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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1916
Page
3
Daily market quotations list feeds, corn, oats, hay, cattle, poultry, and fruit prices. Prices cover corn oats barley middlings bran live poultry turkeys potatoes and cheese, with New York Apple Market notes on scarce supplies and high top quotes for Jonathan Baldwins Winesap and other varieties.
There is no cure for roup but a preventive recipe is offered. Keep quarters clean free of insect pests and dirt. Clean floors or lay new earth if the floor is dirt. Regular cleaning helps, though daily upkeep not required.
Practical notes on small flock management, soil care and mulching. Advice covers poultry profits from flocks of fifty to one hundred, worm control in hotbeds, soil replacement, manure storage, and the value of exercise for animals and humans. War context hints at steel mills booking orders for 1916.
The grand jury indicted Ira Sanger in Frederick County for selling a horse attached by legal process and in the city for breaking jail. Sanger escaped from the county jail by prying wood from a window and using a penknife. his brother said he did not intend the escape. Sheriff Pannett circulated descriptions but Ira remains at large.
The government industrial relations committee report links brutal conditions for foreign workers at East Youngstown steel plants to the riot. It notes Judge Gary ordered a 10 percent wage increase to curb a spreading strike by U S Steel, and accuses guards at the sheet and tube plant of firing on protesters. It describes living conditions as horrible and singles out steel industry opposition to unions.
Lacy H Burgess, formerly traveling passenger agent in Washington D C and later traveling passenger agent in Baltimore, has been promoted to district passenger agent at Baltimore. He began at the Southern Railway in Charlottesville in 1890 as clerk and telegraph operator and has long been connected with rail service in Washington and Winchester.
Advertised remedy claims to relieve a bad cold with two hourly doses then a third, opening nasal passages and stopping discharge. It promises rapid relief from headache, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing and congestion, costing 25 cents at drug stores.
The advertisement touts Dr. W B Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for the elderly. It claims long use over decades, notes relief without griping, and cites a testimonial from Mrs Rachel Allen of Galeebure, Illinois. A fifty cent bottle is sold by druggists, with free trial bottles offered by mail from Monticello Illinois.
Berlin reports Premier Tisza says Montenegro seeks peace with Austria condition of laying down arms. Zurich dispatch says King Nicholas rejects Kaiser Wilhelm's peace proposal. British relief advances at Kut el Amara after defeats of Turkish forces. Aylmer’s advance up the Tigris defeats Turks near Waddie. Russian offensives in the Caucasus along a 2100 mile front gain momentum. Constantinople notes retreat of Turkish posts. Belgianica sinks off Spain with 23 crew saved.
William H. Lacy of Washington Iowa reports three years of stomach and digestive trouble ended after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He avoided surgery, notes daily misery ceased, and he claims restoration to good health at 36. The ad touts permanent stomach liver and intestinal relief with a money back guarantee.
Mr M W Fisher returned home near town from Washington where a skin cancer was removed from his face. He is rapidly recovering and doctors report complete recovery likely. Fisher was operated on by Dr Edwin Hasbrouck at Sibley Hospital. Miss Ida Fisher stayed with her father in Washington and accompanied him home.
Mrs. Blanchfield wife of Joseph Blanchfield formerly of Granda died last Wednesday in a sanitar y sum in Pittsburgh. The body was brought home for burial Friday in Middletown Frederick county. Burial followed services by Rev J D Hamaker and Rev J W Stickley. Surviving are her husband two sons and three daughters. Also noted are Confederate remembrance events in Eau Strburg with a Lee birthday observance and church programs. Sergeant William Gray has been in town on duty with Company K Second Virginia Infantry. Ralph Crabill travels to Lancaster to attend Bowman Technical School to train as jeweler and engraver.
Passengers are informed that in case of any delay or traffic interruption conductors will determine cause and duration and announce it to passengers. Division offices will assist by providing information and informing patrons. Station agents will discover reasons for delays and inform waiting passengers, while the patcher will coordinate with agents to assess trouble. The company aims to keep patrons updated to reduce inconvenience.
A vintage ad extols Tiz as a miracle bath for tired swollen feet. It claims instant relief from soreness, odor, and exudations and urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at drug or department stores.
News records the death in Staunton of George Adams a former traveling salesman aged about fifty. He married the daughter of Judge Turner of Front Royal and worked as National Biscuit Company representative in the Shenandoah Valley before entering the hardware business in Front Royal. The report also includes a 1916 Corporation Court decree involving Lucy Barrett’s estate and a notice of reference by Master Commissioner A J Tavennier with publication in the Winchester Evening Star.
The Duddon rises from mossy bed near the summit of Wrynose Fell. The landscape is a desolate solitude with vast crags and vivid moss colors nourished by the flowing water.
The notice states barrooms are closed on Saturdays in Sweden due to pay day and that banking hours extend to midnight, reflecting a social economic policy change for payday.
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