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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
2
An advertising blurb touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a health tonic for overworked men. It claims three capsules daily will restore strength amid uric acid, kidney, bladder, stomach, and general ailments, with a druggist offering refunds if no help.
Miss Agnew administrators announce three day food saving demonstrations by Lizzie Jenkins of Hampton Institute for colored residents of Winchester and Frederick County. The sessions run September 4 5 and 6 from 3 to 5 p m at the Home Demonstration Club room annex of the Friends Meeting House at Washington and Piccadilly streets with church cooperation and a personal invitation to local colored women.
Miss Johnetta Wright of Wadesville hosts Ridgeway camp youths for an evening of games and music. The event featured instrumental and vocal performances, refreshments, and a cordial sendoff with guests thanking their hostess. Attendees included Glayde Wagiley Esther Ridgeway Ruth Ridgeway Frances Wright Mary Snyder Bertha Carter Margaret Stipe Beatrice Caroline Kackley and others with Payne Pierce Lamon Cline Hesseltine Spapp and Kackley among the listed participants.
A Hayfield party on North Mountain encountered a large rattlesnake that lured two 14 year old boys into a near-fatal paralysis. Leader J M Loy arrived to see the youths unable to move as the snake’s head rose from a log. The monster was killed and the boys freed. Nearby naval yeomen Oscar Matrona Haines Ira Ross Neely and Harold Mandt Nelson visited Highlands farm during Labor Day.
Miss Solenberger daughter of A L Solenberger of Franklin County Pa was required to return home this morning for violating the infantile paralysis quarantine applied to all under 18 from Franklin county. She had visited her grandmother Mrs Noah W Solenberger in Winchester and was detained at the Cumberland Valley station by Sanitary Inspector J Robert Doran after acknowledging her origin. She spent the night with her grandmother but was ordered to take the first train back home this morning.
Readers praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds and croup noting it is easy to take and effective for children and adults alike. A testimonial from Wm Scruby of Chillicothe Missouri emphasizes its safety and reliability in families.
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