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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
11
Mayo Clinic doctors report dramatic relief in three rheumatic fever cases using cortisone and ACTH. In one Rochester patient fever and joint pain disappeared after injections, raising questions about long term heart protection and distinguishing drug effect from natural recovery.
Special Commissioners in Chancery will sell at noon October 8 1949 at the Frederick County Court House front in Stephens City Virginia three lots of Bowman real estate Lot 1 four acres with a nine room dwelling Lot 2 about fifteen acres with a bar and well Lot 3 about two acres adjoining Lot 2. Cash terms. Auctioneer Coleman Dunn and commissioners Massie and Thoma certify bond for 9000 dollars.
The Tea Bureau reports that about two thirds of Americans aged 12 and older drink iced tea during the summer. The finding highlights prevailing beverage habits and thirst trends across the nation.
New York report shows gas heat ing and cooking revenues in the second quarter at 391 million dollars, up 9.2 percent from 1948. Commercial sales led gains with 18.5 percent, residential up 7.7 percent, industrial 8.3 percent. twelve month revenues reached 1.62 billion, up 9.8 percent, with 22.9 million customers served by June.
Eva May Parker 68 died 3 25 am today at daughter Mrs Stanley Carper's Boyce home. Born Jan 14 1881 in Clarke County to Albert and Edmonia Clark. Survived by sons Cecil Parker Berryville and George Parker Arlington. sister Mrs Holmes McCormick near Boyce. brothers Thomas Esten Clark Boyce Ruben Clark Stephens City James Clark Berryville. Lived in Boyce 41 years since marriage to George Parker. Methodist church member. Services 11 am Saturday at John H Enders funeral home, interment Mt Hebron cemetery. The first US ice making machines were invented in 1850.
The United States now sources iodine largely from West Coast oil wells after starting recovery in 1926 with a Louisiana bore. A West Coast industry supplies almost half of the 1,500,000 pounds used yearly, as American producers cut Chilean prices in a price war.
The article notes a sharp drop in iodine prices from four dollars a pound in 1926 to about a dollar fifty today. It explains how Beaweed ashes once supplied most iodine until Chi lean saltpeter rose to prominence and details the shift since 1928 to extracting iodine from oil brines in large towers with acid-proof bricks.
Pet care reminders stress arranging reliable sitters or kennels before trips. Local animal shelters offer boarding referrals and emergency contact plans, while a written care schedule helps neighbors or friends manage feeding, walking, and medical needs during absence.
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