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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
2
A Snow Hill North Carolina resident reports severe dysentery from mid July with weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds. After two months of sickness a doctor recommended Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and two bottles cured him, providing permanent relief. For sale by all dealers.
Franco Autilis a twenty year old worker for Carpenter Steel Company died after fellow employees restrained him and an air hose was inserted and pressurized into his body. The incident occurred at the Reading facility and investigators say arrests will follow with possible indictments.
London tailors report blue cloth shot with gray and gold as the top suit for fall. Society men seek more variety and costly materials, with blue suitings and two button waistcoats. Overcoats and silk hats gain popularity with shorter crowns and flatter brims.
A New Britain report describes a wholesale firm paying off 20 young stenographers and including a prudish notice urging them to wear more clothing. The card in each envelope signals social pressure over appearance in the workplace.
Students recount a dress trend where girls wear slit and shadow skirts with porous plaster waistlines. The outfits tighten around the torso and require hitching when seated to avoid bagginess, drawing attention from male office workers and prompting concern over propriety and distraction.
Pittsburgh reports a crafty burglar looted a Liberty avenue loft, escaping with 400 stoves. The owner, M Braun, stored about 1 000 stoves and had not visited the loft often, while a dealer handled sales. Police and residents remain baffled as the thief strikes repeatedly.
The Disciples of Christ of the Valley district wrapped up their sixty four h annual convention at Saumsville Shenandoah county over four days ending Sunday night. Attendance reached about 1000 with attendees from Frederick county present. H S Combs state secretary from Richmond gave an address and services were led by B F Line with devotional exercises by Mr Saum and a Sunday school session led by G C Minor of Harrisonburg.
Mr and Mrs Barton hosted a coming out party for their daughter Miss Gertrude Barton at the Inn in Winchester. The ballroom setting, orchestra from Winchester, and guests including local movers plus army contingent marked a popular society event with supper and ice services.
A birthday dinner was hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hubbard three miles south of town on the old Paper Mill road for Mr. Hubbard on his forty eighth birthday. Guests arrived around noon with baskets and dined in Virginia style at 2 pm.
Henry C. Stuart, soon to be Virginia governor, declares in Richmond there is no truth to reports he has promised political appointments. He states he will not make or promise any appointment until elected.
Beaten in the eleventh, Kent Street baseball squad defeated Clay Hill 10 to 9 in the eleventh. Batteries were Grim, Graber, Kendall, Haines, Miller, Potts, and Hottel. Also notes on visitors Edith Chicago and Lucille Falmer visiting in town and Mr. W F Reherd of Harrisonburg visiting local friends.
Consumer ads promote a 25 cent box of Hot ot hy sual as a remedy from a druggist. The pitch promises relief from stomach liver and bowel troubles by using the product as directed.
Howard P. Kerns guardian of Stella W. Kerns and Edith H. Newcome, minors, applies at a special term of Frederick County Circuit Court to receive money from real estate sale in the chancery case Cora D. Hott vs Stella W. Kerns et al. The funds would be paid to him and renewed to West Virginia. Court to be held August 30, 1913 in Winchester Virginia.
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