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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
5
An almanac advertisement urges readers to rinse the throat with warm salt water daily to ease pharyngitis discomfort. It promotes Peruna as a monthlong treatment promising partial relief and a chance to forget the illness, noting liquid remedies may be unpopular but Peruna tablets are available.
Trustees will auction on December 22 1918 at ten oclock a m on the Job Cochran farm west of Winchester off the Northwestern Grade. Items include wagons drill mowers planters gears harness mules cows hay and household goods with cash in under 10 and credit over 10 to four months. Terms note with security. T B Cath er Warren Rict trustees.
Miss Rhodés Rhodés, noted elocutionist, completed a four tape series during a visit to Welltown. She recently resumed residence at her home and is now connected with a collegiate institute at Dayton, with lodition work acknowledged in her favor.
Pay day on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sees Winchester employees collecting their monthly checks this afternoon and several Valley division trainmen also receiving their pay in the city.
Multiple residents and visitors are noted in town today including Sidney Taylor Gertrude Eddy Charles White and Mrs Harry M Baker. Others traveling or on business include M L Walton Walter Edmonton Dr N R Smith and Postmaster Parker. The Washington Star preview promises big weekend editions with features not appearing elsewhere.
Old time remedy St. Jacob’s Oil advertised as safe for rheumatic pain and aching joints. Claims to soothe tenderness, stop sciatica, backache, neuralgia and reduce swelling with a small trial bottle from any drug store.
In Grimes Virginia on December 13 residents reported visits by J A R Robinson C K Slambers and Mrs Jacob Randall. A large crowd attended a sale by J B Wright. Local residents suffered grip illnesses while farmers butchered many hogs this week.
Mrs A G Stollenwerck of Baltimore is the guest of Mrs Mattie Kent in Harrisonburg. She attended the Allen Gupin wedding in Clarke County on Wednesday and traveled from Winchester to Harrisonburg.
Rock Enon Springs Virginia reports a week of sermons by Rev. S. J. Good at the local church. Farmers butcher hogs this week with several notably large porkers. Mrs. Taylor Larrick returns from Winchester. F. D. Good, who broke his leg, can now walk. Winter weather lingers but is spring-like today.
A New York physician claims doctors could be bankrupted if not for women wearing thin stockings and thin soled shoes. The ad advises treating colds early to prevent pneumonia and extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective, pleasant, and safe, sold by dealers.
Sunday is set for two services at St. Pauls AME with Rev. David Johnson D D pastor of the Hagerstown church delivering the sermons at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p m. Johnson is described as a leading pastor and financier of the Baltimore conference and members are urged to attend while the local pastor serves in Hagerstown.
The county recorder lists multiple transfers in Virginia including the sale of a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company right of way from Stephens City toward Nineveh with a $600 consideration. Other deeds cover parcels near Middletown, Woodstock, and Winchester, with prices ranging from $1 to $3,000 and various uses from land tracts to powers of attorney.
Dandruff damages hair by weakening roots and causing itching and shedding. A 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Dandeline promises to restore life, luster, and new hair growth after a week of use.
Ivan Smith of Point Blank Texas reports relief after using a 25c box of Chamberlains Tablets and recommends them to others. Mrs William H Warden and her young son departed Wardensville WV after visiting her parents near Northwestern grade. Mr George A Henning from Stephens City and Miss Wood from Lakeview visited town. R Powel Page of Boyce was in town today.
The editor argues for Judge Harrison's nomination to the Supreme Court, praising his life-long efforts to protect families and uphold financial rights. The piece compares him to historic figures and cites support from legislators and notable Virginians, urging voters to recognize his qualifications.
The report lists wholesale quotations from buyers and shippers in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Items include oats, corn, timothy hay, mixed hay, millfeed, young chickens, and potatoes with varied price ranges.
In Wardenville West Virginia December 13 reports say several young mountaineers built a moonshine distillery along the Capon river about three miles from town and have operated it regularly. Residents urge swift punishment and capture by any capable officer.
Prices in the Baltimore wholesale market show spot wheat at 96 1 8 per bushel for No 2 red and December. Corn quoted at 8.45 per barrel for carloads. No 1 timothy hay priced at 19 50, standard timothy 8 1s, clover mixed 6 1 7, clover 17 to 17 50. Butter ranges 34 to 83 cents, eggs 34 to 34 per dozen, poultry and other farm goods listed with varied per unit quotes. Misses Brownie and Sexton Sampsell of Stepheny City visited town.
A Front Royal resident, Mrs Elizabeth Eckardt, speaks highly of Dean's Kidney Pills, praising relief over five years and urging others to try them. The advertisement notes the product is sold by Foster Milburne in New York as sole US agents and urges readers to remember the name.
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