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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
2
HELLERS informs customers that it has rented its store, plans to retire in 1911, and will close out its entire stock later. The description notes an ongoing sale of winter goods as preparations for liquidation, focusing on ladies and children's items.
A mother recalls her two month old infant suffering severe eczema on hands face nose and mouth. After using Cuticura soap and ointment the crusts cleared in a week and the baby slept through the night with no marks. She attributes the cure to Cuticura and notes the remedies were purchased at a drug store in 1909.
George L Potter, third VP of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, resigns at a New York board meeting. W. Thompson named general manager and likely to receive an executive post. Potter’s friction with President Willard cited. Potter says he has no new position but has other proposals under consideration.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the most effective remedy to cure grippes and severe colds. It claims relief after the first dose with two hourly follow ups and three total doses, noting quinine is ineffective. The 25 cent package is available from any druggist.
The obituary notes the 1905 transfers of the business to J A Bantz and lists survivors including daughter Mrs Beardsworth and brothers J A Bantz Eugene Bantz and Ernest Bantz plus sister Mrs J Ada Dukehart. Funeral planned at 4 pm at his house with Rev Dr James R Graham conducting. The body to be shipped to Frederick on the Balto and Ohio train for interment at Mount Olive Cemetery.
For headaches and heat or cold caused pains it provides fast relief from aching and feverishness. It aids attacks of cold or grip and restores comfort promptly. Pleasant to take with immediate action. Available in 10c 75c and 50c sizes at drug stores.
Sunny Monday laundry soap cleans in hard soft cold and hot water alike. It is white and resin free with a dirt starter that saves time and wear on clothes.
Mr. Bruce Worthington leaves for Baltimore after visiting his mother Mrs. Maria Worthington in town. Mr. and Mrs. R. Gray Williams start for Washington to spend the day with relatives. Annie McGuire and Annie Lloyd Baylor visit friends in town before trips to Charlestown and Martinsburg. Isaiah and Jessie Funkhouser, and Rumsey C. Smithson are on brief journeys. Mrs. Robert McC. Glass returns from Baltimore. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised as a cure for post influenza cough.
J P Morgan announces Edward F Whitney and George W Perkins will retire from the firm on January 1. William H Porter and Thomas W Lamont will become partners. Whitney retires to leave active business. Perkins leaves to devote time to corporate work and public matters.
An advertisement offers a free copy of a so called physician prescription claimed to cure nervous debility and weakened manhood. It urges men to request the recipe by mail from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit Michigan, promising a home remedy free of charge.
The 13th census places New Jersey at 2,537,167 residents, up 653,498 from 1900, an 84.7 percent rise. Growth stems largely from urban expansion and New York overflow, with apportionment data suggesting three more national House seats for New Jersey.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a jury acquitted Louis Gruber a youth of murder in the August 19 last killing of Frank Ringle at Point Marion. The body was found beneath a garage where they worked and a Watch tied to the dead man was found in a barrel near a house where Gruber had stayed. The mother sent her savings from Germany to aid his defense.
Providence police report W de Forest Brown secretary treasurer of the National India Rubber company drowned after his canoe struck an oyster stake in Bristol harbor while he hunted wild ducks.
In Lodi Ohio on December 10, Joseph Yeargon aged seventy and his wife were killed when their wagon was struck by a fast interurban train. Their six year old grandson was fatally injured in the collision.
Washington reports the House approved the Indian bill carrying appropriations of 8,160,985 dollars, compared with 8,837,380 dollars allotted to the Indian service in the previous session.
Philadelphia grain and poultry markets show quiet trading with flour at 3.65 to 3.90 per unit. No. 2 red and yellow wheat vary with firm sentiment, while eggs and potatoes move slowly. Poultry offers steady dressed and live prices, with creamed butter and creamery products noted among minor shifts.
Odd fragments report cattle prices at Pittsburg Union Stock Yards with various grades and values including stranje choice and prime ranges, plus hog bids and riferences to values around 9.50 to 10 and a $40ish figure. The text is garbled but indicates fluctuating bids for cattle and hogs.
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