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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1917
Page
3
The House debate on the measure stretches toward amendment under a five minute rule as votes loom. Senate speeches fill most of the day with leaders predicting enactment into law shaping the general army staff bill on selective conscription by week’s end. Senator Charbelain leads the administration effort forecasting a 15 to 20 vote majority.
A telegraph from Staunton Virginia says the Deerfield Lumber Company mill in Augusta County about eight miles south of Staunton was blown up this afternoon. No explosives were used and German spies are suspected. Staunton militia units were sent to the scene after guarding trials of two African American suspects for a policeman murder. No casualty details are given.
The War Relief Society of Virginia appeals to men in Winchester and Frederick County to become honorary members. They will help produce dressings and hospital supplies for the allies and are invited to send a membership fee of one dollar or more to local treasurer Miss Frances Peyton Page in Winchester.
Citizens are urged to pay poll taxes by May 5 to ensure voting rights in the upcoming primary and general elections. The notice stresses civic duty and loyalty to the community and commonwealth and warns against delaying payment.
The obelisk between the Croton Reservoir and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is a 196 ton monolith with a long history. It was moved from Egypt to Rome in 22 or 23 B C and later presented to New York by Ismail Pasha in 1879, with mounting completed in January 1881 at a cost of 710000 dollars by Vanderbilt.
The August Popular Science issue notes snails help control algae by feeding on excess plants in shaded tanks. It explains their lingual ribbons carry microscopic plants to their mouths and act as natural cleaners in well-balanced aquariums.
Former Senator J Faulkner closes a deal with Col John E Boyd to own 218 acres along the Tuscarora turnpike two miles west of Martinsburg West Virginia. The brick residence and outbuildings sit on land purchased for about 25000 dollars, following his recent 22000 dollar purchase of the Hedges farm along the Hedgesville road.
Daily market report lists retail and wholesale prices for wheat flour corn middlings bran butter potatoes and chicken with notes that prices are supplied by local buyers and may contain minor errors. Key figures include winter wheat flour 11.25 spring wheat flour 11.60 per bushel cracked corn 1.70 middlings 0.42 66 and creamery butter wholesale 0.43.
Market listings show LUTTER fancy creamery at 47 1/2 cents and Choice at 45. Virginia and nearby dairy prints 33. Yes Virginia and nearby 32. Live poultry includes young chickens 28 with winter two pounds and under 35. old roosters 13. Sheep and lambs price ranges 7 to 22 cents per pound. calves 18 to 22. Cattle quotes: Choice steers 10.25 to 11.25. medium 7.50 to 9.50. heifers 9. cows 6.25 to 6.50. other medium 4 to 5.6. No. 1 timothy hay 19. light clover mix 16.50. No. 1 clover 16.50. Corn cob corn 7.50 per barrel.
A neighborly scene unfolds as the Masons hear a young woman’s animated voice and later see her in pink, asking Mrs. Mason for chocolate to make fudge. She mentions a new bean, Mr Arnold at the bank, and plans to prepare fudge in about forty minutes.
A brief note argues that focusing on common good over partisan rifts would improve life. The piece urges more attention to equitable food access and community cohesion in urban centers.
A vintage testimonial touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast acting and harmless for indigestion dyspepsia and gastritis. It claims rapid neutralization of excess acidity and relief from sour stomach headaches dizziness and nausea after eating, with a fifty cent bottle suggested for home use.
The State Department withholds the French representatives' arrival date for reasons of courtesy. English visitors will first appear publicly tomorrow night at a reception arranged by Secretary of State Lansing in the Pan American Building as Washington crowds applaud the British guests.
The article notes that New York favored turkeys come from Osle Michigan and Indiana with Rhode Island birds scarce. It also reports theaters cutting usher costs by installing tiny incandescent lamps on seat backs that light only when a seat is empty.
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County in vacation on April 14 1917 Howard Stotler In Chancery. Robert Johnson et al seek sixty two dollars with interest from April 8 1917 for debt to FH L Stotler by note endorsed by Molly Johnson. Non residents are ordered to appear within fifteen days after publication. Publication weekly four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star and posting by April 16 1917.
Stockholm hosts a large demonstration with hundreds marching past the Reichstag shouting Republic and Revolution. Authorities plan special protection for the royal family amid fears of socialistic unrest. Berlin talks with Russia Denmark Germany and Austria seek a May Day peace demand accord, with plans to march for more food and immediate peace.
An old solicitation urges readers to cut out a slip and mail to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Tar Compound and pills. The ad promises direct mail return and pushes want column advertising.
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