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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star reopened in Winchester Virginia as second class mail matter consolidating with Morning News Irom Weekly News Weekly Times and Weekly Mirror. The notice records a mail status update and merger context for local press outlets.
Our readers discuss how draft questionnaires expose class bias in service. A poor man with dependents faces postponement to Class IV, while a rich man with dependents shifts into Class I. The piece quotes a German propagandist and reflects on duty, fairness, and the push to serve when necessary.
A historical vignette by Walt Mason describes traffic chaos as pedestrians ignore rules and a motorist faces blame at crossings. A crowd curses the driver while a brassbound cop moves to arrest, reflecting on the peril and public outcry.
An article notes that two thirds of letters passing through world post offices are written in English. It highlights English as a dominant language in international correspondence and implications for communication, education, and global commerce.
Flint Michigan testimonial from Clara Smith describing recovery from weakness and nervousness after using a product sold with a positive money back guarantee. The ad claims improved sleep energy and strength and directs readers to Milima's Drug Store for purchase.
A list records men registered under the selective draft in Wirichester and Frederick counties for questionnaires mailed by the legal advisory board. Numbers range from 711 to 779 for December 27, 1917 and 780 to 845 for December 28, 1917, with many names including Snowden Barton Newcome Charles Myers Walter Yates Joseph Miller Long Homer Billings and others. The roll includes numerous families and neighbors listed in two sequential batches and notes dates of mailing.
A soldier at Camp Merritt New Jersey thanks Winchester Virginia Sunday schools for Christmas gifts intended for Camp Lee Virginia and Petersburg Virginia. The letter notes 333 gifts sent and depicts appreciation for civilian support as soldiers head to France. Corporal D R Green of Battalion E Twelfth F A camp Merritt signs the grateful message.
Mrs Pearl Patrick of Meadorsville reports severe constipation sour stomach and weak digestion improving after using Thedford s Black Draught. She calls it an easy laxative gentle reliable and the finest laxative one can use.
A reflective note on charity and ideal marriage ends with unease about lasting happiness and the risk of waking to doubt. The line contrasts generosity with precarious fulfillment and cautions against overconfidence in ideal outcomes.
Chamberlains Tablets are advertised as especially for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The copy claims long relief after years of distress and says chronic constipation may be permanently cured by using these tablets and following directions. Sold by all dealers.
Special commissioner will sell at 11 a.m. by decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia the Graybeal house and lot in a chancery case Edith V Graybeal vs Edith V Graybeal administratrix of Thomas P Graybeal et al Terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy with bonds due in one and two years from sale date Auctioneer R P Duvall with sale conducted by Harry R Kern special commissioner December 11 4w.
Quote on youth inheritance from Justice Story urging pride in ancestors and fidelity in protecting liberty property and religion. Also an ad note for stomach trouble remedy praising Chamberlain's Tablets with a consumer testimonial from Mrs. Benjamin Hooper of Auburn, N Y.
The fragment lists numerous conditions such as anemia appendicitis arteriosclerosis asthma bilious disorders dropsy gastritis headaches and heart disease. It appears to describe a consultation or medical catalog with varied diagnoses and terms from an old source.
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