25 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
1
U S Food Administration shares a wartime scene showing German tactics aimed at food conservation. French troops and aid measures strive to save scattered fruit trees as retreating Germans destroy orchards, leaving many trees hacked beyond survival.
Treasury Secretary McAdoo declares that funding cannot rely on any single group and urges the people to unite beyond partisan lines to defend American ideals and ensure the safety of America and civilization. He stresses shared financial responsibility across rich, men, women, and all citizens.
Government urges every American family with garden plots to expand home food production to aid national service. War gardens will be planted in greater numbers this year to ease railroad strain and free more cars for munitions and exports to Allied forces. The Agriculture Department and state colleges offer free instructional letters to gardeners upon request.
Governor John J. Cornwell urges West Virginians to write cheerful letters to soldiers abroad and flood camps with sunshine to lift spirits and keep troops motivated amid war. The piece contrasts Mother’s tears with positive notes and stresses courage, efficiency, and morale.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot recounts the Hillman Toll-Gate House two miles south of Winchester as Gate No. 1 on the Valley turnpike. Built 1840, it served travelers from Tennessee to Alexandria, with tolls collected by Simeon Hillman and later his widow Charlotte. Notable events include Sheridan’s army paying toll and three generations keeping the post until 1917, when modern housing replaced the gate amid decay.
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