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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
2
A local plant nursery warns readers that successful gardening in wartime requires effort not just planting. Many plant more crops this spring but neglecting soil, seed choice, timing, and weed control leads to poor yields as frost and poor care ruin tomato plantings.
Coal dealers advise customers to place orders early for next winter to avoid shortages. They cite past delays, high demand, and limited storage as reasons, noting miners leaving for homeland and munition plants drawing workers. With 80 percent production and rising costs, prices remain high.
Lieut. L. S. Stewart, Richmond recruiting officer, reports Virginia’s navy enlistment period extended from April 20 to May 5 to reach 800 men. Only 187 have been sent so far, requiring about 44 enrollments daily. A statewide drive will be launched to spur male citizens to enlist.
Holmes Rosenberger son of Mr and Mrs M H Rosenberger suffered a severe head injury after a heavy chain hook struck him during well drilling on the Rosenberger farm in Hayfield Virginia. He was knocked unconscious by the blow and required medical attention.
A youth fainted and fell on a hot stove scalding neck and face while his sister prepared to treat him. He revived quickly and walked home, then recovered with improving health. The windstorm blew down the drill derrick and wrecked it during frame erection, an event deemed nearly miraculous for avoiding fatalities.
Musterole is a clean white ointment with mustard oil that relieves sore throats bronchitis croup neuralgia congestion and rheumatic aches. Doctors and nurses endorse its use for lumbago back pains sprains sore muscles and colds of the chest often preventing pneumonia.
A girl in a youthful neighborhood is described brushing and styling her hair in a casual, fashion conscious moment as a passerby recalls the scene and notes the routine gesture.
The Broke fends off German boarding amid gunfire and boarding attempts. Midshipman Donald Gyles, wounded in the eye, assists depleted gun crews as Germans overrun the forecastle. The Broke disables a destroyer with a torpedo after a boiler room hit, while the Swift pursues and sinks a second foe and rescues survivors.
An officer recounts sighting a submarine off the port bow during a voyage near shallow water. A haze blanketed the sea as the periscope disappeared and the ship turned to avoid torpedo fire, with the crew maintaining speed and watch.
The Mongolia's crew praised their lieutenant for precise gunnery as the ship fired on a submarine. The submarine vanished after the hit while the crew, led by Captain Rice, noted the date aligned with Lexington anniversary and Civil War memories. Teddy Roosevelt was the gun that fired.
A Mattoon Illinois resident Mrs. Robert Allison reports relief from indigestion and constipation after taking one bottle of Camberlain's Tablets. She described heavy distress in the stomach and chest and fatigue before the treatment. The product is advertised as being sold by all druggists.
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