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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
5
The Inchester Steam Laundry promotes cleanliness of the former as Winchester Steam Laundry advertising its services at 9 W Water Street with Bell phone 80 A.
A 19th century notice advertises repair services for watches clocks and clockwork along with guns and biking items. The business is at No 14 East Water Street opposite the office in Winchester Virginia with prompt attention promised.
Those who know say she has never tasted such delicious bread. If you have not a trial will make you a customer, G. W. Rathman, South Main St. Whotesafe and Retail.
Precersoey Contapeune and Supplies advertises house wiring and electrical installation services. Electrical Supply Co and w. & croft promote fixtures and related electrical goods with a phone contact 2948.
Steam dying and cleaning services advertise care for clothing at 128 South First Street with Bell phone 308.
John R. Crown of Berryville hosts a living-room brawl where rats and five cats fight fiercely. A cane swipe collapses the melee as multiple rats and cats lie dead, with Gene Glover and Frank Hamilton's terrier invited for the next rat trap at the Crown home per Clarke Courier.
Capon Springs notes describe delayed mail from Capon Springs to Capon Roads after heavy snow, with Cedar Creek ford impassable and Capon River unusually high. Local social updates include births, visits, band reformation, employment shifts, a land purchase and spring building plans, along with a Sunday prayer meeting at Capon Chapel.
Saint John Chrysostom condemns avarice as an incurable malady and a life long enslavement to money. He warns wealth binds the soul with heavy chains now and in the hereafter.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring treatment. The ad claims the medicine cures by cleansing blood and mucous surfaces and builds up the constitution, offering a $100 reward for any case that fails to cure and inviting testimonials from Toledo based F J Cheney & Co.
Brucetown reports high waters and bad roads. Rose Roberts of Darkesville visited Rev. and Mrs. Keeler but could not ford the fording point and returned home. Rev. H V Wheeler preached in place of Rev. W R Hardesty due to weather. John Snapp visits friends in Williamsport MD and New Jersey. Bowers to move into Raleigh Jones' house. Jack Boden to move into Bowers proposed home.
A quotation from Rev. A Miller of Brooklyn urges believers to wear the gospel armor to stay rather than cast it off. The longer one bears the faith the more love and esteem grow for the spiritual protection.
A fragmentary scene shows Wilfred rushing to his mother, crying for help after his father’s sunburnt face. The quote about “unwrap ’pingt”-lappiocett’s hints at garbled wording and unclear meaning in the text.
A Victorian era ad touts Dean's Ointment for eczema piles and skin eruptions claiming cures after years of torture. Testimony from Abraham Dorsey of Winchester Virginia alleges dramatic relief after failed prior treatments, with price 60 cents and FosterMilburn Co. as U S agents.
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