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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Stars closed a post office in Winchester Virginia amid postal service changes. The brief notice notes shutdown of local mail marret operations and surrounding adjustments.
A wartime verse by Walt Mason pleads for divine protection of soldiers families. It laments widows and orphans, mourns loss on foreign shores, and prays for safe return while condemning royal pomp and urging care for the common people.
The article lists sixty four individuals by full names including Barr C Fred Breckenridge W B Brengle EB Campbell F C Cave S Cook B Cooper Grover C Cox Walter Davis C A Dicks Arthur B Duffey Hugh B DuShane James R Duvall Roy P Fansler George E Fansler Ralph B Good Isaac N Gore Walter T Griffith R E Grim Clifford D Haines M D Hansbrough G M Harlee W E Harris F R Hott Atson Ss Jones H C Keckley Frank Keefer Charles R Kern Harry R Lauck Herbert Massey Carl F McCarthy J Crosby MacFadden S D MerVicar Charles P Newlin Joseph F Potts H Russell Reardon Ernest E Rice Warren Richard J A Russell Mr Rosenberger Ralph Schultz Robert W Seal Henry F Sheetz H C Sherman Ed F Snider Edwin T Smith G S Louthan W H Strett B Miller Swartz A C Taylor H H Van Horn Mr Wall W Taylor Worsley R E
Mrs Virgie Myers and daughter Nellie returned home after visiting relatives in Washington. George Stickley Walter Stickley and Lucile of near Strasburg visit Breckenridge relatives. Myrtle Keener resigns as coal school teacher due to home duties. Otto Sheetz of Billimore loads cedar trees at Stickley quarry for Christmas trees. Oranda Civic League to meet December 12. G B Hahn Hugh Orndorff and family visit Saumsville relatives. Mrs John Estep of New Market visits M R Crabill family.
Mrs Smithey of Ridgeway West Virginia visited her granddaughter Mrs Luther M Larrick for several days. Mrs Ed Peer and daughters returned from a pleasant visit to her parents Mr and Mrs W F Orndoff. Mrs J E Larrick of Gainesboro visited at the home of Mr and Mrs S T Larrick. Nervie Cooper and son Willie and Master Liova Cooper spent time with Mr Joshua Ornae pf Faes sacanes. Mr Harry White returned home after a visit to Mr and Mrs Clement Kump near Yellow Spring West Virginia. Mrs Frank Cooper and Mrs Wil Pepper visiting at the home of a former son in law and daughter T Pissed ais Marion.
Lagrange North Carolina resident W D Ren reports long nights of coughing eased after using Vinol. He says sleep returned and weight was gained, praising Vinol as the best tonic and tissue builder. Miller’s Club Store guarantees Vinol for chronic coughs and bronchitis with a money back offer.
Olive and others will meet at Mrs. J S Orndorff home on Thursday December 13 at 2 o clock. All are invited. The community was shocked by the death of Mr M H Larrick and much sympathy is offered to the family.
A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown Maryland last Friday to Otis Balangee Stewart and Ruth Virginia Rutherford both of Winchester. The groom is a son of R S Stewart of this city and has worked at the Roy W Derry meat market on Past Piccadilly Street.
By order of the Governor of Virginia all who registered on June 5 1917 are warned that new rules go into effect December 15 1917. A Legal Advisory Board for Frederick County and Winchester City is appointed led by Robert M Ward with R Gray Williams and T Russell Cather. Questionnaires begin December 16 and registrants have seven days to return them.
Advertises Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild substitute for calomel that cleanses the blood and purifies the system. Claims to improve bad breath without calomel after effects, promoting bowel action gently and safely.
A Winchester reader Miss Julia Jenkins reports relief from back pain with Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad notes family use and urges others to try the product, naming Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as the maker. Also mentions Mrs Frank Stump and her daughter visiting Miss Kate McVicar on North Loudoun Street Radford Virginia.
The United States five dairy breeds Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey-Holstein show averages from Farmers' Bulletin No. 898. Ayrshire records on 2 598 cows yield 9 555 pounds milk at 3 95 percent butterfat totaling 877 61 pounds fat. The ten highest producers of this breed range from 25 829 to 18 745 pounds of milk.
The report details average milk and butterfat production across breeds Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey and Ayrshire with figures for total cows completing yearly records and the top ten producers by milk and butterfat. Key figures include Holstein averages 14 622.7 pounds milk and 500.7 pounds fat and Guernsey top ten butterfat average 976.75 pounds.
Save leaves for winter mulch around garden plants and for poultry scratching. When piled and rotted, they become fine garden fertilizer. It is worthwhile to preserve them if possible.
When using farm implements for winter, make a list of repairs needed to put them in shape for efficient service next year. Order these repairs at once and have them on hand away easily are: ix 6 delay next spring. Materials are short so manufacturers will not carry more parts than seems absolutely necessary. An order placed now means you will not be disappointed next spring.
Mrs George Hausen and her children have returned home after a two months stay in New York and Jersey City New Jersey.
Fragmentary note mentions Mrs Lewis and a cry for Mrs Simpson at South Brad dock street. Text urges blanket for the horses and hints at unsettled local concern.
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