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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
3
Fragmentary ad style notice touts St Jacobs Oil to cure rheumatic pain neuralgia and sprains while warning against doctors and claiming quick relief from soreness stiffness and cold related aches. Mentions New York physician and chamberlain cough remedy as alternatives.
Officer Hollis arrested three near Market and Piccadilly streets on Wednesday night for causing a disturbance while yelling police and praying. One man paid a fine and two women were ordered to leave town for at least one year with instructions not to return or face jail.
A wartime era dispatch notes two executions at a state penitentiary. One man from Charles City County was put to death for murdering his wife, while another Black inmate identified as Archer, described as a Negro in lineages, faced execution for an assault on a white girl.
An examination will be held at the Winchester post office on January 10 for applicants to the Boyde Millwood and White postmaster position in Clarke County as previously announced by The Star. Mrs J A Hess and daughter Nannie traveled to Morgantown Berryburz and Watie Ohio for a return visit and to see a daughter.
Mr. A. M. Baker left this morning to spend the weekend visiting friends in Baltimore.
The case of Rev. IB Chubb versus the Southern Railway Company reached verdict yesterday afternoon, awarding $3,500 to the plaintiff. Chubb, on his way to the Southern passenger station to buy a ticket, was injured when a shifting engine on the defnedant’s property blew dust and debris into him while he walked on a company path. Attorneys for Chubb were Tavenner and Bauser man of Woodstock, and for the railroad Downing and Weaver of Front Royal.
An old style advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets for headaches dizziness sour stomach and bowel issues. It promises a gentle overnight cleanse, clearer head and sweet stomach with a 10 cent box from the local druggist, noting children enjoy the taste and avoid sickness.
A broken text fragment references trespass and counts with scattered words and numbers, lacking clear names, dates, places, or outcomes. The readable items indicate an uncertain legal or property context but no actionable details.
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