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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
5
An older home remedy touts Sage tea and sulfur to darken gray hair. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold in stores for about 50 cents promises quick results with a comb or brush. The product is said to provide a glossy look, prevent itching and dandruff, and give hair a fuller appearance.
P H Ginn of Middleton Georgia writes that his children prone to croup are quickly relieved and cured by Foley's Honey and Tar Compound kept at home. For sale by all druggists.
Postmaster General Albert Sidney Arleson, a Wilson cabinet member, stated he favors government ownership of the nation s telephone and telegraph lines and operating them through the Post Office Department.
The notice lists quotations announced today by local buyers and shippers connected to wholesale markets in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and other cities. Prices cover wheat, corn old and new, Timothy hay, mixed hay, millfeed retail, and various farm products including chickens, silage, and apples with figures interspersed throughout the damaged text.
Sui Mirs Walter E Barr and her niece Miss Anna Stine left for Norristown Pa to visit Mr and Mrs F C Doyle at their home and spend Christmas with Mrs Barrs sister Mrs G J Als Mort at Wallkill N Y They will return to Winchester likely in January Miss Mary J Winkley has returned to Harf aenburg Va after visiting Miss Rose Janney at her South Main Street home
The league offers a prize contest with a white and colored child spelling event. Prizes include a lamp and toys for girls over twelve. Entry forms are available from Miss Lucy Kurtz on South Main street. A booth will open in the Whitchester post office lobby near the tourist rush season, run by league members selling stamps.
Frederick Murray, superintendent of the foreign section of the appraiser's division of the Postoffice Department, was arrested in New York on a U S warrant charged with stealing $37,000 in the past three years. He is alleged to have associated with certain women and gambling charges are also listed.
VIDINNA December 10 Practically all members of the Austrian Parliament engaged in riotous conduct during the debate on sectoral reform BML The chamber was in an uproar for an hour or more Chairs were hurled at the speaker who strove to dodge them and was struck and injured by several chairs from the opposite side
Dr Friedmann and other eminent scientists faced bitter denunciation by anti vivisectionists at their annual convention in Washington. President Wilson was the principal speaker at the American Red Cross Society gathering in the afternoon. Local visitors include G L Cougill of Stephens City and G L Rothgeb of Stephens City. Mrs Peter Vredenburgh and her sons from Freehold N J are visiting relatives on South Washington street. Mrs Gardner W Brown and daughter Catherine from New York are visiting the Russell family on South Washington street.
Mr and Mrs J E Correll and Miss Hilda Correll are spending several days in Washington visiting friends and sightseeing.
News arrives from Manassas Virginia of the death of Sister M. Anna Dorsey a longtime member of the Benedictine Convent near Bristow. She was the oldest nun at the convent and last of a 12 child family with ties to Clarke and Baltimore counties. Burial will be in the Benedictine Convent Cemetery near Bristow Thursday morning. Her brothers include Nicholas R. Dorsey James Pembroke Dorsey and Falgh W. Dorsey.
Miss Margaret Britton debut at her parents 1811 C street Washington described as an interesting event. The young heiress wore white satin tunic lace with sable, carried violets, and was presented by her mother alongside Mrs Britton and other guests. A buffet supper and dance followed the tea hour and reception.
The funeral of the late Mrs Hat te Sargent Totty wife of H Edward Totty died suddenly of heart disease on Monday morning at her South Braddock Street home. Services at 2 PM at First Baptist Church were led by Rev W H Carter with church choir singing familiar hymns. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev Carter officiating and eight pallbearers including brothers and nephews.
The article discusses dress construction using solid materials and contrasts with figured fabrics. It highlights vests as attractive color enhancers, praises Persian coloring on dark serge or silk, and notes popular fabrics like peau de soie duvetyn and velvet for draping. It also describes a sapphire blue peau de peche afternoon model and a tapestry vest with old gold patterns.
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