to a High Street man’s wife. The High Street resident and friends pursued the offender, who fled toward the motel with help from bystanders.
Constipation is blamed as a major cause of illness in many people. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a laxative that acts gently to move the bowels and improve digestion. It notes they are obtainable everywhere. The fragment mentions Mrs Nutton traveling to Annapolis and references Mount Main Street dwellers E J Evanson and a summer visit.
Newswire from El Paso reports the Mexican Central Railroad line near the border cut during the night, blamed on Villa followers. Carranza authorities assess Villa’s 700 men near Wamiquipa and fear an ammunition depot may be at risk.
District Nurse Association calls renewed energy to begin winter work and meet pressing demands. Many responded to postal car aid, but funds remain short. Monthly meeting set for Wednesday at 11 in the Council Chamber, signed by the President.
Inter borough Railway Company rejected traction workers union demands. Officials warned of four strikes on elevated and subway lines in New York City affecting about 11 000 employees, with 9 000 said to be on individual contracts. Mayors and Governor Whitman briefed for possible police and militia intervention.
A lighthearted ad item notes a romantic misunderstanding where a man mistakes a woman for an ordinary partner, only to learn she is an heiress upon a second, clearer look. The brief reflects a gossip column tone common in society pages.
A health note advocates drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims regular use purifies the entire alimentary tract prevents toxin build up and helps readers feel younger and more energetic.
The Star lists daily local market quotes with retail and wholesale prices for flour rye corn oats hay butter and potatoes. It records spot and futures corn values and live poultry prices plus poultry and hog notes, with a closing caveat on accuracy.
Local residents share travel and court updates. L M Argenbright leaves for Morrisonburg to join Golden Lineweaver Corporation. R Gray Williams goes to Berkeley Springs to argue a case. E Morgan Pendleton heads to Washington for her mother’s funeral. W D Smith Jr departs for Baltimore. Henry L Markwood registered at Hotel Jack in Front Royal. Wisie Miller visits relatives in Harrisonburg before joining family in Winchester. Mrs William Blose and daughters return home from Massanetta Springs. Tarr of Baltimore, a Dada labor official, visits relatives. Holmes Barr of Parke Davis & Co visits Winchester. Mrs Mary S Taylor from Clifton Forge spends time in the city. Florence Willis and Nellie Ryans return from Atlantic City after two weeks.
Chairman Bascom Slemp called a meeting of Virginia State Republican Committees in Alexandria to choose a Republican candidate to oppose Senator Claude A. Swanson. Possible candidates include D Lawrence Groner Jacob Yost S Harris Hoge Rio Angell Jennings Wise and Charles S Heberman. Swanson is the Democratic nominee without opposition.
Prices listed for butter creamery and dairy items alongside live stock quotes show lambs at per pound ranges from 4 to 10 1 2 for spring and fair grades, with fat sheep at 4 to 4 1 2 per pound and pigs priced per head or per size. Appears from a rural market column with multiple farm and livestock figures.
Mr John B Hoffman has returned to Wilmington Delaware after spending several days in town with relatives.
Miss Bessie and Meta Sartélie have returned from a visit to relatives and friends in Baltimore after traveling there recently.
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