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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
5
A man shares attempting a supposed insomnia cure from a book that prescribes nightly breathing panting. He pant and laugh fails to help sleep, wife intervenes with warmth and fear, and the narrator confesses the ruse to the doctor to finally drift off. The tale ends with reflection on a sleepless night and a weary morning.
Miss Lulu Violette returns home after visiting friends in Washington. Miss Maude Stouffer goes to Hemlock North Carolina after months in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Charles F Copeland of Providence Clarke county were guests of Mr and Mrs Lewis Marshall Long of Rippon West Virginia. Miss Hattie Hodgson of the Paleyres in Clarke county returns home with her brother Fred Hodgson after holidays in Winchester.
A Kansas woman invested 200 in a popcorn outfit and in eight weeks sold popcorn totaling 445.85, earning a net profit around 297. The venture covered equipment costs and left an excess of about 97. Her quick success highlights small business potential in home ventures.
Advertisement advises buyers to choose first grade fruit trees shrubs and vines as the safer option with little price difference but large quality gain over second grade stock.
The article notes a shift from grape cultivation to rose production in French vineyards as perfume factories pay about $600 per kilo for pure rose essence, with demand outpacing supply.
An advertisement lists blanket prices with reductions from 1.10 to 1.39 and from 3.00 to 2.25, noting a mix up in the presentation. The fragment shows two markdowns and unclear currency context.
Limitations of Wealth. Money cannot buy health peace of mind and happiness. This era of large fortunes shows the price of essentials for a well ordered life lies beyond the purses of those who chase society. The only solid thing is love and it makes life immortal while we are here.
A short reflective note urges continual kindness and honesty, inviting readers to treat every place and moment as if lasting, urging action and speaking truth in everyday life.
An old advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by constitutional treatment. It claims the medicine heals blood and mucous surfaces to strengthen the constitution and offers $100 for any failure to cure, urging testimonials from users.
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