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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
2
Train services to Winchester list daily arrivals with specified times including 9.17 a m reference and departures at 11.48 a m and 7.15 p m on Sundays shown. Entries mention A G A BIDDT and J H Toweae in connection with the timetable.
A reader weighs DIY cough syrup against buying a prepacked option, outlining cost savings and steps to prepare a simple remedy at home. It compares price, ingredients, and safety considerations for a frugal health hack.
This home recipe claims a pint of granulated sugar mixed with warm water and about 2% ounces Pinex creates a potent cough syrup rivaling store products. It promises quick relief for coughs, hoarseness, bronchitis, asthma and throat ailments with a pleasant taste and mild laxative effects.
Mrs Blanche Rosalie Slaughter Morton sues her husband Baxter Morton a New York lawyer for divorce. Former Lynchburg residents separated months ago with Morton living at the Engineers Club and Mrs Morton at West End avenue. Mrs Morton a physician previously known in Washington for expertise on typhus.
President Taft plans to give a fat turkey to every married man employed at the White House, including office staff and police, totaling over 100. The White House Santa Claus will discharge about 1000 pounds of turkey, with Taft's own coming from Horace Vose of Rhode Island.
The Senate confirmed C. G. McChord of Kentucky and B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin as members of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
New Orleans reports a mother Mary Kadolich swallowed carbolic acid then pressed lips to her five day old infant, the baby died from the acid transfer, and the mother lay dying after a quarrel with her husband. In Norristown a court allowed Henry J. Stager to adopt Glenna Potts, with Potts and her mother consenting to the step.
Washington December 22 Another dividend is allowed to creditors of the Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh closed May 1908. Creditors receive 3 percent amounting to about 127 000 dollars. They have received 85 percent of their claims.
Joseph Hoffmann, a young farmer, was found guilty of attacking Miss Maze Clark a schoolteacher at Big Hollow on November 1. He received a sentence of fifteen years in the state penitentiary.
Cleveland dishwasher William Stumpf learned his mother in law died in Pinckneyville Illinois leaving him 25000. He plans a grand Christmas celebration with the windfall.
Justice L Broderick formerly a banker of Indianapolis Indiana is released from federal prison in Lexington Kansas after serving ten years for violations of national banking laws. He has been assistant to the prison chief clerk for several years.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, long seriously ill, is reportedly on the road to recovery per a Senate floor statement by Senator Scott. The dispatch notes progress amid widespread relief, with no further details of his condition.
Mrs. L M Long improves after illness. West and Barfield sell a Percheron draft to a Philadelphia fire department buyer. Langdon loads 742 turkeys and poultry. L P Hairston upgrades land near Berryville pike. Long loads corn. St John’s Episcopal Church holds Sunday services with Christmas treats for Sunday school. Mrs. Martha J Dunn is ill at home.
An advertisement encourages overcoming constipation through regular habits with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It claims the remedy acts naturally, does not disturb function, and supports internal health. It urges buying genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
Mount Williams Virginia December 22 Miss Lucy L W Snapp visited her sister Mrs J I White at Bloom last Sunday Mr and Mrs G I Frye visited in Fawcetts Gap area last Sunday James Williams of Mount Williams visited Mr A L White last Sunday The Christmas entertainment at St Johns will be held on Saturday night December 24 at 27 oclock Arthur Snapp of Rosenberger visited Mr J H Williams at Bloom last Sunday Misses Margaret and Jessie McAlee were guests of Mrs A L White last Sunday
Witnesses describe a fatal shooting at a West Chester residence. A veteran lay dead with a head wound and possible skull fracture. blood spattered the wall near the couch. The house showed no sign of ransacking and a sum of money reportedly kept there is missing.
Mary Glasscoe, 18, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for burning J. Lee Veney’s barn in Page county ten days earlier. Veney suffered heavy losses in grain farming implements and horses. Circumstantial evidence and snow tracks from the burning building to her home led to her arrest.
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