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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
4
A verse by Walt Mason laments reliance on pills and medicine while praising natural strength. The narrator scoffs at doctors and drugs, contrasting health when well with illness and a skeptical view of what pills claim to cure.
Emma Frye and Myrtle Frye, Mrs Har Robertson, Bessie Bentzell, Mrs Eddy Mise Ruth Grady and Mr T A Lamp noted as sick. Mr Payne and his little daughters and Myra were in Winchester.
Well known claim from older ad copy says extreme heat causes constipation and diarrhea. It touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as mild gentle laxative that relieves constipation without griping and can be used by adults and children, claiming safety and effectiveness in summer conditions.
Funeral services were conducted yesterday in Romney for Miss Lucy Brooke daughter of Rev Dr Brooke pastor of the Romney Presbyterian Church who died from burns after an alcohol stove explosion Monday night. Dr Fraser of Staunton led the service. Her remains were taken to Richmond for burial at Hollswood Cemetery beside her mother. Surviving are her father a sister Mrs James Floss of St Louis and a brother Frank Brooke.
An advertisement offers a new freckle treatment with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles. It claims just a small dose is needed and asks readers to request the double strength ethine from their druggist.
Dr W A Bell spent yesterday in Baltimore attending the Democratic national convention. Mr and Mrs Grover Cooper have returned from Norfolk Virginia Beach and other cities.
Lem Perry was arrested for allegedly taking a horse from a county kitchen yard but received a hearing and was fully exonerated. Beulah Smith admitted she lied about the accusation and that someone else took the horse. Witnesses supported Perry, and officials concluded he was not the culprit.
Several deeds recorded in Winchester include George E. Copenhaver to I N Patton for Market and Monmouth lots at $1,000, Rachel A White to John W Coontz for East James street lot at $175, James W White to John W Coontz for East Bent street lot at $175, H C Stouffer to Charles H Light for South Main street house and lot at $10 and other considerations, G Casper Fries to Branson P Myers for Fairview avenue lot at $1,000, Bettie Clark to Lizzie Batylis Houchins for two Highland avenue houses at $100 and other considerations, Maggie S Frye to M B Hottle for South Braddock street house and lot at $1,900.
The Middletown Virginia column records Miss Margary Kremer visiting her aunt Mrs. Stanley Pifer, attendance at a district meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in Winchester, and Rev. T. J. Lambert preaching here. It notes families moving to Main Street, relatives in Baltimore and Mount Airy, and various local visits including Mr. James Ridings, Mrs. E. A. Owings, and Master Neeson Wood.
Rosenberger notes include Rachel Bean and daughter Miss Lottie Bean of McPherson Kansas visiting Mrs. T. M. Goode and Mrs. Frye. Schuler family of Sedan spent time with relatives, visiting sister Mrs. C. M. Rosenberger. G. M. Preffitt of Winchester and Edwin Smith visited local hosts last Sunday.
President Taft requests Congress provide temporary salaries for government workers until the regular appropriation bill passes. The move comes as layoffs were expected if no funding was approved.
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