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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
3
The fragment outlines issues with corns and treatment choices. It references lingering pain and the need to address remaining corn tissue, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent details or named entities.
J. H. Cooper a Winchester carpenter testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieve backache and regulate kidney action. He reports rapid relief when his back feels lame. The ad notes the pills cost 50 cents at dealers and identifies Foster Milburn Co as the manufacturers in Buffalo New York.
The phrase Ki-lu-hou is described as monkey language for retreat. The text suggests it may be true, noting the words sound sharply like a dos with tin order, as the scene of action fades into distance.
A historical note argues there is no law requiring a gold ring for marriage. Marriages have been celebrated with alternative tokens such as a church door key when a proper ring is unavailable.
Restoffice bill provisions grant retroactive salary increases for rural mail carriers to 1915. Postmaster General Burleson obtained authorization from the comptroller of the treasury to use unexpended 1915 funds to cover the difference between the new scale and the previous rate.
Cairpers Valley Virginia reports Mrs Newton Lee and daughter from Baltimore visiting the home of Mr and Mrs G W Ketchner. Guests at Edgar W Carper’s Sunday included Pauline Carper Hida Harmer Ruth Kelchner and others from near Winchester. Visitors and weekenders span Berryville Winchester Hagerstown with multiple Carper family ties and fairs observed.
Public auction in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia on Saturday September 30 1916 at 12 o clock noon offers 26 acres more or less near Chambersville Frederick County. Includes four room dwelling stable outbuildings and a never failing stream with a 11 year old apple orchard. One third cash day of sale and balance in six and eighteen months by purchaser bonds secured by deed of trust. Immediate possession. M M Lynch substituted Trustee A C Stickley Attorney. For details contact J W Fisher Strasburg Va. 9-2-4
Executor offers for sale at public auction in Winchester Virginia a large three story brick building at 160 North Main Street. The property, once owned by Oscar Barr, is praised for location and size with potential to convert upper floors to flats. sale Saturday Sept 30 1916 at 12 o'clock noon. terms one third cash two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust security.
A marriage license was issued yesterday at the clerk of the Corporation Court to Harry J. Brown son of Mr and Mrs James Brown and Miss Mildred M Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Miller both of this city.
Mrs Mary A Krebs wife of Mr FF Krebs died after illness at Riverdale Mid near Washington D C aged about 43. Funeral at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Chester this city likely Monday after arrival tonight of her brother Charles A Beatley. Survived by husband two sons father and several siblings in Riverdale and elsewhere. She was native of Stephen County and related to the Grim family of Chester.
Quote by David Starr Jordan on the value of faithful work in small tasks. Emphasizes that near and ordinary duties prepare for real greatness. Encourages steady, persistent effort rather than seeking grand gestures.
A reflection on choosing industry that brings delight to workers and yields money health and moral profit. Industry, when properly chosen, makes toil a pleasure and earns more than wages, offering holistic reward.
At a rural Irish cattle and pig fair merchants showed carpets sweepers kerosene ranges fountain pens tools pencils rolled oats and automobiles all manufactured in the United States highlighting export reach and variety on display.
Russia, relative to its population, employs less pumping gear than other large nations. Water is often near the surface, negating pumping needs, or so deep that artesian wells are favored.
A German steel works replaces a steam hammer that rattled the area with a hydraulic press capable of 11 000 tons of pressure. The transition ends the periodic ground shaking caused by the old hammer.
A concise reflection on wisdom: true greatness lies in declining excess and valuing balance over extremes, attributed to Seneca. The line frames moderation as a mark of a superior mind and restraint as virtue.
Rain slows events at the county fair as mile dash purses draw local runners led by Mish McGigele and Gilpin. A court order appoints Mrs Mary Virginia Lucas guardian for a minor, tied to Hotel Evans ownership and management changes.
Thomas Eugene Himeley, colored, died yesterday morning after a long illness of tuberculosis in his twenty fourth year. He leaves a widow Eva Hemsley and two children. The Temans were taken to Baltimore last evening and the body will be interred here tomorrow.
Rev Dr Alfred Jones, pastor of the Op...
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