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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1926
Page
5
A reader recounts a telephone company rate hike of $1.50 to $3.50 per month, justified by a business basis tied to the word nurse in the name. The company allegedly offered to erase the word if the rate increase is avoided, accusing the firm of using directory advertising to gauge the public and implying hardship for a widow.
A Virginia correspondent urges two strong industries to employ idle men and women before the apple season ends or the town will face severe hardship in winter. The writer thanks a reader for sending the Daily Press Newport News review of a telephone case and defends Governor Byrd, blessing him.
A fifty foot stone monument topped by a sea seaward light was erected on Mission Peak near Mission San Jose by retired attorney A A Moore as a memorial to his wife and daughter. An electric plant powers the light for visibility miles at sea. Dummies with moving heads lips and eyes controlled by electric motors are described as Paris tailors’ invention.
A testimonial claims Maya’s cured longstanding stomach distress and gas after other medicines failed. The ad asserts the preparation removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation across the intestinal tract, with a money back guarantee.
A fragment from the St. Joseph News Press notes a belief in the luck of a two dollar bill, suggesting a discussion of superstition and safety in numbers without further detail.
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