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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
4
A humorous verse contrasts drinking to excess with temperance and choosing buttermilk for a clear head. The prose section notes local social life near Hogue Creek, with visits, religious meetings, and community events including funerals and June 6 exercises, mentioning residents from Ridgeway, Chambersville, and nearby towns.
Article urges women under forty to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to counteract functional disturbances and organic disease. It claims the remedy restores color to the cheeks and lifts spirits, easing backache and headaches.
A list of candidates announces for Winchester city offices in the June 10 1913 Democratic primary. J W Sibert Jr seeks Treasurer. William T Barr runs for Treasurer. H H Baker announces for City Treasurer. J E Correll runs for Commissioner of the Revenue. W B Ryan seeks Commissioner of the Revenue. Adam Forney runs for City Sergeant. Pandian Lavoyr and James P Reardon also announce for Commonwealth Attorney.
Two individuals announce candidacies subject to Democratic primaries. Robert Y. Conrad seeks Commonwealth's Attorney in Winchester with a June 10, 1918, election note. John M. Steck runs for the House of Delegates with a primary on August 5, 1913.
A speech recalling the Civil War era argues the North broke the compact of states, praises Lee and Confederate sacrifice, and defends secession as justified. It notes the Solid South, presidential tariff debates, and a Senate tribute exalting Lee above reproach.
Miss Virginia Weaver of Front Royal visits sister Mrs Keusiah Steele while Mrs P L Miller travels from New Haven W Va to see friends in town. Several residents including Mrs W M Krouk and children Mt Jackson visit Mr J C Grove, and others across town host visitors and note a stroke event. Demolition begins on an old building for the new Methodist Church site and Prof Walter Samsell returns from Oklahoma.
A report from TRUCETOWN Virginia on June 9 notes a large delegation attending decoration day services in Winchester on June 6. Various local families and individuals are listed as spending time at private picnics visiting relatives and hosting guests.
New York visitor Mr William E M Kay stayed with relatives in Nineveh last week. Miss Lillie Simmons visits Miss Scatta Maclogan. Mrs Dudley L Miller of Stephens City visits Wheatland home of sister Mrs Joseph A Miller. Mrs Wilkinson and children visit Eugene Johns. Mrs A D Stockton is very ill near Bayard. A S Jett visits Jacob F McKay. Virginia Weaver visits her sister Mrs Julian Steele in Stephens City. Fer Neil of Double Tollgate suffers a broken arm from a horse kick. A large crowd attends a village day in Winchester. Friends of Mr om
A poetic portrait invites a bright young face in a gown with bare shoulders and a curl, a shy air, and an aigrette for her hair, presenting a debutante’s charm in lyrical fashion.
D. J. Carroll chief clerk and Henry L. Heiskell professor of meteorology were indefinitely suspended by Secretary Houston.
A resident of France Oregon reports years of kidney and bladder trouble improved after eight months of Foley Kidney Pills. He states he now feels fine and recommends the product, noting it is sold by all druggists.
Folk remedy claimed to restore hair color and lustre using sage and sulphur. The Wyeth product is sold in drugstores for about five dollars a bottle, with instructions to apply lightly and repeat to darken faded or gray hair and curb dandruff and itching.
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