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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
5
An appeal targets women about kidney liver and bladder health. The ad promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy for back pain headaches irritability and fatigue and offers a free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York with regular bottle availability at drug stores.
Brucetown Virginia reports Rev F A Strother's visit to Stephens City and guests the Feagans brothers from Rippon W Va. Mrs Clark Cather and Mrs Margaret Whetzel of Clearbrook visit Mrs William Timberlake. Miss Dakotah Best to wed Major Howard Elliot Brown December 28 at her mother M E Best's home. Jesse O Connell family to return to village home Thursday.
A brief note discusses a store leveraging advertising material its service and price concessions to attract customers. It argues that limited advertising limits outreach and prospects.
Rosenberger notes mention Mrs Schuler and family visiting relatives in the vicinity from Schuler West Virginia. Hollis Snp p of Hagerstown Md visited his parents. J H Williams returned from Washington after visiting relatives. Guy Frye and Mrs Frye spent Saturday at Fawcett Gap with her parents. Dr A C Swimley of Winchester and J W Larrick Sr hunted at Isaac Frye's.
Mrs D B Conrad left this morning for a visit to friends in Washington and to see Southern and Marlowe present Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Mr R M Washington, Hampshire County farmer now in this area, departed this morning for his home near Rommey.
An advertisement promotes Vincl cod liver and iron tonic for tired children with weak appetites. A testimonial from Mary Ladg of Altoona, Pa. claims renewed strength after taking Vincl, and the distributor Keller's Drug Store offers a money back guarantee if it fails.
The article lists government placed Confederate grave markers across several states including Illinois Indiana Kentucky Pennsylvania and Ohio noting nearly ten thousand individual headstones mainly in cemeteries in New York Columbus Ohio Island Jefferson Barracks Madison and Springfield among others.
The United States Department of Agriculture delegations aims to educate Virginia farmers on modern poultry practices. Joseph William Kinghorne, junior animal husbandman in poultry investigation, will visit Virginia to speak with poultry raisers. He may come to Winchester if local chicken growers seek practical guidance.
Telegraphed price sheet shows today’s wholesale market values for wheat corn hay eggs butter live poultry and other farm products in Baltimore. Notable figures include No 2 red wheat at 99 1 2, corn at 38 1 4 cents, Timoth y hay around 19 50, and butter near 87 1 2 cents per pound with poultry prices for chickens ducks turkeys and pigeons listed.
At the Fairfax Council No. 2 110 Royal Arcanum annual meeting A H Jackson was elected regent succeeding Rev Dr J H Lacy. Other officers chosen include vice regent E M Streit orator R P Spates secretary W A Sale collector J M Orndorff treasurer J L Maphis chaplain Rev W W H Carter guide W L Fultz warden J H Quick sentry O C Cooper. Dr Lacy and Prof George Sheppard named delegates to the Grand Lodge of Virginia. Installation slated for the first Monday in January.
Market notes show butter at retail 1.00 per unit and corn at 2.76 per unit. Baled Timothy hay listed around 4.00, with other price fragments present.
A nostalgia filled note touts clothing as ideal Christmas gifts for every family member. The store offers large stocks and pleasing selections ensuring shoppers can find something suitable for all ages and genders.
A local store lists a wide range of gifts for the season including suitcases, traveling bags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, parasols, shaving sets, ink wells, collars, cuffs, ties, silks, head scarves, drawn work items, trays, mirrors, rugs, jewelry pins and brooches. Prices noted from 5¢ to 3.00 with many items offered and an invitation to visit the store.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the fastest simple relief for children with dangerous croupy coughs and wheezy colds. It claims instant relief, soothing of the cough, healing, and states the product contains no opiates and is sold by all druggists.
Mr. Harry M. Baker, longtime figure with the American Strawboard Company, leaves Akron offices to oversee a large Thamesville, Connecticut mill. The transition marks a notable shift in the company’s management lineup.
The article notes Baker has long tenure with the company and wide experience in office and mill work. It reports the Dominion mill near Winchester will reopen early in 1913 and Baker may be sent there to oversee its operation.
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