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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1918
Page
6
The article reports on a government takeover of railroad property including shops and storehouses as part of control of the nation's rail system. It notes about 4,500 Reading residents are employed by the Reading Company in car and locomotive shops and that rumors of workers from Camp Meade being brought in were denied by officials.
An OCR fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as treating catarrh internally and via mucous surfaces. It mentions internal remedies, tonics, and a Toledo, Ohio address, with references to rebuilding health and curing sinus or throat conditions.
New Orleans reports Emmett W. White ready to supply white mice for pneumonia diagnosis in the United States or Canada. Mice inoculated with sputum from suspected cases yield serum to identify pneumonia type for targeted treatment at base hospitals. Serum not used in soldier treatment.
Mr. Harry C. Brill departed for Front Royal Virginia to join a government mounted depot in a clerical role likely as a typist. Though past draft age, he sought entry into the service and was recently released from the appointment.
Congress will reconvene at noon with railroads reform on the agenda. The administration may outline plans to guarantee railroad earnings, while the house may press for universal military training. Madden of Illinois leads the training effort amid Senate debates on war related matters. The session is seen lasting through summer into fall with various war and food administration discussions.
A county marriage license was issued and a couple tied the knot in a small local ceremony, with the county clerk's office recording the union.
The late Florence in The Woman in White will be a special six part attraction at the Empire tomorrow night. The film, a famed English novel tale of villains and a girl sent to an asylum, features notable photography and seven reels with a Pathe extra. Admission is six cents.
The advance representative of the Williams Stock Company is in Winchester arranging a week of performances at The Empire with a repertoire of popular plays and vaudeville specialties. They recently finished a six week run in Staunton Virginia and are returning for a week at The Virginia Theater in Harrisonburg Virginia after a brief early December engagement. The company, one of the oldest stock outfits, offers popular prices and special ladies admission offers on opening night.
Due to railroad conditions Empire theater faces trouble obtaining its film for tonight. The feature The Spreading Dawn should arrive by train, else the theater will show the planned program for tomorrow or last night’s Pauline Frederick feature Double Crossed. A late update confirms Spreading Dawn is en route in an automobile to Winchester and will be shown tonight.
The coal shortage pushes an appeal from the fuel administration. Schools may close in January and February with make up sessions later in spring and fall. Households are urged to reduce home temperatures from 79 to 68 degrees for health and fuel savings.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Carpenter long residents of East Leicester Street moved yesterday their household effects to a house near Mrs Carpenter’s father William T Hottel near the Old Dominion paper mill south of town where they will reside in the future.
Fragmentary quote discusses girls being more modest as a fad. The line hints at a public figure or life club remark about star power and shifting style trends.
Letters from Mrs Q Cook of Macon Illinois Mrs James A Knott of Chillicothe Missouri and H J Moore of Coal Pennsylvania praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy for quick relief from coughs and colds. A note on healing wounds mentions butter used for healing.
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