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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1908
Page
5
The fragment promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as a pleasant, non gripe inducing remedy. It urges readers to avoid being slave to pills and tablets and to try Orino as a natural acting aid.
Judge A Hunter Boyd, a Democrat in a Republican tilted circuit of Garrett Allegany and Washington counties, is expected to face a hard fall fight. An endorsement from Republicans is unlikely due to Col George A Pearce opposition, while Allegany Democratic clubs restructure into Boyd clubs amid the campaign.
The temporary roll shows the Sixty first Congress will have 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats in a 391-member House, down from 223 Republicans and 166 Democrats last session. Democrats gain 17 districts while Republicans gain 1. vacancies account for the net shifts.
The first snow of the season arrives in Rest, Virginia, piling to six inches as sleighs return and winter conditions spread. Farmers report scarce feed and water. Henry Pitzer lies ill, and past injuries affect residents. Church meetings continue despite poor weather as Mrs Payne improves and Mrs Schlack remains indisposed.
The hose wagon horses "Touts" and "Major" owned by the Sarah Zane Fire Company have trained together about a year under driver Mr. Carson Yeakley. They drill daily at 9 am and 4 pm and attract many visitors to the engine house. A new hose reel, arriving by December 25, will reduce weight by about 1,000 pounds from the current aged apparatus.
Rev. W. D. McCurdy formerly of this county and now pastor of the First Baptist Church of Martinsburg has been confined to his home for two weeks due to sickness but is able to be about again.
Winchester resident George W. Taylor credits Doan's Ointment with curing years of itching piles after one application. He recommends the remedy sold by Franck Baker & Son at 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents in Buffalo.
A local goosebone weather prophet notes a marked breastbone this year with dark spots. He forecasts a generally open winter with cold spells, December very cold with little snow, January some snow and a mid month warm spell, February severe with ice and snow, and an open March with rain and hail, leading to a late spring.
Little Lee Kurtz, son of Charles A Kurtz, was visiting in Winchester on Sunday when his clothing caught fire near a stove. His uncle Harry Lee Kurtz extinguished the flames, and the boy escaped without injury.
Miss Mary R. Hack travels to Fairmont West Virginia to visit her cousin Miss Annie Russell and plans to stay for a time.
An experiential letter promotes Postum as a coffee substitute, detailing a young woman’s improvement after quitting coffee five years ago. She describes reduced stomach pain, steadier nerves, and better digestion after switching to Postum and hot water, claiming strength and ability to eat freely returned.
A bid cites seven gallons of padut produced at a price of 120 dollars per gallon by Cooper Bros Winchester Trussell Samsell and partners. Other firms Larrick and Larrick Middletown are mentioned in the source.
An ad offers L. and M. Pure Paint semi mixed at 1.65 dollars per gallon and Linseed oil from the barrel at 60 cents per gallon. It suggests buying four gallons of paint and mixing with three gallons of raw oil.
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