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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
4
A small fragment lists subscription rates and distribution details for a Winchester Virginia newspaper. It mentions Morning News and The Evening Star and hints at a combined or regional press offer with prices like £3.00.
The notice describes a Monday July 1 Home Economics session at the Friends Meeting with demonstrations on practical substitutions and items like Meat Substitute, Flour Loaf Bread, and Rice Flour Muffins. Recipes use common kitchen measures and steps, including melting cheese and butter, mixing with milk and eggs, and baking in hot ovens for varied times.
Power Co displays a war savings exhibit in the window of the Bantz Building on North Street recreating a World War battle scene with toy soldiers, Red Cross figures, cannons and trenches. The display, designed and executed by John McDaid, attracted strong attention and supports the war savings drive.
A Detroit Texas notice urges use of Foley Kidney Pills stating relief from rheumatic pains sore muscles joints and frequent bladder action. Sold everywhere and linked to a medical remedy.
Special Correspondence from Camp Le shows the Winchester contingent arriving in good shape and quarters filling fast. A 40,000 man division is in France, with more training and facilities expanding. The piece urges home patriotism and unity, praising officers Rosenberger and Page and calling for continued war effort and moral strength.
An old advertisement touts Calotabs liver cleansing benefits with a single nightly dose and next morning relief. It claims no diet restrictions and promises full refund if not delighted, with a price of thirty five cents. Calotabs sold only in original sealed packages.
Mr. R. Nedde, state hotel chair man, urges Winchester hotels and restaurants to join a pledge not to serve any beef until September 16. Norfolk has already done so and many local establishments have signed, with few exceptions for beef by products.
Miss Elizabeth Barr has returned from Randolph-Macon Woman's College at Lynchburg Virginia where she completed the last session and is now home with her parents, Fred Barr.
Private Harold Hamel of the 66th Regiment at Ft. Adams writes that a three month cough improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He recommends the remedy and says he will keep it on hand for hay fever asthma and bronchial coughs.
The article notes a Sphex family wasp that uses a pebble as a hammer to firm dirt at its tunnel entrance after laying an egg and provisioning a paralysed caterpillar. It cites this as a documented case of tool use in animals, alongside thrushes and sea birds.
A Philadelphia Evening Telegraph piece notes famous individuals and eras living without modern comforts. It cites Shakespeare, Napoleon, Lincoln, Grant, and others, arguing great achievements persisted despite lacking newspapers, electricity, or machines. The passage restates contrasts between creativity and technological progress across centuries.
A reinforced concrete chimney in Saganoseki Japan reaches 570 feet atop a hill 430 feet above the copper smelter. It spans 42 feet at the base with a top inside diameter of 26% feet, sits on a 95-foot foundation containing 2 700 cubic yards of concrete, and used four hundred tons of steel.
Alfred Francis of The Love Mill tests chorus applicants. When one girl says her name is Minnie Sota she explains it derives from her native state and reveals Skoopeyand as her real name. He responds with a terse "Sufficient," and "Your apology is ample."
Some of the oldest walnut trees in the country were planted not for fruit but for wood used in gun stocks. The wood was prized as light, strong, and resistant to warping.
The phrase urges daily thrift to support government wartime aims. Advocates for frugal living as a patriotic duty while criticizing wartime policies and their impact on citizens. The call-to-action frames thrift as a method to aid national mobilization during conflict.
Dr Clarence Owens of the Southern Commercial Congress will speak at the Rouss room tonight at 8 about a War Chest for Winchester and Frederick county. The meeting, presided by H B McCormac, will discuss methods and potential organization with no solicitations at dinner.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound credited by FP Hi stone of 24 Bowdoin St Worcester for restoring health after months of weakness and months of illness worsened by displacement irregularities and back pain. The testimonial urges others to try the root and herb remedy.
Fragmentary text from a Cumberland Valley TI Table entry dated January 1918 notes daily times around 9.20 p.m. with garbled names and odd initials. The readable portion suggests a schedule or timetable reference with uncertain details and no clear events or outcomes.
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