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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
4
A narrator recounts childhood tales of a baying dog under a gibbous moon and a foretold death. Fifty years pass, yet old fears return when darkness and legends echo in memory. He questions his courage, then sleeps after a night of dread.
German researchers report a breakthrough for sleeping sickness at a Cologne lab. Prof. Martin Mayer cites six cases cured within two days at a Hamburg tropical disease institute with one patient free of recurrence after a year. He highlights the chemotherapeutic potential for tropical diseases.
The Star reports rough notation of local wholesale poultry and produce prices. It lists chickens Leghorns at about 4.00 to 4.20 per unit and young birds under four pounds near 3.85. Prices vary with weight and market demand.
Shelled corn and cotton seed meal prices at Baltimore wholesale markets are corrected as losses from the preceding day. Wheat shows minor declines with figures ranging from 12 to 27 cents and percentages around 0.74.
A New Orleans report recounts Uncle Pat McLaughlin a Beauvoir Confederate veteran at age 101 touting a recipe for longevity: never marry and drink tobacco and horn whiskey. He cites his own vitality dancing a hornpipe and laments prohibition’s potential to curb life span. The piece also notes remarks on marriage and modern women, wartime service, and social visits from Baltimore and Newport News acquaintances.
An advertisement touts Dare's Mentha Pepsin as a rapid remedy for gas heartburn and indigestion. It claims quick relief from stomach distress and accompanying dizziness nerves and insomnia, plus tonic benefits and pleasant taste. A large bottle is offered at $1.00.
W J Black of the Santa Fe announces 18 new all room sleeping cars for the Chicago to Pacific coast route. Each car has seven rooms each with lounge bed lavatory and tower. The cars are part of 3.5 million dollars in all steel equipment for nine trains on the line.
Winchester resident J. E. Affleck testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills alleviate back and kidney pain from long hours seated work. Advertisement touts the remedy as proven by thousands with price 60 cents at dealers and urges readers to ask for Doan's by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
Martinsburg West Virginia gears up for a monumental fair opening Tuesday under mammoth coverings to house farm field shop and home products. The event boasts six big free acts and daily additions. Agricultural horticultural livestock and poultry displays fill the grounds before the opening day.
Woodstock Times reports the 1922 congressional campaign opening with Captain John Paul addressing voters at the Woodstock Court House on a Saturday evening. The Ninth and Seventh Virginia districts are seen as campaign battle grounds as the forerunner of a heated political season ahead of November elections.
The text notes a forceful speaking candidate and appealing personality drawing attention from women. It records Colleen Glass leaving for Baltimore for school, Annie Russell traveling to New York, Mrs. Bowly at Willow Lawn hosting visitors, and Mr. Richards returning from Patrick County directing apple shipments to England via Norfolk for Richards Brothers. Allen Bond also returned from eastern cities.
A suburban residence offers six rooms in good condition with a large lot featuring a variety of fruit trees. Price listed at 2200 dollars.
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