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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
In a snow bound 48 hour clash on the Italian front Austro Hungarians massed troops at Monte Azolone and probed across the Piave river, gaining slight ground before Italian guns halted them. Heavy artillery dueling continues as forces wage bitter combat in whiteout conditions.
The Red Cross campaign is in full swing at Stephens City with strong public support and plans to exceed the local quota by Christmas Eve. Residents are urged to join and to leave their contributions and names at Bak Drug Store in Stephens City by Saturday night.
A Monaca mother testifies that Vinci a cod liver and iron remedy restored her nervous and tired youngest child’s health and weight. The ad notes Vinci as a constitutional remedy with formula on every bottle and claims it is loved by children. Miller's Drug Store is listed.
A roster including Clifton Pitcock Albert Rouss Patton Walter Pvans Harry Melville Gano Freeman Catrall Boyce Charlies Wesley White Harry Renner Amos Oliver Ritenour Joseph B Newlin John Hamilton Seal John Dean Adams Russell Clayton Patton Hugh Rallston Reynolds John Ash Arthur Armel Phillip Leslie Carper Charles Robert Derflinger Harry Franklin Ford James Marion McAboy James Hiram Catlett Chester Arthur Willey Jesse CC Foster Leu Marion Larrick Charles Burner Briter William B Lineburg Turner Harry Anderson Harry Flood Byrd Charles William Castleman Strother William Grim Tra Russell Keeler Charles Briscoe Keeler Samuel Ewing Bannister Leslie Eugene Huff Harvey Edward Mitchell Harold Chancelor English Charles Mason Thomas Glenn Newman Ryan Thomas Davis Carlysle Thomas Haywood Manuel Hdgar Earl Drake John William McDonald Wajter Henry Burner Elmer Russell Lonas Zeiler Ward pageant Lloyd William Painter Omer Harrison Ingram Edgar Albert Rush Mathew H Ebersole Harry Ellis Maloy Richard Felix Hatcher Maynard Leslie Nalls Paul Tyler Grant Wade Hyatt Emmart Charles Franklin Ambrose Roy Loving Elliott Trammer Walter Splown John Semeples Elmo Earl Shade Norman Lemsey Carbaugh Charles William High Samuel Boetler Grim Ceorge Ray McDonald Boyd Presley Newlin
Red Cross Christmas booths in Winchester report many county donors who chose to join as annual members. Arrangements are made to transfer county members subscribing in Winchester to Red Cross units in their home towns. County residents are urged to enroll at booths in Winchester, as many county boys are now in the army and the Red Cross provides support unmatched by other societies.
Four Seers from natural causes among ags men in France were reported to the War Department. Cadet H Randolph Stipe of Millersboro Kentucky is spending Christmas at home. Mr Paul Stover of Harrisburg Pa is visiting his parents at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North Avenue. Miss Minnie Keller is visiting her brother in Alexandria Virginia.
On Christmas Day Tuesday December 25 1917 banks will close as it is a legal holiday. Payments and maturities scheduled for December 25 will be honored on Wednesday December 26. Signatories include WM G Hardy cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank H D Fuller cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank L E Grim cashier Union Bank of Winchester and John I Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester.
Old advice urges youths to learn from experience, claiming scrofula eczema and boils respond best to Hood's Sarsaparilla a special blend of roots barks and herbs. Marketed as tested for forty years, it urges readers to buy now from local drugstores and keep on hand.
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