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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
2
Bargain hunters are invited to a season ending sale featuring deep cuts on coats. Children polo coats drop from 400 to 325, boys polo coats from 5 to 325, ladies polo coats from 750 to 490, with further reductions promised as stock runs down.
A man describes years of stomach pain and costly treatments until he found relief taking Thedford's Black Draught and raw eggs. He claims the vegetable remedy has helped him recover, noting he now works daily on the farm and is in strong health.
Trustees will sell a brick house and lot on Church Street Berryville Virginia on Saturday December 7 1912 under authority of a deed of trust from Frances Cornwell and others R Gray Williams Trustee Conrad Kownslar Trustee for details Clarke Courier advertisement notes.
am H B McCormac manager at the large plant of the pn ene Woolen Company and Mrs McCormac left this morning for New York to attend the annual convention of the American Manufacturers Association opening session tomorrow. They will be away for several weeks.
Miss Mary Allen Capper left this morning to visit friends in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baker departed to spend several days in Baltimore. Judge T. W. Harrison was rewhirned from a short trip to Washington.
Scientists debate longevity with the simple life temperate habits and exercise. A testimonial from Mrs. Michael Bloom of Lewiston Pennsylvania, 83, credits Vincl cod liver and iron tonic with renewed strength, saying it let her walk and do housework again. Keller Drug Co. Winchester VA backs a guarantee.
A 1912 testimonial from Walter Shirver of Hope Arkansas declares kidney trouble relief after using Kilmer Swamp-Root. The letter, sworn by Notary A V Ward, invites readers to request a sample bottle from Kilmer & Co. and receive a booklet on kidneys and bladder.
New York physicians launch a crusade of education to reduce the common cold. They list practical “don’ts” such as avoiding draughts and overeating, and urge rapid relief with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sold by dealers.
The council referred a bid for auditorium use to the sanitary committee and approved urban improvements. Ordinances fund garbage dumping rights, water main installation on Highland avenue, hot air ducting for the auditorium, asphalt street crossings, and a new brick crossing at Main and Turnpike. City stock in the Valley Turnpike Co. was discussed with director Carter noting no dividends and tolls spent on road work. Residents Mrs Whigson and Miss Virginia Whisson returned from Virginia visits.
The board recommended salaries for Dr J Noonan and Dr de Buchatinan at 350 per year and urged the Council to waive the anti spitting law. It called for proper isolation of tuberculosis patients, removal of two pestilences on the Rouss Spring grounds, prohibiting hogs within city limits, and filling the cesspool at John Kerr Public School.
Drugstores offer Booths Hyomei for 50 cents per bottle. Pour a few drops into the inhaler to breathe a soothing vapor and destroy catarrh germs. Each package includes a booklet explaining relief from catarrh bronchitis sore throat croup and related conditions.
Mrs George Bailey and Mrs Fred S Anderson with Blanche Livers of Grotties Va visit friends in Washington and Baltimore. Mrs John Koons with her mother Mrs George Haddox travel to Washington. Mr Arthur Shull returns from Washington. Miss Mary Borden returns to Toms Brook after visiting Miss Mary Gray on North Kerr Street.
A long outdated ad claims Papes Diapepsin digests any food and quickly relieves sour belching gas and stomach discomfort within five minutes. It touts relief from heartburn nausea and headaches and urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from their pharmacist for instant use.
In Frederick County Circuit Court a case involving Jom F Cassin and John M Stack as Commissioner in Cheapery is listed with attorney R Gray Williams. The entry dated November 18 mentions the matter before the Virginia court.
Public auction of the Murnan dwelling and lot in Winchester Virginia by decree of the Corporation Court. The property fronts South Market Street, 39 by 149 feet, conveyed to Annis L Murnan in 1903. Sale December 14 at noon, one third cash, balance two thirds with notes due one and two years, 6 percent interest, two trust deeds, fire insurance, special commissioner I Richard L Gray.
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