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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
2
A. H. Hottell & Son of Middletown Virginia advertise a new Clover Huller and Hay Press and offer first class work at reasonable prices. Patronage solicited. inquiries may be written to the address provided.
By decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County entered January 31 1916 in a chancery suit where Charlotte K Fayman is plaintiff and H E Mundey et al are defendants the Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public outcry in front of the Hotel Rumsey Shepherdstown West Virginia on the date to be announced.
Comptroller Warwick ruled that state militia recruits joining after the President's call cannot participate in a federal relief fund of 2 million dollars for guardsmen families. The statute provides 50 dollars a month to destitute families of soldiers who joined the colors when the call was issued.
Speakers at the opening session of the American Pharmaceutical Association envision prices easing after the war as Europe and America adjust drug supplies. They foresee a market independent of European supply dynamics and stress the need for stable availability for the public and professionals.
An advertorial touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel urging readers to avoid mercury based remedies. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels, prevents nausea and cramps, removes headaches and dizziness, and leaves the stomach sweet with regular bowels. The tone promises a money back guarantee and notes the product is vegetable and non salivating.
In his annual address William C. Alpers of Cleveland, president of the association, claimed necessity will enable the United States to self supply its drug manufacturing. He predicted home production would reduce drug prices in the future at the Atlantic City meeting.
Plans for enlarging the state lime plant at Staunton were approved at a State Lime Board meeting in Governor Stuart’s Richmond office. To meet rising demand and current delivery limitations, new machinery will be installed immediately, expected to boost daily output by 25 percent. The additional capacity aims to satisfy demand until the Tidewater plant opens.
Representative S Hubert Dent Jr of Montgomery Alabama has been elected by the House to succeed Hay of Virginia as chairman of the Military Affairs Committee starting October 1. Hay resigns September 30 to become a judge in the United States Court of Claims. Dent was nominated by Democratic Leader Kitchin and is new in rank on the committee. Miss Mary Jane Brown visits relatives in Marion Indiana.
Richmond expert opinion clarifies post prohibition possession limits. Individuals may hold one gallon of liquor or wine or three gallons of beer, but cannot retain both liquor wine and beer in excess of these allowances. Possessing more than the permitted amount marks the holder as having ardent spirits for sale and a legal violator.
The brief fragment notes value of learning from others and neighbors. It mentions Winchester people and the idea that shared testimony can prevent harm. No clear event or date is provided.
James Lamb Jr. and Miss Edna Roller, well known Harrisonburg residents, wed at St. Francis Church Staunton with Father de Greyce officiating and Rev. William A. McKeefry assisting. After the ceremony the couple drove to Winchester then honeymooning in Atlantic City. Lamb, a Williamson Drug pharmacist and past Elks ruler, and Miss Roller, daughter of Mrs. Roller and the late James E. Roller, have many friends.
Mrs Henry Brooke Gilpin and her daughter and son in law Doctor and Mrs Lewis M Allen and Miss Ethel Knight of Baltimore have been at Isles of Shoals New Hampshire for weeks and are spending a few days at Equinox House Manchester Vermont Mrs Gilpin on her way to Virginia will stop at Tobyhanna to see her son Donald Newcomer Gilpin a member of Battery A Baltimore.
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