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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
2
Local items from Nineveh and nearby towns note visits from former residents Rev James A McClure of Henderson and his wife to the area. Several residents travel and guests include Annie Jett of Front Royal and Charley Butcher of Chicago. Families report returns from Wheatland Berryville and Frostburg with social visits and a Sunday school picnic near Lost Corner.
Mr. T. A. Milton of Kansas City Kansas, native of West Virginia, son of Mrs. Sarah Milton, has represented his Democratic constituents in the Kansas Senate three times. Once in Wyandotte county he beat a Republican majority by 400 as Democrats increased representation. He aided in Bryan's platform at Denver and will depart this afternoon for home.
In Airmel Virginia on August 18 Mrs. Mary Carper lies seriously ill at her daughter’s home after slipping and catching her arm in a screen door bracket. Medical blood poisoning developed soon after and her condition remains critical. Nearby visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gemmitt and child from Baltimore and local residents.
Mr James Armel attended a quarterly conference at Millwood last Saturday. Mr M H Rearden and daughter Miss Mary Rearden spent Monday in Winchester. Mrs Mark Armel Jr has been indisposed for several days. A number of people from this section are attending the Berryville horse show this week. Mr Walter Gardner and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Priest Armel. Misses Pansy and Arbutus Plank have returned to their Winchester home after visiting their aunt Mrs James Ritter.
Friendship Fire Company plans a Carlisle trip with 100 to 125 men, uniforms exhausted, many in old style or citizens’ dress. Sarah Zane Fire Company also attends in new uniforms. The event features a band, reel team, and drum corps plus motorized displays. Blue and gold decorations, crisscross arches, and electric lights adorn the parade route as preparations ramp up with fire companies from nearby states anticipated.
The article lists alum as a household staple with medical uses such as stopping bleeding and relieving toothache when boiled in milk and kept in the mouth. It also notes a tombstone approximately 1,800 years old found in a church at Fordington, England.
Warning against mercury based salves for catarrh as they harm smell and mucous membranes. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective taken internally. Mentions authentic product and price in cents per bottle while noting fake Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Chicago Inter Ocean item records Frank Baum and Mrs. Baum celebrating twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a booklet detailing their life. It includes their marriage certificate, a life timeline, moves to Syracuse Aber deen and Chicago, four sons, minor quarrels, and counts of swearing by the husband as notary.
The piece questions whether honor exists among thieves, arguing that honor is relative and that crooks act out of selfish desire for pleasure with minimal effort. It contrasts cynics who deny any moral motive with a view of common citizens and criminals alike. A quip about a deaf father and a teasing sister adds a light aside.
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