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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
3
The article describes the tango garter as a bold new fashion item for young women, detailing its elastic knee band and 18 inch chiffon frill, intended to be seen beneath slit skirts. It notes colors, availability, and the effect of modesty as gowns slide into wider slits.
Paris reports a successful typhoid cure using a culture grown from the patient’s blood and later serum injected back. The method yielded hopeful results in cases deemed hopeless. Miss Edith Jackson, guest of Mrs Samuel B Shearer of Waverly Middletown, plans to return to Chicago Thursday.
An advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for indigestion including heartburn gas sourness and dyspepsia. It claims quick relief within minutes and urges readers to buy a fifty cent box at any drug store for stomach comfort during meals or night disturbances.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless backache remedy that quickly eases stiffness and pain. It claims instant relief, no burning, and a return to normal movement, urging readers to buy a trial bottle from their druggist.
Fragmentary timetable notes list train connections and sleeper services from Norfolk and Western to Roanoke Bristol Elkton Hagerstown Washington New York and Philadelphia. Mentions No 18 9 00 am No 27 6 38 pm No 14 7 04 pm No 2 1 01 am with connections at load Junction and Memphis special guidance for intermediate stations.
Trains arrive in Winchester daily except Sunday at 9 20 a m and 11 63 a m and 7 48 p m. Official notices list J A E as superintendent and H A Rippr as general passenger agent.
Train listings show mixed daily No. 173 and No. 49 local departures to Harrisonburg with arrival times 10.15 am and 2.56 pm, a buffet parlor car No. 217 to Harrisonburg arriving 10.56 pm, plus eastbound services from Strasburg Junction to Alexandria and Washington including No. 218 at 6.05 am and No. 28 at 4.56 pm with arrivals in Washington around 10.30 am and 9.15 pm.
Middle Georgia reader praises Foley's prenex and Tar Compound as effective prevention and treatment for croup in children. He notes children are prone to colds and cites prompt cures with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, urging keeping it in the house. Sold by all druggists.
London prepares for a grand Picture Pageant at Albert Hall featuring Masters’ Ball visuals of Victorian and Egyptian eras. Attendees include King George Queen Mary Queen Mother Alexandra and many dignitaries as Americans join the effort. Proceeds aid London’s Tavern kitchens feeding the sick in tenement districts.
The Circuit Court in Winchester Virginia issues an order of reference to ascertain real and personal property of A G Rutherford and its rental value, liens and priority. The commissioner will convene lien creditors and interested parties, with notice published weekly for four weeks, appointing a date at Ward & Larrick’s office.
Mr W F Thomas chief of the bureau of publicity at the Yukor Exposition was a guest of Mr and Mrs Samue yeaver at Waverly town during the weekend.
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