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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
6
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans to grant Eastern railroads a freight rate rise of about five percent, boosting annual freight revenues by roughly 60 million dollars. The decision, written now, is slated for issuance by next Tuesday, ending the current rate suspension. Internal contention traces to 1910 when a ten percent rise was denied after long deliberation.
A. Kaplan clothing and general merchandise store in Harpers Ferry was burglarized Wednesday night. Jewelry including watches bracelets and stickpins and clothing were stolen. Loss exceeds 500 dollars. Thieves carried goods away in suitcases from the store.
Forty-three of seventy-one applicants failed in the Virginia board exam held in Richmond recently. Twenty-eight were granted licenses to practice law and expressed elation upon notification. Among the successful are Joseph B. Newlin of Winchester and J. H. Lacy Jr. of Charlottesville, son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Lacy of this city.
The Anti Tuberculosis Association issues guidance on Christmas Seals use in Virginia. Seals should be affixed to the reverse side of mail matter and not on the address side. As many seals may be used on the back of letters or packages as desired. Care in sending merchandise through the mails is urged to avoid sealing over strings.
A vintage ad touts cleansing the blood to avoid disease. It claims impure or weak blood weakens the system and promotes illness. The remedy, Sarsaparilla, is endorsed as revitalizing the body and sustaining health over years.
The instructions detail that Red Cross Seals seal the package and incur first class rates, warn against indiscriminate use, and state seals on mail to Austria, Germany, Britain, and most colonies face restrictions. Some countries reject non post stamps and some return mail with seals on the address side. Seals can appear on checks and commercial papers but not as postage.
In Virginia a grim view on TB care for the poor shows that enslaved conditions persist where indigent black patients are treated only in state facilities. The State Farm offers cures, with governors arguing incarceration protects public health. Also notes Christmas Seals funding, a Belgium relief ship departure, a doctors’ acquittal, and damages suit.
A three day engagement features the Sea Nymphs third Keystone Comedy and vaudeville acts by Ladell Voolvil Six. Stars include Ame ly, Charles Chaplin, Mabel Nerman, Fay Tincher, Fatty Arbuckle. Tickets are 10 cents balconies 15 cents down.
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