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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
4
The Rev. Madison C. Peters argues against the rising habit of women smoking cigarettes. He notes a shift from near-universal nonsmoking to many married and single women now indulging. He links motherhood and female nervous constitution to tobacco harm and urges abstinence, even while conceding equal rights to women to smoke.
The Petersburgh Index-Appeal denounces Dr Cook for claiming a North Pole journey in April last year. It rejects Captain Loose and Mr Dunkle's tale of fake records and data, branding them as self-confessed scoundrels while insisting Cook is the target of a forged conspiratorial narrative.
An American surgeon Dr Robert Morris used the new anesthetic stovaine by Ionnesco in a brain tumor operation on a 20 year old. The patient remained conscious and pain free while the skull was opened and the tumor removed. The drug reportedly spares the heart and could replace ether or chloroform in dangerous cases. Mrs James B Hodgson and daughter Nellie Hoedgren of Clarke county visited Winchester for a day of shopping.
Epworth Virginia December reports show George Stickley improving under Dr. P B Stickley Stephens City. T M Tabler rests well after months of unable to sleep. C D Huff and family visited Hoo Huff then planned to move to Nelson county. Raymond Pickeral and an Utterback boy fought on the way home. Ray suffered a head wound and fainted on arrival home, kept from mobility until Saturday morning.
A Montana era advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for disordered kidneys. It features a testimonial from A. M. Putman of Front Royal Virginia praising relief from back pain, bladder inflammation, and frequent urination after using the product. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents.
Capon Springs West Virginia December notes show Nettie Lineburg and two daughters visiting in Tunelton Virginia to see daughter Leolia Stevens. Local visits include Grover Stevens and family with Mrs Sarah Jollette, and several residents visiting relatives in Martinsburg and Cumberland. Russell Green's advertisement promotes furs gloves leather goods and umbrellas on page five. Nancy Woulton’s wedding forthcoming with sister Mrs John B Hoffman from Wilmington Delaware arriving for the event.
Wholesale wheat remained quiet with prices unchanged while corn advanced modestly and oats held firm. Rye and hay showed little movement as butter and eggs stayed steady. poultry market remained steady. Live turkeys quoted at 14 cents per pound amid wholesale price list. Mr Courtney Weems departed for Washington to visit friends.
T. T. Wall's second page ad promotes mas goods brass leather and cut glass with buyer appeal. The Leader features greatly reduced dry goods prices including millinery ladies suits toys dolls candies and nuts. Grove Brothers and Miss Mamie Griffith are noted in brief items.
A Dyspepsia cure claims to end indigestion by boosting natural digestive agents. Diapepsin is said to relieve sour stomach, heartburn, belching, headaches, and dizziness within five minutes, letting you eat with a hearty appetite and feel refreshed.
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