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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
2
A fragmentary auction note lists shirt waist lots with prices 59 cents and 49 cents. Mentions 100 waists soiled and a bid round starting with 1.00 dollar for the lead item. Indicates a sale catalog item from a local retailer.
A 1918 chancery decree from Frederick Circuit Court orders a commission to survey the Shryock estate. It directs notice and a February 1918 hearing at Winchester to determine heirs, shares, debts, and how proceeds from any sale are allocated to creditors and infant defendants.
Millwood Virginia January 31 funeral services were held for Mrs Elle Kerfoot wife of Mr Windian Kerfoot who died at home Tuesday. The Baptist church mother Ravenee Dyke presided. Pallbearers named. Mrs Kerfoot leaves husband five sons three daughters and two sisters. She had lived in the community most of her life and was highly esteemed.
Mrs Martha Guymes Meade 45 wife of George Carter Meade of White Post Clarke County Virginia died at home of pneumonia after a sudden night decline. A King George County native from a prominent family she leaves husband a daughter Miss Cleanor Wythe Meade a brother Benjamin Grymes and a sister Mrs Stuart wife Dr Whton R Stuart Funeral services were held at Meade Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church White Post and interment followed at the church cemetery.
A man once near retirement describes a painful illness claiming digestion and rheumatic pain, severe weakness, and drunken-like staggering. He credits Phent yroptoms and a medicine Dreco as the cure, praising its lack of mineral drugs and noting it is sold widely and recommended by Miller's Drug Store.
Federal and State fuel officials assure the gas company will receive coal to prevent plant shutdowns. The firm has about two weeks of coal on hand and expects a further supply before its current stock runs dry.
Comptroller Joan Skelton Williams reports that U S banks now control about 1318 558 197 900 in resources, far surpassing prior highs and the combined resources of state private banks and trusts. She warns profits must not derail national capital use and urges Congress to support necessary credit for government service.
A Cardinal declares that citizens cannot afford wasteful luxuries in this national era, calling such spending a disloyal act and urging frugality as a duty of loyal citizens. The remark frames economic restraint as a patriotic obligation.
Report notes American peaches grow well in Chili amid pests affecting Unili crops. Local researchers study pest impact and potential resistant varieties. Farm reports highlight favorable fruit growth despite challenges, with growers monitoring pests for future yields.
A brief early cure for the first symptoms of cronp and hoarseness is offered, claiming quick relief. The advertisement notes availability at drug stores and mentions Uncle Sam’s Liberty bonds as a payment option.
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