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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
4
An ordinance regulates sewer connections and plumbing work in Winchester. It requires written permits, inspections, cast iron drains, specific venting rules, back ventilation, and fixed pipe sizes for fixtures, with penalties and duties for the Superintendent.
The document outlines venting, traps, greases, solder nipples, testing, openings, steam exhausts, and public appeals in a city sewer system. It prescribes trap depths, pipe diameters, and water seals, plus penalties, examinations, and licensing for plumbers under the sewer department. It also sets sewer connection rates for residences, businesses, laundries, and other drainages.
The Anchor Line operates as the Great Lake Annex of Pennsylvania Railroad offering elegant steamship trips across the Great Lakes. Sailings from Buffalo stop at Erie Cleveland Detroit Mackinac Island Soo Marquette Houghton Hancock and Duluth with a five day journey covering over seven thousand miles. An illustrated prospectus with sailing dates fares and information is being prepared and available from Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for summer colds and pneumonia symptoms. It claims the medicine loosens mucus and heals inflamed air passages and is sold by Franck Baker & Co. Druggists. A contrasting humorous caption about a boy and his grandmother appears in the nearby column.
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