Evening Star enters as Winchester second class mail matter
The Evening Star is entered at Winchester Virginia as second class mail matter under postal rules.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at Winchester Virginia as second class mail matter under postal rules.
A series of testimonials from women across Yonkers Danville Pa Conn praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving female troubles and restoring health after other treatments failed. The letters urge other sufferers to try the product as a trusted remedy.
A distorted text fragment describes a figure fleeing agents to a mountain cabin and encountering a woman asking about works by Charlotte Braeme. The piece blends poetry and prose with garbled phrases and interjected lines about eating apples and doctors. The exact source and context are unclear.
The article reports a Virginia woman seeking her missing husband Collins who vanished after he left Key Springs West Virginia and was traced to Winchester station. She offers a $25 reward for information and notes Virginia law may not recognize a mixed marriage, warning that marriage status might not be legally binding if he stays in or leaves the state. The description lists Collins as tall with brown hair and a drab suit, walking with a limp and disfigured chin.
A moving picture theater introduces self service seating with backs on seats, replacing ushers to economize. Seats are arranged to adjust only when unoccupied.
A severe storm in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia damaged Sleepy Creek Orchard Company in Morgan county with 35 to 50 percent losses of an estimated 40 000 basket crop. Hail split ripened fruit and bruised remaining fruit while trees suffered bark peeling and leaf loss. Despite the loss, the broader regional peach crop is reported large. rail facilities are expanded to speed shipments.
For sale 12 acres six miles from Winchester and a quarter mile from the new railroad. Improvements include an almost new four room house. 14 acres in bearing orchard with Yorks Grimes Golden peaches and pears. Price 2200 dollars. Terms to suit the purchaser. Apply Star Office.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia on August 18 1917 offers three parcels totaling about sixty acres along Cedar Creek Meadow Mills Frederick County as per circuit court decree in O Connor v Murphy. Property sold as whole with one third cash and two equal annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust with insurance policy.
Hardy county plans to ship peaches from several points with the crop developing well and careful culture. Hampshire county will supply the bulk of about 1,500 cars along the Romney to Green Spring line. George W. Haines travels to Philadelphia for the National Retail Marble Dealers Association convention. Miss Gertrude Schneider and Mrs. Shirley host guests on West Water Street.
John Higson Cover argues wartime food conservation as Germany cuts beer use to save grain. He notes U S grain production fell while exports rose, warns of a looming famine, and urges immediate waste elimination with beer and liquor surrender to bread.
Charle s Stelzle argues against liquor trade during war time, saying census data show investing liquor money in other industries would create four times as many jobs with higher wages. He asserts more raw materials would be used and concludes bans won t trigger a labor panic since spending shifts to other goods would sustain demand and spur diversification by liquor makers.
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