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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1918
Page
2
A promotional notice announces an all week sale of gowns and skirts for prices below their value. Shoppers may buy as many as they wish with the warning prices rise later. Gowns and skirts are offered with discounted values and quoted savings.
A 1920s style advertisement touts a Gossard corset offering a perfect front and flat back with hip line shaping. Sold only by Miss Kremer.
Lime for sale near Frederick Maryland with fine buildings and Sacerrenics address J L Herrelli Buffalo Hotel Frederick Md.
Local ad lists wall papers at 8 cents per piece, dSe610 per piece and window shades at 30 cents. Thomas and Messer Company operates from 1015 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore Maryland.
Spring and House Cleaning items advertised including Aqua ammonia carbolic acid chlo ride lime Platts Chloride copperas and more. Miller's Drug Store offers prescription filling and two phones for contact.
Hens that win and lay Archens that pay. Six varieties listed including White Wyandottes Black Minorcas Rose and Single comb Reds and Buff Leghorns. White Wyandottes and others priced at $1 for 15 eggs. Baby chicks 15c each. Good stock and winter layer quality. Address Dollie E Newcome Route 1 city. Orders accepted within city.
Mrs Emma Goshert and her daughter Mrs J Foster Sree have been in Washington this week, according to local society notes.
Young men subject to the draft may enlist now in over one hundred occupations the government needs. Open to ages 21 through 31, jobs include auto mechanics blacksmiths bricklayers carpenters chauffeurs chemists clerks cobblers concrete workers cooks engineers line machinists painters stenographers plumbers tailors telegraph operators wagonmakers and more. Offer ends April 27. report to local boards to enter federal service.
The House unanimously votes to return to Postmaster General Burles a report on the committee on public information. The disposition includes a letter by George Creel and the panel's recommendation to refuse to receive the report. The seven member panel comprised three Democrats and two Republicans, and the action was taken without debate.
The notice calls on all households to purchase a government savings bond. It emphasizes civic duty and outlines simple steps to obtain the bond, highlighting nationwide participation and the role of citizens in supporting national finance.
A 1918 Ridgeway sale begins Thursday at 10 am offering 12 mother hogs with pigs, 8 fresh cows, 7 stock steers, several mares and horses, harness, wagons, farm implements, baskets, furniture, clothing and groceries. Auction continues Friday evening and Saturday with store goods and more items, proceeds to benefit the Ladies Aid Society.
Advertisers claim many qualities, but Maxwell asserts proven facts backed by public tests. The 22,000 mile Non-Stop run under ATA officials set world reliability and speed records, with 44 days at 25 mph average and fuel economy of 22–29.4 mpg across stock models.
Maxwell Motor Cars boasts the longest tire life with a claim of the most miles per tire. Price listed at $25.
Bell telephone listing shows number 286 located at the corner of Main and Water streets. Public utility directory entry records the contact detail for local service.
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