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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1917

Page

6

Chronic Constipation Treatment By Chamberlains Tablets

A short health notice urges using Chamberlains Tablets with plain directions to cure chronic constipation. The item notes the product is for sale by all and mentions a local subscriber. It also reports Miss Kathleen Milla returning home after a week in Rusdna and Pittsburgh, and Rev and Mrs William Dame visiting Baltimore for a month at the Winchester Inn.

Chamberlain William Dame Baltimore Winchester Inn

Womanhood at The Empire Tonight A Military War Spectacle

A dramatic wartime film titled Womanhood plays tonight at The Empire with showings at 7 15 and 9 06. Described as a strong patriotic reply to pacifists and foreign critics it depicts a New York entry into the war through love of country, flag, and family, featuring trench warfare and submarine action.

Empire New York Belgium

Forty Rockingham County Polio Cases Reported

Dr. James Patton Leake of the Public Health Service assists local officials in Harrisonburg as Rockingham marks the first epidemic month. Since last Thursday three new cases were noted, bringing the total for the month to 40 with nine deaths.

Harrisonburg James Patton Leake United States Public Health Service New York W. A. Brumfield State Board of Health Rockingham

Margaret Clark in Bewitching Double Feature at Empire

Margaret Clark stars in two Gilded Age era titles at The Empire tomorrow night. Miss George Washington leads the program with admission set at 100. Snow White follows as the other major work later at The Empire.

Margaret Clark Empire Tomorrow George Washington Empire Snow White

Funeral of Lee V. Carper Draws Large Crowd

The funeral for the late Lee V. Carper, prominent county citizen, was held yesterday afternoon at 2 from his home 515 East Sharp Street. Rev F M Richardson of Braddock Street Methodist Church led the service with choir selections Nearer My God to Thee and Asleep in Jesus. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Robert Brill A Taylor Ritter Edward Conner Grover Clevinger Holmes Cadwallader and John Green.

Lee V. Carper East Sharp Street F. M. Richardson Braddock ‘Street’ Methodist Episcopal Church South God Jesus Mount Hebron Cemetery Messrs Robert Brill A. Taylor Ritter Edward Conner Grover Clevenger Holmes Cadwallader John Green

Russian War Minister Promises Army Regeneration

Petrograd dispatch reports Minister of War Savinkoff stating measures are underway to regenerate the Russian army. He asserts the democratic army will recover its prestige and become a decisive factor in crushing the Kaiser’s legions.

Democratic Army of Russia

Capt Cochran May Be Ordered to Europe Soon

Capt Cochran Weeden Cochran of the United States Army stationed in Washington visits his father Fred A Cochran at Welltown. An engineering corps member, he may be ordered to France soon after study at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He served in the Spanish American War as a lieutenant with Company A Second Virginia Regiment alongside Winchester and Frederick county men.

Weeden Cochran United States Army Washington Fred. A. Cochran Welltown Cochran Engineering Corps Army France New York Central Lines Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Blacksburg Second Virginia Regiment Winchester Rederick County

Stomach and Liver Troubles Relief Promoted

The ad touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for stomach and liver disorders. It urges a trial, notes the tablets cost a quarter, and lists sale by all dealers.

Chamberlain

Miscreants Ruin Wall Flower Bed

A dawn vandal damaged the flower boxes at the late John F Kremer residence at Stew art and Cork streets. An automobile party with two men and two women stopped after midnight. a woman begged to be taken to a hotel and return home on an early train. The party drove off and may have torn the flowers.

John F. Kremer Stewart and Cork

Governor Declares I W W Principles a Stench in Arizona

Governor Campbell condemns the Industrial Workers of the World as a stench in American decency and calls on authorities in Biabee to restore order after 1,200 I W W men were deported on July 12. He says deportations were illegal and will not tolerate I W W advocacy in Arizona during his tenure.

Phoenix Ariz Industrial Workers of the World Campbell Biahee Arizona

Traffic offense lands fine on Jackson for long stand

Harry Jackson a colored newspaper agent was fined two dollars and costs in police court by Justice Fultz for violating a traffic ordinance by standing his team for more than twenty minutes on a street yesterday.

Harry Jackson Justice Fultz

Dr Bolling W Barton Leaves Town for Baltimore

Dr Bolling W Barton of Loudoun county Virginia ends a several day visit and departs for Baltimore. Mrs Edwin M Hinks of Cambridge Massachusetts is visiting Mr and Mrs Robert M Ward at their South Washington street home.

Dr. Bolling W. Barton Loudoun County Baltimore Edwin M.hinks Cambridge Ma Mrs Robert M. Ward South Washington Street

Unclaimed Letters at Winchester Post Office Week End Aug 18 1917

Unclaimed letters list for the Winchester Virginia post office shows names including Miss Carolyn Kennedy Miss Ethel Lonas Raymond Shenk J. W. Sibert and others. Callers must pay one cent per letter received with this notice from Postmaster Sibert.

Winchester Carolyn Kennedy Ethel Lonas National Service League Raymond Shenk J. W. Sibert

Capt Beverley Hosts General Bennyham Cameron Guest

General Bennyham Cameron of Durham North Carolina, adjutant general, state senator and roads commission chairman, was the guest of Capt J B Beverley yesterday. He stayed with Mr Peter H Mayo at Millwood Clarke county.

Bennyham Cameron Durham N. C Beverley Bennyham State Senate Roads Commission Peter H. Mayo Hear Millwood Clarke Cout

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S. H. Hable John W. Rice R. Gray Williams WM. G. Hardy J. Few Brown Shenandoah Valley Nat. Bank Miller’s Drug Store Commercial and Savings Bank Safety and Service Rogers E. Bruce Capper Star Kathleen Milla RuSdna Pittsburgh Mr. Carper Sian Alice Joye Ray Morey ALL Star Vitagraph Alice Joyce H. Morey Alice Rosney Margaret Clarke Cochran Mayio Europe LW. W. A Wire TNT Hodgson & Brown Thos, P. Graybeal West Water St Pike Good & CO Bell Phone Woodward’s Main Street Jones” Creamery Wim. Festcher Just S.H Virginia Gray & Sheetz FORD Nex Mus Chapman’s Auto Supply CO S. Main St Faulkner Building Huntsberry The Valley Turnpike Shirley Carter
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