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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star reports a second class mail carrier has died in Winchester Virginia, with the post office noting the loss and community tributes beginning to form.
The piece laments U S policy targeting 1600 Latin American businesses and banks with a combined capital of 3 billion, viewing it as a lesson to German Prussian autocracy via financial channels. It frames the President’s stance as refusing peace before autocracy learns its final, convincing lesson.
A humorous wartime vignette derides a parodic figure named Hunx who preaches patriotism while hoarding wealth. The speaker criticizes empty banner praise, costly gestures, and hollow sacrifice as the nation risks heavy costs and moral posturing.
The piece argues for personal sovereignty in later life, urging readers to resist others forcing their will. It stresses choosing how to spend time as a key right and notes age brings inner fire if intellect and spirit are nourished, while neglect leads to dotage.
The article reviews Mrs. Deland’s book focusing on maiden aunts as outsiders in married relatives’ homes, motherhood’s selfishness, and the Dora type of woman. It critiques social expectations, the place of women, and notes Christmas giving burdens and moral lessons. Also promotes Musterole as a remedy for various aches and illnesses.
A Sunday article warns American women and girls away from Paris unless traveling with a recognized organization. It labels many as rainbow chasers lacking patriotism, recounts interviews with a high government official about impractical volunteers, and urges keeping inexperienced, uncredentialed women from joining the war effort in Europe.
The Governor appoints a Legal Advisory Board led by R Gray Williams and T Russell Cather to assist Frederick County registrants with the questionnaire sent after December 15 under the Selective Service Law. About 1400 men must file within seven days. sessions run 9 am to 6 pm in Winchester City Hall with volunteer lawyers aiding registrants.
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