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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1917
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for one year six months three months and one month in advance. Consolidated with several newspapers. The Evening Star is entered at the Post Office in Winchester Virginia as second class mail matter.
In verse by Walt Mason a patriotic urging to unity among Americans of diverse origins. The poem proclaims loyalty to the flag and homeland while opposing hyphenation and urging readiness in case war arrives, from Berlin to Broken Bow.
Mrs Harley Ritenour and daughter Thelma visited at the Bates home. Mrs Charles Watson spent a day with the Atwell Parker and Gruber families. George Inskip died prompting calls home for C F Inskip and Fred Inskip. Samuel Cook and daughter Atrell attended the 20th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Cadwallader in Vaucluse on April 14. Funk returned to his daughter in Strasburg. William Funkhouser bought the Kline land and will build near town. Ramey of Woodstock visits Lelia Affleck. The Civic League plans an entertainment at Lemleys Hall on April 27. Lorene Wingert of Waynesboro visits her uncle Russell Bates at Border View.
Screen all windows and doors especially in the kitchen and dining room. Keep flies away from the sick and kill any that enter. Do not allow decaying material near your premises. Dispose of or cover with lime or kerosene oil. Screen food and cover garbage cans. Report nuisances to the health department.
Thousands suffer from stomach upset and indigestion due to a clogged liver and disordered bowels. The ad claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets soothe the liver, restore natural digestion, and improve taste, appetite, energy, and digestion without cramping or pain.
A Stamford Connecticut nurse describes relief from nervous breakdown symptoms after using Vinci tonic saying it restored appetite and sleep. The testimonial cites the product as a constitutional remedy with beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates in medicinal wine. Miller's Drug Store Winchester offers refunds if Vinci fails to benefit.
A farm note explains that soil holds potash strongly and depletes with drought and drainage. Lime reduces the soil’s potash binding, freeing it for plant use. Two years without potash can risk crops, so moderate lime applications may help, repeating in following seasons.
Readable fragments show limited details about a local matter. Parts mention names and places but lack a complete event description or dates.
An advertisement touts Mother’s Friend as essential for expectant mothers. It claims the product keeps abdominal muscles pliant and reduces strain, promising comfort during pregnancy and relief at childbirth. It urges readers to obtain a bottle from a druggist and write for a special booklet.
In a rural crossroads scene Bill Norris and Dee Morgan debate the coming spring market. They discuss car shortages, fertilizer storage, and the need to secure goods before prices rise, with Doc urging patience and action to align business with the country’s needs.
About 650 racing pigeons were released Saturday evening from six crates sent to Winchester by the Washington Racing Pigeon Association. W E Grim, Wells Fargo agent, assisted by James Hillyard, released them at the express office yard on North Main street. The flock circled town then headed east toward Washington, with travel times from similar releases around one and a half hours.
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleansing for children and adults. It claims quick relief for crossed or feverish babies, touts coated tongues as a sign to use the product, and warns against counterfeit syrups while instructing to buy a 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Mrs. Margaret A Maloy widow of Rev William C Maloy dies after three day illness in Baltimore. Her husband served as Confederate army chaplain and later led churches in Shenandoah Valley before joining the Presbyterian Church. She leaves two sons three daughters and a sister Mrs Thomas Santmyer of Fort Royal Va. Families of her parents were prominent in the Methodist Church and contributed many ministers including Samuel Vinton and Samuel Vinton Blake.
Job notice seeking teachers for the primary department of Winchester City Schools. Only applicants with high grade certificates may apply. Address Rev. T. Cromer Clerk. 18 W.
A Popular Science Monthly passage describes a funnel shaped net under a boat that lures fish into a tank on deck using suction pumps. It notes fish become wiser but cannot sidestep the apparatus and explains the vacuum principle.
Farmers overlook beef scrap as essential in winter rations for higher egg output. A mash of three parts cornmeal to one part each wheat bran wheat meal and beef scrap boosts four month pullet production to about 41.5 eggs versus 18.7 without scrap, with lower cost per dozen eggs. Scraps or skimmed milk can substitute. feed plentifully yet ensure the birds remain active by splitting Scratch grain between morning and night. Additional winter care guidance appears in United States Department of Agriculture Circular 71 Winter Egg Production.
A car caught fire and men, led by Mr. Johnson, used a chemical tank to douse the blaze. The operation ended quickly with only trifling loss and a great danger averted as Kennedy calmly watched. The fire was declared out by then.
HAYFIELD Va April 20 Newton Miller the snake exterminator is beaten at last William Palmer has killed nine already this season and he wasn't snake hunting either Rev Mr Sloop will hold commun ion services at Fremont on the last Sunday of this month preparatory services beginning on Thursday night previous Miss Beulah Rosenberger is taking motor car instructions and will soon be out in her new Buick Farmers are rushing their plowing and a large acreage will be to corn The stone fruit has been badly dam aged by recent freezing weather The present outlook for wheat in western Frederick is about sixty per cent The lucky farmers are those who planted early Some fields will scarcely produce the seed wheat
War preparations in electrical supply factories threaten the Northern Virginia Power Company project at Millville. The company may delay this year’s dam raising due to inability to secure electrical apparatus needed for the higher dam, hindering Jefferson County enterprise.
Public auction in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia on May 12 1917 at noon. The Samuel Mason property at 208 Valley Avenue fronting 152 feet and Warwick Street 184 feet includes a two story residence and could be a plant nursery or subdivided into building lots. One third cash due day of sale with balance in one and two years secured by bonds and deed of trust.
Trustee Mrs Eliza Clarke and Hamilton Clarke offer in Winchester Virginia on May 12 1917 a sixty acre tract with buildings timber and improvements. Land lies about three miles north from Gainesboro in Frederick County with adjoining lands of Harry R Kern and Matthias R Loy. Terms: one third cash day of sale and the balance in one two years with bonds secured by deed of trust and insur ance policy. Auctioneer Wm M Bowen.
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