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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1917
Page
4
A 1918 style editorial urges readers to eat apples daily and promote civic duty. It condemns excess filler in publications and calls for concise, useful writing. The piece closes with a patriotic appeal from Walt Mason urging Americans to sacrifice and donate to war time efforts.
The piece portrays Woodrow Wilson at sixty one as physically fit and mentally alert, capable of bearing the duties of the American chief executive. It notes his training, rapid decisions, international leadership role, and the public’s confident, approving reception.
A fragmented excerpt reflects vows about restraint and virtue, contrasting old and new era attitudes toward romance. It notes aspirations to be good, while acknowledging selfishness and the cost of cheap virtue.
Advertised Vinol promises to restore strength and vitality to weak and nervous individuals including the elderly and children. The Miller’s Drug Store offers a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied.
Augusta County Joins National War Drive by spending 1000 to purchase United States war savings certificates and thrift stamps for county teachers to offer to students and the public. The money will be refunded as sales permit. Also approved 200 for the Welfarr Teague charity in Quinton for 1919 work.
Major Siden Maes has been appointed president of Portugal pending the general election. Mr. and Mrs. George Parnele and Miss Marian Parnele and Mr. Walter Marnele of Minneapolis are guests. Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Massey at Ridgeway Orchard.
Miss Lou C. Jones of Winchester reports severe back pain and kidney irregularities improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says one box brought better movement and overall relief. Sold for 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A livestock feeder promotes using a flock of goats to clear brush instead of human labor, arguing goats clear weeds efficiently, consume waste, and can be shipped to market for profit. The approach turns an expense into an investment, especially on farms with overgrown patches.
A Farmers Bulletin notes sweet clover yields 30 to 30 shores per acre and offers multiple uses. Stock may resist at first but will eat it after a few days, providing pasture similar to alfalfa. Cutting early yields a finer quality forage and nectar-rich blossoms attract beekeepers to plant patches for honey.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist item explains a garden frame cover that tilts over the upper edge to prevent falling. It features slots along the cover and pins on the frame ends that engage the slots, allowing sliding motion to secure the cover in place.
The strawberry deserves prominent space in any home garden as the first ripe fruit and a top choice for home use and local markets. It adapts to many soils and endures extremes well, ready for the table when fruit is scarce. Every home should plant a strawberry bed, with some finding an acre or two profitable.
Plowing is an effective means of destroying weeds and injurious insects that prey on crops. It incorporates manure and organic matter into the soil, improving texture and fertility. Don't forget to blanket the horses.
An Episcopal Church entertainment in Middletown on December 27 drew a large audience. The program featured Isabele Henson Faginta Hammadk Mildred Henson May Booth Kathryn Manuel Leon Pangie Ruth Hall Virginia Henratty Kathryn Watson Dorothy Pope Cara Smith Ruth Elverly and included oranges and candy for attendees.
Virginia farmers embraced the Federal Farm Loan Bank system forming 48 farm loan associations. Loans applied for total 5,524,518 dollars with 3,258,000 dollars approved and 1,106,750 dollars finally closed in Virginia as of December 1 according to a Federal Farm Loan Board report.
Assistant Game Commissioner G. M. Innmag writes to Game Gadtee Apel Bachelor’s Hall, Va., on hunting rabbits in snow. He states landowners may kill rabbits anytime on their land, snow or no snow, and that between November 1 and February 1 state law does not prohibit a hunter from hunting rabbits in the snow if other laws are followed.
By order in the Corporation Court and on the designation of BN Purcel, Hannah M Purcell has been appointed administratrix of her mother Martha J Purcell estate. She has qualified by giving bond.
Ready now at old prices Foley’s Honey and Cough Compound is sold at war pricing, offering the Cougs medicine ready to use for coughs colds croup or lagrippe. It guarantees less than the cost to mix ingredients at home and avoids bother and muss.
The fragment indicates a probate related notice about valuing the personal property of a decedent for settlement or estate taxation. It references standard steps in estate administration and may name involved parties and the decedent.
Fragmentary notice mentions rental or apply terms with unclear details. Reads like a classified rental snippet with illegible numbers and names, lacking complete location, price, or contact.
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