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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
2
A Taunton Massachusetts letter reports relief from bladder weakness joint pain and rheumatic aches using Kidney Pills. The reader notes benefit at age 87 and mentions purchase through local sellers.
A damaged line of text reflects a social commentary about marriage and personal conduct. It mentions a man and learning to see a person you have injured, attributed to J. B. Buchrose in an archaic, unclear context. The passage appears as stray prose with typographical errors.
The ninth triennial World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting in Brooklyn marked 30 years of reform across 50 federated countries with a push for universal prohibition. The subsequent National W C T U convention in Asbury Park drew 707 delegates urging nationwide anti alcohol action and proposing a US constitutional prohibition within a decade.
The Urichsville Chronicle argues that drunkenness causes crime and accidents and that sellers and voters of liquor share guilt. It states that intoxication is a knowingly harmful act and condemns both vendors and voters for contributing to harm. It links legal and divine accountability.
The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly join church and home voices in advocating prohibition. Rev. Charles Sheldon reports Kansas reduced saloon presence after 32 years due to press and public sentiment. National papers align with church efforts to end liquor traffic.
The passage cites Chauncey M. Depew recounting a study of peers who began life together and shows a stark outcome: those who drank died or wrecked their lives, while many non drinkers prospered as clerks merchants or professionals. He argues drink as the sole ruinous cause.
The Home Alliance urges city action to ban electric whisky signs over sidewalks in Sacramento and suppress beer signs as offensive to sentiment and good taste, predicting public sentiment will demand removal and that papers keep home columns clean of such ads.
Wr. Harry left this morning for Norfolk Virginia after visiting relatives and friends in the city during the Christmas holidays.
A head on collision between trains No 1 and No 18 near Strasburg Junction leaves multiple injured and one dead. Major Vallar and Brakeman Scarlett are among the injured. a special train carries passengers to their destinations. Brides on board escaped harm as the wreck disrupted travel for Winchester, Middletown, and Harpers Ferry residents.
Symptoms of kidney trouble such as backache pains and dizziness suggest urine and sleep problems. Foley Kidney Pills promise to restore kidney and bladder health with regular use and are sold by all dealers.
State law ends the hunting season at midnight leaving no open season this fall. Local hunters spent yesterday in Frederick county woods and fields after learning hunting is unlawful until the first day of next November.
Prof P C Montague longtime superintendent of the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney will depart January 1. Parley Dolberry of Terra Alta Preston County was appointed to succeed him this week by Governor Hatfield. Montague was named by Governor Glasscock in 1910. Mrs Montague and their Winchester friends include Mrs McGuire Taher of Richmond and a niece of Dr William P McGuire of Winchester.
A society editor mocks a Lisbon royal gift of jeweled napkin rings as he laughs at exaggerated American luxury. He contrasts lavish laundry habits of New York millionaires with royal display, belittling the idea of napkin rings for the wealthy.
Catalysis accelerates chemical reactions without itself changing. It is used to harden soft fats into high melting point solids for soap stearin and veiling fats. Hydrogen is introduced with nickel or palladium catalysts, heating and slight pressure.
The British vice consul for Bolivia Mr G T Maclean reports Cocha Bamba had the world’s highest death rate last year at 75 per 1 000. He attributes the high mortality to poor hygiene knowledge among the lower classes, with about 40 percent of deaths in children under five.
Rural Farmer states farmers owning 50 or more acres should use printed stationery. It should include owner name farm name post office address crops grown seed or breed details and livestock kept. Printed stationery adds dignity and ensures full proper address usage.
Dialogue reveals a playful courtship as a man boasts about past romantic conquests to win his partner. The woman reproaches him and he quips that his selective perseverance proves his devotion to her. The exchange ends with mutual banter about courting tactics.
Misses Page and Lola Hale of Stephens City spent the day in town visiting friends and enjoying the local scene.
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