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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
4
The Ohio State Journal recalls boys hauling green walnuts in a wagon a bygone, simpler era and contrasts it with modern efficiency. It then notes medical views from the Pennsylvania Medical Society on pancreatitis and appendicitis while critiquing generic surgical trends and research uncertainty.
The quote urges public speakers to trim talks to twelve to fifteen minutes, praising conciseness over guff. It extols brief eloquence and warns that lengthy orations bore audiences, urging writers to boil down lectures and screeds for inviting, readable impact.
A hospital nurse in France Mary Davies volunteered for a risky human test of Dr Kenneth Taylor's gangrene remedy. She inoculated herself with the gangrene bacillus then underwent treatment, proving the method effective. Her quiet courage earns comparison with famed wartime exploits.
Sunday visits filled the community as Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fishpan spent time at Mrs. W. T. Hoffman’s home. Margaret Stewart returned from a visit to Wadesville Virginia. The Burner and Lamp families welcomed guests including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lamp and Mr. W. H. Lamp. Mrs. Randolph Robertson of Riehe visited her sister Mrs. F. P. Williams. Marie Orndorff visited Mrs. G. W. Dyke. Mrs. B. T. M. Clowser hosted J. K. Orndorff and daughters Inna and Lena. Anna and Hilda Geise visited Beulah Clowser. I. N. Wallace visited J. M. Orndorff. Hollis and Clarence Clowser, from near Winchester, spent Sunday with their parents.
Mr and Mrs E R Clowser and their little daughter Mary spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs J M Orndorff. Miss Emma Orndorff spent Saturday evening and Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs J M Orndorff.
Rally day services will be held at the church on Sunday October 10 at 2 p m. Miss Lucy Tanquary recovering from appendicitis is expected to return home soon. Misses Helen Bowers Lula and Faith Jackson returned home after visiting Miss Cora Williams. Mr and Mrs S J Newcome and daughters Miss Cora Williams and Mr P E Williams were guests of Mrs Emma Jackson.
Sunday visits fill the community as Mrs T H Fry and Mrs W A Clowser attend church and social events. G F Moore of Wheatfield Virginia is in town on business. C R Cammer becomes a Shenandoah Valley Academy teacher in Winchester. Several residents report illnesses and minor injuries including William Pierce’s serious condition and Jack Sherford injuring a thumb in a silo incident.
Minnie Wood Chapel Virginia announces Sunday services on October 3 led by Rev. Julian Broaddus from Berryville. Nattie Hampston shows improvement after typhoid fever. Mrs Hansucker and Miss Sadie Shopland of Summit Point visited Mrs H W Shopland. Mrs William Emmart and Miss Delia Sfook visited relatives at Gaylord.
A reader testimonial from Miss Clara A. Driggs of Elba New York praises Chamberlain's Tablets as a quick relief for headaches dizziness and other signs of a torpid liver and digestive disorder stating they are worth their weight in gold and available everywhere.
Vintage advertisement claims Dodson's Liver Tone cures sluggish liver and constipation without causing salivation like calomel. It touts vegetable formula, safety for children, and a money back guarantee if it fails to improve health. It contrasts with calomel and promotes family use.
An old advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease best treated with internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a blood purifier acting on mucous surfaces, not a quack medicine, with testimonials available. Side note mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The line suggests a personal or philosophical meditation on inevitability and persistence. It presents no clear event, date, or identifiable figures to anchor a concrete news-style summary.
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