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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
5
Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith Arkansas recalls her father using Chamberlain's Tablets after illness and credits them with his recovery. Her sister also benefited from the remedy. Sold at all dealers.
Two unidentified men were arrested in the Linsdale yards of the Big Four railroad on suspicion of wrecking the New England express last week. They are also believed responsible for an attempted wreck of the St Lids Express Saturday night and the attack on Yard Detective Kasamer.
Read urging support for Red Cross Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis treatment. The piece notes sellers are volunteers, urges buying more than a few, and stresses seals help protect public and family health, framing generosity as duty.
New York editor H Parker Willis is reported to be appointed the first member of the federal reserve board if the currency bill passes. President Wilson will make the appointment. Willis helped frame the bill and is believed to be chosen before Christmas.
Iva Smith of Point Blank Texas reports suffering a liver complaint before trying a 25c box of Q Chamberlains Tablets. She states she is completely cured and recommends them to everyone. Sold by all dealers.
In the Frederick County Circuit Court a divorce action is filed by Sree Smma Ransom Burrell against James Burrell. The defendant is nonresident of Virginia. he must appear within fifteen days of final publication. The notice orders publication in The Evening Star Winchester for four weeks and posting at the courthouse by January 5, 1914.
Trustees will sell at public auction on December 22 1913 at ten o'clock a.m. at the John Cochran farm west of Winchester Frederick County Virginia items include wagons mowers plows harness cows hay and household goods with cash terms under $19 and four months credit for larger sums. T. R. Cather and Warren Rice trustees.
G. Brank Brown, track foreman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was stabbed in the Catoctin tunnel near Point of Rocks by two Italians, Tom Catessani and Him Pattanni, as they allegedly tried to rob him. He survived, while the assailants were captured within hours as crowds gathered, weapons in hand. Witnesses described the weapon as a sharpened screwdriver with a razor-like tip.
Train timetable notes show connections from Norfolk and Bristol district to Roanoke Bluefield and Elk via intermediate stations. It lists departures to Philadelphia New York and Newark with sleeper services to New York and Baltimore. Bevill and Saundee sign as general pass agents.
A New York store on West One Hundred Street advertises sales of linens furs suits and related merchandise at competitive prices promising best quality and value for services in a bustling urban market.
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