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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
4
The Star announces it will limit local readers letters to signed pieces only. It will reduce space for unsigned communications and require full names at the end of each submission.
Walt Mason urges readers to tend farms and kitchens while wartime demands persist. He links chores like planting Burbank peas, pruning squash, and feeding allied forces to keep home front production steady amid stress and danger.
Oranda Virginia reports labor shortages affecting lime works and farmers. Weather notes describe more rain delaying planting of corn and grass with wheat conditions. Relatives in Woodstock mourn Milton Boyer, a respected elder. Mrs H B Keener of Waterlick visited friends at Leban.
Partial readable notice mentions Greenspring and a date in April. Indicates a reception or acknowledgment involving Mr and Mrs Black Smith with unclear roles.
Birth of a son to Mrs. Maud Dick near Dehaven announced. Mrs. Charles Shade seriously ill at home. Dora Jennings of West Virginia visiting sister Mrs. Brook Smith. Dr. F B Smoke of White Wall improved after pneumonia. Abraham Crim moved to daughter Mrs. Arthur Trimble's home. Isaac Shiley and IL 48 Summer buy Ford cars. Mount Pleasant Church Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs. T. Rolands. Bad weather has damaged roads and hindered travel. Alexander Bakers move to Lewis Stimell’s cottage while Stimell manages nearby farm. Elvira and Mary Madge Abshire recovering from chicken pox.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Shiley of White Hall spent Sunday with Mrs James Smith and family. Orebaughs moved to their recently bought farm. Mrs George Inskip and daughter Irene improved after illness. Mrs Brill remains at home near Bartonville. Funkhouser built a new barn and plans a residence near Stephens City. Irene Dillard improving. Mrs W Huber visited Winchester. Mrs William Jones of Pittsburgh visits sister Mrs Co D Price. Park Strode returns to Stephens City after visiting Parker family. Reymond Bates spent Sunday with Edward Porter Orndoff. D Price added a new addition to W Huber residence. William Armel has a new car.
April 24 report from Brucetown noting visits by Mr. and Mrs. Leste Hensell and their daughter from Hagerstown to Mrs. Hensell's parents and Mrs. Joseph Snapp. Mrs. Irving Huyett and Mrs. Nettie from Reading Pennsylvania visiting the Maister family. mention of Mr. Ainert Cléndenting Aetthed week and reference to New Castle New Jersey.
Mrs Jesse OConnell on government work and visiting in New York and Philadelphia. Kemper Moulden of the village taken to Memorial Hospital Winchester with typhoid fever. William Filmore critically ill at aunt Miss Fannie Smithey home. Howard Boden bought a Chevrolet and John Locke bought a Ford on Saturday. J B Snapp, Woolen mill worker in Winchester, spent three days at home. Mrs Margaret Smithey ill at sister Mrs Andrew Steer in Baltimore. Hiram Catlett and family joined by Eli Jarmey in Hagerstown for weekend visit.
A Meadowsville woman credits Black-Draught with easing chronic constipation and sour stomach after ineffective doctor prescribed pills. She notes improved digestion and regular bowels with no bad after effects. The ad promote Thedford's Black-Draught as a valued stomach liver and bowel remedy.
The Star presents local market prices for grains, butter, eggs, poultry, and hay with notes on reliability and closing from the day before. Prices include corn at $8 per barrel or cob, No. 1 timothy hay around $32.60, and creamery butter at wholesale and retail levels.
The ad markets Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable formula mixed with olive oil. It claims to purify the liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous after effects. The copy notes clearer, pinker skin and buoyant feeling, with a price of 10c and 25c per box and one or two tablets nightly for results.
Mrs N Munds of Dwight Way Berkeley recounts relief from nervous irritability loss of appetite insomnia and fatigue after using Vinol. She states prior medicines failed and urges other weak women to try the liver and iron tonic. Miller's Drug Store advertised to refund if no help.
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