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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1917
Page
5
A car crashed into a street excavation on North Market Street. A heavy wooden barrier fence was torn away and the front wheels fell into the hole. No injuries reported and the vehicle sustained only minor damage.
A Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports Brazil will not interfere in the war between the United States and Germany. The move surprises observers who expected Brazil to join the United States after severing relations with Germany.
A London dispatch reports the Daily Mail criticizes the Admiralty for not eradicating the German submarine threat. The Mail argues for decisive action and stronger wartime defense, comparing past mobilization to current needs and urging fighting as the sovereign cure.
Chicago faces a shortage of more than a million loaves after a strike by bakers in fifteen large bakeries. Meetings between strikers and bakery owners were scheduled to seek a settlement, while housewives struggle to bake with scarce flour. Government agents have telegraphed Washington for instructions and may intervene if arbitration fails.
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County in vacation on April 14 1917 Howard Stotler plaintiff seeks sixty two dollars with interest from April 8 1917 from defendants Robert Johnson and Molly Johnson non residents of the state. An order requires them to appear within fifteen days after publication and protect their interests. The notice to appear is to be published weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star and a copy posted at the courthouse by April 16 1917. Augusta Conrad visiting Washington.
The Winchester and Western Railroad Company seeks to condemn land in Frederick County to build and operate its works. An order requires defendants to appear within fifteen days and a public notice to run weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star. Names include Andrew Co Hack heirs unknown and several Hack relatives. A judge will appoint commissioners to assess just compensation at 11 a.m. May 2, 1917.
The pamphlet argues skin eruptions signal blood problems, urging treatment by a blood tonic rather than topical salves. It claims Swift Specific builds health, cleanses waste, and strengthens the body, with an appeal to mail order protection from Atlanta, Georgia.
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