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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1903
Page
2
The Evening Star Publishing Co. lists subscription rates and office details. It notes price for one year at 92.00 and six months at 50 cents, prepaid by the publisher, with a daily street carrier delivery at five cents per week.
A Post Office Department fraud order bars Maxim and Gay from using U S mails. Based in New Orleans, the firm advertised capital of 50 000 with Graham Rice named as president and manager. Advertisements allegedly claimed widespread press endorsements, many false or paid. scheme involved paying clients a 25 percent commission on race winnings.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, described as a constitutional disease. The product is said to be taken internally and to affect the blood and mucous surfaces to defeat the illness. A $100 reward is noted for readers.
A local Winchester resident Joseph B Funkhouser five years old living at 214 west Cork St recounts kidney troubles from heavy lifting in youth. He praises Doane's Kidney Pills endorsing them after trying at Franck Baker & Son's drug store and urges others to remember the Doane name and buy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Special offers describe three Florida tours via Washington and Seaboard Air Line with round trips from Jacksonville and Washington D C. Includes sleeping car, meals, and rail fare. Tampa and Jacksonville departures noted with February 10 and February 24 dates.
Attorney advertises sale of a fine 150 acre limestone farm with good buildings and well watered conditions. Listing notes attorney J. M. Estes of Wir, Va, dated 11-28-49.
For Sale or Rent in Summit area a rooming space is offered. Ads note location and terms but details are unreadable.
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