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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1912
Page
4
An old newspaper ad fragment promotes daily apple consumption with a slogan Health's best way Eat applies every day. The snippet lists subscription-like pricing for a local publication and contact or address details at 918 Brunswick Bid ia New York.
The passage recalls a public figure's illness and a minister's remarks amid a legal case. It notes Mason’s health decline with measles and gout, his refusal to seek reinstatement, plans to rest with family, and his lawyers preparing stenographic evidence for further proceedings. The article mentions physicians' testimony denying assault and highlights ongoing criminal court matters.
The acquittal sparked applause as Hubbard was freed with many in the audience praising the judge. Prosecution charged Dan Cunningham and Charles Davis with keeping Hubbard out of jail and providing supper, both officials fined $5 after admitting the truth. The defense claimed a plot by Child Shelter officials and the executive board, with Hubbard suggesting Mrs Emerick bore responsibility.
The parcel post system set rules for four ounce plus items with distinctive stamps, mailable only at designated offices, bearing sender cards with Rom and insured up to $50 for a 10 cent tax per package. Local perishable goods like butter and vegetables are limited to local or first zone delivery with proper wrapping and sturdy packaging.
Postal guidelines list fragile items like millinery toys and glassware as acceptable when securely packed and marked fragile. Non mail able items include obscene or immoral matter, spirits and wines, poisons, matches, inflammables, disease germs, pistols, raw hides, and items with bad odor. Perishable undelivered items may be given to hospitals or charities.
Clarke County social column lists multiple guests and gatherings around Christmas and year end in Berryville Virginia. Mr John B Neill hosts Baldwin Neill with Hanson Neely. several Taylor Moore Blencowe Dorsey Meade and McCormick families attend dances and Christmas tree parties. Additional notes mention visitors from Charlestown White Post Hoboken and Roanoke and local visits around December 30.
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Wirichester resident Jacob Hillyara of Winchester Virginia testifies that after years of back pain worsened by damp weather he found relief from kidney kidney issues using Doan's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with easing severe loin hip and shoulder pains and irregular kidney secretions. Doan's is sold by dealers nationwide 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester Virginia will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 14 1913 at 10 o clock a m for election of directors.
Chicago records a lakeside scare as eleven year old Jimmy Lucas nearly drowned when swept from a breakwater by two giant waves. A second massive breaker hurled him onto shore where a bystander wave saved him. He was checked by A Kyte of the pumping station and dried before going home.
A seven year old girl from St. Andre was found by a dog after four days in a cedar swamp. Exhausted and weak, she was discovered by the dog owner after neighbors feared her exposure and wild animal attack. The dog guided rescuers to her location by barking at a large tree.
Agnes ten, a ten year old bride in Thibodeaux Louisiana marries Paul Dietz age twenty three. The ceremony features a doll gift and the bride vows to grow beyond dolls as she becomes a married woman. The priest initially balked at the age but relented after parental insistence.
In a sharp remark, a socialist critic argues Europe and the United States pay too high a price for current policies. The brief opinion cites broader costs and questions value in the Brex era context.
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