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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1917
Page
2
In the corporation court of Winchester a clerk’s notice dated August 18 announces a legal action or filing concerning Thomas Psquard. The document records a formal court event in the city’s clerk’s office during a vacation period.
A home tonic blends juice from two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to yield a quarter pint of face lotion. Apply daily to the face neck and arms to reduce freckles and blemishes and achieve a lighter complexion at low cost. The mixture is advertised as harmless and easy to obtain.
In Tablers near Goradstown West Virginia on September 5 a reception honored Marion Gano and his bride Lucretia Daniels of Shenandoah Junction. About 75 guests from Martinsburg and Berkeley County attended from 8 to 12. The Maples lawn featured Japanese lanterns and the dining room pink and white. Marion Gano works for Merchants and Farmers Bank in Martinsburg.
An old advertisement extols Foley Kidney Pills as tonic and strengthening, claiming they filter impurities and relieve backache rheumatic pains stiff joints and sore muscles with sales pitched as a universal remedy sold everywhere.
The schedule lists sermons next Sunday at Pleasaint Valley at 10 30 a m Fairview at 3 p m and Mount Olive at 7 30 p m preached by Rev W H Sampsell the pastor.
A vintage advertisement promotes Calotabs calomel tablets as a pleasant nightly laxative for cleansing the liver. It promises a tasteless dose with no nausea and a morning boost, claiming a full refund if not delighted. Sold in sealed twenty-dose packages for thirty five cents at drugstores.
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon, a Clarke county organizer for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, led campaigns in New York for six months. She spoke in Buffalo and Aubur n, taking census duties in Buffalo’s third ward before being reassigned to Auburn and surrounding counties.
Word from Charlottesville says Section No 17 United States Army Ambulance Corps from the University of Virginia has reached France, with all members in good health. The unit is undergoing intensive training and will soon begin active work near the firing lines. Originally 36 men, it was expanded to 45 before sailing.
Mrs. Philip Grove eldest daughter of Representative and Mrs. George M. Bowers of Martinsburg West Virginia was stricken with appendicitis and rushed to King's Daughters Hospital where Dr. E C Stuart operated. Condition reported favorable today.
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