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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1916

Page

2

Cardboard Box War Splits Families Sparks Garden City Venture

John Burton helps George Hamer and Janet Perkins wed while the Hamer family clashes over a new factory project. George and Janet team up to form a worker benefit plant, improving housing and wages, sparking labor tensions led by Will Foster and a wary sheriff.

George Janet Will Foster Hamers East Side Burton Bill Foster Burton and Hamer Cardboard Box Trust George Hamer Garden City Hamer Foster

Trusts and Tensions in Garden City Plant War

In Garden City a clash between factory owners and a cardboard box trust escalates as brokers threaten main control. Burton seeks to sell under fair terms, while Elwood Hamer resists but agrees to maintain conditions during a guarded negotiation aided by a wary visit from Hamer with his son William.

Mabel Burton George John Hamers George Hamer Janet Perkins Hamer Janet Carboard Box Trust Onser Mr. Burton Homer Trust Elwood Hamer Garden City William

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Toledo Company

A historical advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that treats catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims endorsement by a leading physician and lists F. J. Chenny & Co of Toledo Ohio as proprietors with testimonials available. Pills for stimulation are also advertised.

Hall Ce. Hall F. Se F. J. Chenny & CO Props Toledo Ohio Pite Hall’s

Pain and despair teach resilience, daily thought

A quote by John Oliver Hobbes on how pain and despair cast you down yet ultimately aid understanding and growth.

John Oliver Hobbes

Church May Prohibit Divorces Remarrying

In Chicago on September 15 a proposed canon in the Protestant Episcopal Church would bar remarriage of parties divorced for any cause if either spouse is living. The committee of five bishops five priests and five laymen recommends the change to be adopted by the general convention in St Louis October 11.

Protestant Episcopal Church Committee On Marriage and Divorce St. Louis

Acids in the System and Swift Specific Cure

An advertisement-like notice claims excess acids poison the body causing skin and mucous issues, heart and nerve problems, and rheumatism. It promotes a vegetable tonic to purify blood and restore health, urging readers to obtain Swift’s Specific through the Medical Department in Atlanta, Georgia.

Medical Department Swift Specific Co Atlanta, Ga

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