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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
3
Leaders of the four big railroad brotherhoods met with Director General McAdoo to discuss wage increases for all railroad labor. A tentative agreement suggested increases on a sliding scale with lower paid workers gaining more, and executives agreeing to abide by McAdoo's decisions to raise efficiency and wages.
London reports the initiative shifts to the Allies on the Italian front with Italians repelling Piave crossings and clearing the western bank. British forces raid eastern trenches and return with prisoners while French troops seize Monte Tomba and northern slopes. Meanwhile German raiding continues and a Lens sector breakthrough is noted with a small British advance south of Lens.
A period of probation for old use urges Buy Red Cross Christmas seals to help protect children from tuberculosis.
The Rev Dr George Bowers officiated at Grace Lutheran Church in a double wedding uniting Harry Maplius and Christie Estep of Toms Brook Virginia with James Chauderis of Winchester and Nannie Braithwaite of Frederick County. The ceremony took place yesterday in the church parlor and was witnessed by friends.
A druggist promotes Sage Tea Recipe improved with extra ingredients as a magic fix to darken gray faded hair. The ad claims results after one or two applications, producing luxuriously dark hair and a youthful look, while noting it is a toilet preparation not a disease remedy.
An advertisement promotes Mother's Friend external application to ease pregnancy. It claims skin elasticity, relaxed abdominal muscles, soothed breast inflammation, and safer childbirth. Readers are urged to write Bradfield Regulator Co. for a free booklet on motherhood.
A five story Hoboken warehouse housing Gat and McQuade burned severely with flames issuing from more than a dozen points. The blaze threatens the Remington plant and Butler Brothers storehouse with munitions en route to the U.S. government. Fire Commissioner Brennan coordinates New York apparatus as five firemen collapse from cold and others are aided by helmets. The blaze is believed incendiary and rages under a stiff wind.
Marsa Texas January report states a cavalry troop joined by Texas rangers pursues bandits who crossed from Mexico after a raid on Candelaria. No word on progress yet as soldiers trail the attackers into the border region.
A quotation from Justice Joseph Story urges American youth to remember their noble inheritance. It emphasizes that the blessings of liberty, property, religion, and independence were purchased through ancestors' toil, suffering, and blood and must be wisely preserved for future generations.
Keeping young rests on feeling young and healthy. The article promotes Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel remedy, claiming vast health benefits and a substitute for calomel. It mentions Dr Edwards in Ohio and suggests the tablets cost 25 cents to 50 cents.
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