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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
4
A mixed page item includes antiwar propaganda and editorials, civic notices, and local social updates. It mentions a German defeat, prints cheerleading bunk, Red Cross notes, and several community moves including rallies, visits, and a church gathering with about 100 dollars raised.
Mary Weaver of Washington is spending her vacation at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs F K Weaver in Neneveh Va. Other locals include Herbert McKay visiting Culpeper and Misses Mattie Beaty Maude Mosinger visiting Emma El Mary Tobin daughter of Edward and Nora Tobin died Sunday and was interred at Double
The Burnt Factory Camp No 12879 M W announced its fourth annual time net and picnic to be held in Rutherford's area, three miles north of Winchester, on August 26. Local members invite neighbors to attend the event.
Aug 26 Jubilee notes list visiting relatives from Altoona Pa and Winchester Virginia. H E Maloy and son Harry visit uncle B F Solenberger. Douglas Sale spends days with schoolmate Warren Myers. Families of Slonaker Solenberger hike for hazelberries. Mrs Rosenberry Fries visit Hopewell to see son Dr J W Rosenberry.
Cross Roads Virginia reports welcome births with D J Whitacre having a son and A J Marple a daughter. Wilbur Pugh travelled to the Valley of Virginia for business while H D Whitacre visited Winchester. Fadely Miller rests at his parents home after discharge from military service due to disability.
News items list visits and guests across Washington and nearby Virginia towns. Hallie Chrisman is visiting Miss Carter near Warrenton while Mrs H B Littlepage and granddaughter Emilie Strong stay with Mrs J F Kennerly. Mr and Mrs J C Diggs visit Culpepper and Mrs C G Massey and Miss Dorothy Skinker join return trip. Miss Laitie Meade visits her sister Mrs W W La Rue at Summit Point.
In Bartonville Virginia on August 15 a birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Dyke for their daughter Miss Bertha Dyke who marked her seventeenth anniversary Refreshments were served and many relatives and friends attended including Mr and Mrs Huber Violet Mr and Mrs Wise Mrs Jacobs Bertha and Lois Dyke Grace Mae Painter Sallie Haynes Ethel Ashwood Elizabeth Jacobs Katherine Dugatt Katy Waters Della Waters Olivier Painter Elna Painter Herman Dyke Clark Shenk Coleman Jacobs Paul Wise Herman Reid Julian Rodgers Earl Painter and Loma Parker Wished for more details on a missing note requesting a home for a healthy bright three year old white boy by Miss M K Strickler District Nurse.
White Post Virginia August 24 A week of mission services at Meade Episcopal Church ends with Bishop Brown delivering a sermon Parish day lunch under trees readings by Rev Palmer and others in attendance are Mrs Holt Miss Stergis and Mrs Sowers brief notes of activities at Federal Hill and White Hall are included with local visitors and demonstrations on canning and drying fruit.
The North Branch of the Shenandoah at Riverton is clearing after recent floods. River men report the water already clearer and expect good bass fishing in two to three days if no more heavy rains occur.
The Frederick County Sunday School convention begins tomorrow at Round Hill Presbyterian Church at 10 30 o clock and continues until Wednesday evening. A large crowd is expected and much benefit is anticipated from its deliberations.
A brief note discusses suppressing unfounded gossip as a patriotic duty, arguing restraint and consideration over spreading rumors. It emphasizes consequences for careless talk and encourages responsible discourse.
The piece surveys Friday as a day with mixed fate in different traditions. It notes beliefs, bursts of luck, and historic events linked to Fridays, including colonial figures, religious associations with Good Friday, and superstitions about Friday marriages and travel.
The piece extols America’s confidence and resolve in war, praising the American soldier and civilian unity. It emphasizes that confidence is based on being right and able to uphold it, noting it as a lasting American advantage and an inspiring, expected show of strength.
The text encourages focusing on observable features and actions of plants to spark curiosity. It urges letting children examine a seed, observe root and stem growth, and note how plants eat, drink, breathe, and produce leaves flowers seeds and fruits. It emphasizes simple, lively lessons at home and in school to foster interest and daily busy work.
Extraordinary precautions surrounded Napoleon to keep him at an advantage on horseback. Horses were conditioned to stay perfectly steady under torture and noise, with drums, pistols, crackers, flags, and even livestock used in training.
The passage urges concise note taking to reveal a plan at a glance. It suggests using sharp shorthand to strip deadwood and capture essential details such as names, places, dates, roles, and key facts for rapid understanding.
Interesting memorials from the old house at Plas Newydd Llangollen North Wales sold. Among the contents are memorials of the Duke of Wellington Madame de Genlis Southey Wordsworth Lord Edward Fitzgerald and other famous personages associated with the Ladies of Llangollen.
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