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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1918
Page
2
Hat buyers are invited to visit a New York firm retiring from business and closing out hats at cut rates. A large lot is offered at $1 to $3 below local prices, with a promise to save customers money by inspecting the stock before purchasing.
Mrs Grim praises Dean's Kidney Pills after more than four years and recommends others to ask for the kidney remedy. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY, distributes in ters.
The historic report notes Chamérlain's Tablets providing relief for a tired and weakened passion. It highlights the tablet's value across many capes and the steady relief observed, presenting a cautious endorsement of the preparation's efficacy.
A Toronto Mail and Empire correspondent argues against killing dogs or taxing owners to reduce the dog population. The piece cites wartime roles of dogs in Belgium and afar, noting their usefulness guarding homes, guiding cows, and delivering messages to headquarter, while dismissing claims that dogs waste food or should be exterminated.
Jhadoo Jahoz cites measurements of a Zeppelin downed in England last October and hydrogen lifting power, noting the airship is designed to reach 17 000 to 18 000 feet over targets. Warner Allen agrees these airships are built to fly at 16 000 to 18 000 feet, with higher altitude possible on short flights due to less fuel consumption.
The article contrasts Westward arrival youths with New York city youths noting health, vigor and chivalry among Western soldiers. It highlights open-air living as shaping them and sparks jealousy among locals who are more indoor and self focused.
A printed list catalogues men aged 18 to 46 who registered for the 1918 draft. Names span Kernstown to Winchester, including Isaac Orndorff Middletown and William Theodore O Rea Winchester, among many others across Frederick and nearby towns. The register reflects local participation for the September 12, 1918 selective service.
A historical note recommends Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea in children aged one year and older. It advises administering a dose of castor oil after the remedy and keeping the product on hand for prompt use.
A British captain stranded by the roadside in Africa waits for a lift from a small group of negro stragglers. One man describes time by watch dial and uses a clever ruse to wake him, while another anecdote recalls Mary Kingsley and a native steward unable to tell time yet accurate in following calls.
Readers are told there is no general panic over matches. Large manufacturers deny a famine in strike-on-the-box matches due to material delays abroad and wartime commandeering. Household matches remain plentiful with only brief local shortages in some materials.
A London bus incident sees a young man offer a seat to a woman who refuses favors from slackers. He replies that he fought at Gallipoli and would have preferred more powder, implying the woman’s nose powder as a jab at vanity.
Navy seaman John J. Swigart risked his life when a shipmate went overboard on an army transport. He swam to the last sighting point and searched until exhausted, earning an official commendation. Swigart enlisted from Cincinnati in 1917. The text also notes a child’s misbelief about teachers when a mother asks about the name Mister Linden.
A fragment notes a victorious German entity and a call to save and buy. Limited readable details describe a wartime or postwar context with emphasis on thrift and shelter. Entities and specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
Attorney James P. Reardon and R. Gray Williams left for Staunton Virginia to argue the Conrad case Monday before the Supreme Court of Appeals. The lower court ruled in favor of Georgie B. Conrad in the suit by Holmes Conrad Jr. Williams represents Mrs. Conrad follows the appeal.
Funeral services for the late Miss Lucy May Kendall daughter of Mr and Mrs Dorsey Kendall were held in the chapel at Mount Hebron Cemetery by Rev F M Richardson pastor Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South. The interment followed in the family lot at Mount Hebron Cemetery with many family connections in attendance.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester a suit seeks to construe the will of Annie E. McGuire and challenge a clause claiming to divest realty at Braddock and Amherst streets. The action also covers Gertie McGuire and Annie T. McGuire interests, with a sale and equitable compensation sought for Hunter H. McGuire and others, plus public notice and residency proceedings for William Taylor.
This remedy is praised as a top medicine for coughs colds croup and whooping coughs and is noted as pleasant to take for young children. Many mothers attest to its effectiveness with strong endorsements including Wm Secruby of Chillicothe Missouri who says he has used it for three children and finds it best for coughs and colds.
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