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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
5
A vintage ad-style article claims stomach misery from fermentation and indigestion can be cured by 50 cents worth of Pape's Diapepsin. It touts rapid digestion of all foods, reduced fermentation, and relief from symptoms like heartburn, gas, and nausea within minutes.
Refuge notes this week report Arthur Ritter buying 128 acres from Mr Bradley Johnwon at 26 per acre. Magnolia Leach of Cedarville visited, Mrs Amanda Neville ill at Ninevah, possible pneumonia. Lee Baker from Stephens City and Minnie Gardner called on the Ritter household. Virginia Brumback sick at home in Stephens City. William Errings gravely ill near Stephens City with little hope of recovery. Eugene Leach of Ohio, with niece Clauda Leach, visited Mrs Grave Lee Ritter. George Conner of Vaucluse visited John Conner on Sunday. Nannie Elliott and Margaret Elliott, guests of Richard Ritter, returned to Berryville.
Mrs Chas Marple and daughter visited the Chapmans in Trone. F J Triplett ill with heart trouble shows little improvement. Mrs Lockhart from Rock Enon spent weekend with her in laws. J Frank Chapman of Hayfield visited. Lou Thompson listed as sick. Flora Marple recovering from measles. Hook family visited parents near Gainesboro. Public school to close next Saturday with music on the graphophone. Meredith Lockhart and family visited Giffin home.
High View in Val area reports a strong wind storm Sunday causing damage to fences and buildings. Local residents Mrs Hattie Eaton and Gertrude Line visited, Mr W F Eaton spent weekend with parents, and Mrs Mary Gardner recovered from neuralgia. Infant of Mr and Mrs Robert Brill buried at Timber Ridge Cemetery. Ernest Oates ill with grip. Other neighbors, Marland Morrig and Riley Orndorff noted visits.
Fair weather dominates Virginia tonight and Saturday with a chance of rain in the extreme southwest portion tonight. Cooler temperatures are likely in the southwest portion.
Arguments in the Virginia debt suit will be heard by the United States Supreme Court early in April. Major Holmes Conrad of Winchester represents the holders of the bonds.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a trusted remedy for female weakness and related symptoms. It asserts testimonials from doctors outweigh non professional praise, claims honest labeling, and mentions free correspondence with Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York. Also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and bowel regulator.
Local grain dealers quote buying prices for cereals with wheat and corn at modest levels. Produce remarks list per bushel prices for apples and other items, along with per ton or per pound rates for hay potatoes and dressed poultry. The excerpt shows incomplete figures and typos but preserves key commodity names and units.
The page lists retail prices for butter chickene side meat millfeed and Jorn with figures like 3.12 and 3.26. It also shows live stock quotes for beef pork and veal per pound or per hundredweight. Mr Marshall of Russell New York is recovering at home from a bout of tonsillitis.
A concise guide argues to keep a steady supply of stored energy for emergencies. The text emphasizes readiness as key to securing top positions in business and daily nutrition as the foundation of personal power.
The article touts Grape-Nuts as boosting energy and nerve strength through phosphate in wheat and barley and albumen in blood. It describes the product aiding brain and nerve cell rebuilding amid daily work and business activity.
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