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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1920
Page
2
A fierce explosion at about two in the morning in Cork Ireland shattered Patrick Street and damaged a large department store. Rifle fire followed in the business district as residents surveyed the scene, noting screens of glass and destruction across upper floors.
The sugar market opened weak with three leading refiners cutting prices by half a cent to 14 cents per pound for fine granulated. The drops followed unsettled dealings in other commodities and increased offerings, as holders showed urgency to sell.
The Garford Motor Truck Company argues trucks can relieve a severe car shortage harming rail freight. The piece notes Kansas and other regions face limited railcars, while steel mills and grain elevators nationwide struggle. Garford promotes education to widen acceptance of motor trucks as a rapid, flexible transport option.
Daily market prices from Duyeem Local Wholesale Markets cover country butter creamery butter young chickens roosters shoulders barley rye oats timothy clover bay straw and animal feeds. Quotations fluctuate by item with dairy poultry grain and feed values shown alongside regional market notes.
Advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health for many women. It claims the remedy has helped women in neighborhoods across the country and invites others to try it for womanly ailments.
Two British scientists advancing a theory based on radioactive phenomena argue the earth is at least 711,000,000 years old. Their work relies on early 20th century radiometric reasoning and challenges younger-earth timelines in scientific debates.
Medicine ad claims Allenrhu cures rheumatism with two bottles and guarantees satisfaction. Distributor H Allen asserts years of trials and offers money back if pain and swelling persist, urging all druggists to guarantee the remedy.
Warsaw reports Grodno in northwestern Russia near the Lithuanian frontier has fallen to Polish forces after heavy fighting. A large number of prisoners and substantial war matériel were captured as Polish units encircled the city, a Bolshevik concentration point on the front.
In Cleveland Ohio the American Legion opened its second annual convention with an ovation for France. Ohio department commander J R McQuigge led the tribute after Mayor Fitzgerald welcomed the delegates. Commander Franklin D Olier presided as the meeting began. Virginia department head R T Barton and others traveled to attend.
Mrs Geo L North of Naples New York recalls her son’s severe dysentery two summers ago. With eight miles to a doctor the child suffered convulsions until a dose of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy was given. He improved immediately and was out of danger by the doctor's arrival.
Census Bureau reports Missouri total 3,403,547, up 110,212 or 3.3 percent from 1910. St. Louis adds 85,868 residents and accounts for about four fifths of the state's population increase.
Miss Ruth Bullard arrives in Winchester after ten months at Stratford on Avon England. She stays with Mr and Mrs Arthur Leafe on Stewart Street while preparing to work as a registered nurse. Bullard sailed from New York on the steamship Celtic the previous Friday.
An old advertisement warns against calomel and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, affordable remedy. The copy claims calomel causes sickness and urges readers to try the alternative, offering a money back guarantee if it fails to improve health.
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