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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
2
Prices quoted today by rain dealers for cereals include wheat and corn per bushel with ranges for baled hay. Live stock prices show prevailing bids per pound for weights listed, reflecting market activity and demand.
Council debates leasing land for farm use and refers sale questions to the water committee. Mayor Baker vetoes new water bill sections. further discussion and a deferral of action planned at next meeting.
Feb 5 report from Cedar Grove Virginia notes the funeral of Brunt A Marple aged 17 held yesterday at Apple Pie Ridge Friends Meeting House with burial at Ridge. Officiant was Mr T A Hancher. Mr Ernest Busyan of Blairsville Pennsylvania and wife visit the Fries family. L O Fries is sick with grip.
In Burnt Factory Virginia on February 5 Miss Mollie Tanquary is ill with pneumonia at home but slightly better under care of Dr. S Love of Winchester who predicts recovery. Ridgeley and Lee Jackson infant daughters of Mr and Mrs J F Jackson are ill with whooping cough.
Local reports note a heavy ice harvest with abundant high quality ice taken from ponds since streams remain unfrozen. Sleighing is the preferred travel method despite rough roads, and residents await further notices from advertisers.
A promotional piece extols Grape-Nuts as made from Wheat and Barley with starch turned to sugar for easy digestion. It cites potassium phosphate as a key nerve fluid builder and includes endorsements claiming improved mental clarity and calm with regular use.
A Washington Department clerk, exhausted after years of afternoons at the desk, credits Grape-Nuts with restoring energy. He reports that switching to Grape-Nuts for breakfast and lunch reduced fatigue and improved afternoon productivity. The testimonial comes from Postum Gereel Co., Battle Creek, Mich, and cites the slogan There’s a Reason.
The note claims many people have found improved health through Grape-Nuts while contrasting phosphate of potash as not suited for drugstore use and praising natural preparation attributed to Old Mother Nature.
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