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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
3
Dodson's Liver Tone advertised as a safe vegetable remedy to replace calomel. Claims include clearing liver function by morning, relieving headaches and stomach upset, and offering a money back guarantee if not effective. Suitable for adults and children with a pleasant taste and no strong cramping.
Mrs Blanchard sang old time airs to hearty applause as guests from England the Northwest California and the South joined Winchester Lodge members in praising Exalted Ruler W L Fultz. Past Exalted Ruler T Russell Cather acted as toastmaster and patriotism ran through speeches. Our Departed Brothers toast stood at eleven and the orchestra played America to close.
An advertisement extols learning from others and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness or constipation, noting many people use them with good results. It urges readers to follow this example and mentions sale by all druggists and an advert for spring goods.
A sub committee moves quickly to address food problems for spring planting. Measures to distribute seed and fertilizer to farmers where prices are high are discussed. The Senate committee on interstate commerce will consider forcing railroads to improve food transport, aiming to relieve car shortages and reduce losses from produce delays.
W T Dabney Richmond Chamber secretary will speak at a free rally Friday night with Mr Alford and Mr Trefz also presenting views. Winchester band to play and H B Blanchard to sing songs written for the occasion. Doors open 730 PM, tickets from local merchants. Hillyard obituary notes the death of Hattie M B Hillyard one year ago.
Daily market quotations list spring wheat, winter wheat flour, corn, hay, butter, middlings, bran, and live poultry prices. Also given are live chickens, bacon, potatoes, butter types, and cattle and sheep rates with notes that quotations are corrected as of the previous day.
A brief attributed line refuses to fade with death, suggesting that nature’s voice persists beyond tomb and ashes. The quote emphasizes enduring inner fires and resilience beyond mortality.
Farmers learn to store and overhaul tractors before winter to extend life and reduce spring rush. The article advises draining fluids, tightening bolts, greasing parts, and using a warm workshop if possible. A second note explains how carbonic acid from decaying organic matter affects soil and plant availability, influenced by soil composition and moisture.
The reply advises placing windows to maximize sunlight at 10 and 2 o'clock on farrowing day. For March 1 at 46 degrees north, front window tops should be 5 ft 8 in and upper windows 11 ft 3 in from the floor. Suitable for a 24 ft wide hoghouse with eight ft pens each side and an eight ft center driveway.
Remove dead or decaying wood from fruit plants as seed as. Such wood harbors disease and pests that spread to healthy parts of the tree and neighboring trees. It matters not the season.
The column warns there are few colts on farms and suggests raising horses from mares with low cost and care. It advises dry beddings and weekly cleaning to prevent pneumonia in hogs, notes milk strainers require thick funnel layers boiled after washing, and discusses straw as feed depending on a balanced protein-rich ration for Digestible energy and usefulness.
Fragmentary OCR recounts Marco Polo born to noble Venetian parents. It notes his father and uncle’s missing during a China expedition, journeys to China and return via Summers India Persia reaching Venice in 1295. Polo later commanded a vessel against Genoa and was captured at Carazzo. he dictated his travels to Rustican of Pisa.
The readable portion discusses a woman and a baby but the text is garbled and unfinished. No verifiable names, dates, or concrete events are present to summarize into a factual news item.
The provided text fragment is insufficient to identify a person event or organization and cannot be summarized into a coherent newspaper item.
By virtue of an execution in pry hands I will offer for public sale on Saturday May 6 1917 at 106 o clock A M at the bridge on the North Frederick Turnpike near Gainesboro Frederick County Va One Wonder Concrete Mixer Model 15 and No 6329 mounted on a portable truck with gasoline engine This is a first class Machine and in first class condition LUTHER PANNETT Sheriff of Frederick Co Va
Paris April 26 The Germans launched a large counter offensive on the western front against both British and French lines. The war office reported strong assaults last night but none succeeded in gaining ground as French defenses held along the Aisne high ground and near Cherny despite heavy fighting and massed German attacks.
The passage notes that wampum beads were mainly made from ordinary hard clams or quahogs found from Cape Cod to Florida and that eastern Indians stored shelly material in summer to use as money, as described by Roger William.
A fragment describes the torchfish as a luminous species with a lip on its nose and a unique ability to glow at will. It notes the fish’s erect posture and its striking glow among luminous varieties.
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