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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
3
The article describes a wartime parade with troops marching past low hills lined with training trenches and barbed wire. General Sibert praised the soldiers as a splendid body of men after the review. An incident involved mules balking and attempting to break away, quickly subdued with minor confusion.
A local draft board continued work on the 50 Additional Men quota, deciding seven cases. Two men were certified for service: Reuben Lindamood Long of Middle Town Virginia and John Isaac Brown Jr of Winchester Virginia, with Brown denied exemption on religious grounds per War Department ruling.
The Winchester local draft board lists men exempted for 30 days or longer for personal reasons including a dependent wife and unusual financial ties. Notably William Keith, tied to an uncle’s estate in London, seeks exemption arguing a future $30,000 windfall would otherwise endanger his wife’s provision if he dies before 25. Fifty men are called for examination next Monday.
Page lists numerous Virginia names and addresses with a roster style posting dated August 15 1917. It notes Luther Pannitt as chairman and Logan Pay as clerk and mentions a Mrs Boyce and a trip to Atlantic City with their daughter.
WHITE POST Virginia parish day was celebrated on Thursday. Rev T C Page of Bedford City preached the sermon. Dinner followed under the trees in the church yard. After addresses and reports ice cream and cake were served. Several local residents visited friends and relatives in nearby counties.
An automobile carrying several Winchester residents en route from Sharpsburg Maryland to a local area overturned at night wrecking the vehicle. Many passengers, including women, were injured and one reported in a local hospital. Names of those involved are not being released.
A baby, born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Yiassio in Massa, arrives as the Yiassio family welcomes a new member. The report notes the parents' names and general family joy.
Newport News residents offer congratulations on the birth of a son to Mrs Massie formerly Miss Bessie Love of the city.
William F. Hottel Jr of North Avenue returns from six years in the navy. He served mainly aboard the President's yacht Mayflower and at League Island Navy Yard and says he will likely reenlist when fighting resumes. He now works as Daymaster at Cumberland Valley Railroad station.
Secretary of the Navy confirms that Captain Oliver and five crewmen from the armed tanker Campana were captured when the ship was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast August 5. The State Department seeks details on their current status and treatment through Spanish and Swiss sources.
Miss Harriet Willis and Miss Winifred Willis of Long Island and Miss Nora Seeley of Walton visited Hayfield at Miss Anna Hedrick and Miss Eleanor Hedrick's house party at Bureroft. They made many friends, with entertainments in their honor. Mr Jacob H. Rosenberger of the county will celebrate his ninetieth birthday Tuesday the 28th. he is hale but nearly blind in one eye.
A fragment discusses a drug named Freezone for corn removal. It claims the ether compound dries and shrivels the corn without irritation, lifting the corn and surrounding skin. It warns against cutting corns as a bad personal habit and cites low cost from rug stores.
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