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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
2
July 3 dispatch shows General P Harrison directing Confederate veterans to aid government food conservation during the war. Adjutant-General Mickle issues orders to all veterans, hunting food waste, coordinating with committees and reunion organizers in Washington.
Fragmentary report mentions Ozie Wood returning to Washington with no friends in a county area. It notes Mr and Mrs Don S M and their departure toward Mr Mattison's car.
A new Southern Railway schedule takes effect next Sunday affecting main line and Shenandoah Valley routes from Manassas to Harrisonburg. The 2.20 pm Washington to Harrisonburg train is discontinued, replaced by Washington Strasburg service. The Harrisonburg to Washington 5:30 am train moves to 5:00 am and both run on weekday service thereafter.
Martinsburg Boy Scouts plan a visit to Winchester July 3 4 to join the patriotic celebration and flag raising. They will be hosted after receiving a warm letter of thanks from Scribe Gray of Winchester for the reception and entertainment given to Winchester Scouts recently.
The body of Wirt Hansbrough was brought from Vancouver British Columbia to Front Royal Virginia and buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery. A Warren County native, he lived in the west for twenty years and is survived by his widow, a brother Dr. M. F. Hansbrough, a sister Mrs. W. P. King, both of Front Royal, and the late S. H. Hansbrough of Winchester.
Hose Company No. 4 members met at West Elizabeth street station and voted to go to Winchester on the Fourth if up to twenty five members join. They could not secure transport cheaper than the regular rate.
Fragmentary OCR lists names including W. P. McGuire S. M. Chiles and John M. with scattered figures such as 1 570 49 s and a note 100000 suggesting monetary or score entries. No coherent event or context is readable.
Secretary Daniels announces twenty four destroyers under construction will be named for distinguished naval officers. Two Virginia ships honor Admiral Fighting Bob Evans of Patrick County and Rear Admiral Donald McNeil Fairfax who led the Pacific squadron in the Mexican War.
Post Office Department disputes reports that all C O D parcels incur a uniform extra fee starting July 2. Previously a 10 cent charge covered up to $100 with $50 insurance. new rules set 10 cents for $50 and 25 cents for $100, boosting fees but expanding insurance coverage to $100.
New York July 3 A jet of water 796 feet high was forced from a standpipe to the fifty eighth story of the Woolworth Building in a demonstration by Fire Chief Kenton to show the city’s architects the fire department keeps pace with tall buildings. Bas powered the engine. hose ran from a street hydrant to the standpipe.
Director Andrew Comrey will take his celebrated band to Winchester for the Fourth of July celebration. The Winchester organizers offered a very flattering engagement, better than elsewhere, and the band accepted.
An advertisement urges expectant mothers to use the external preparation "Mother's Friend" to reduce morning sickness ease abdominal expansion and lessen breast inflammation during childbirth. It claims the product preserves form and reduces pain at delivery and offers a free illustrated book "Motherhood and the Baby." The Bradfield Regulator Co. invites readers to request it via mail from Atlanta Georgia.
The Wigginton Bridge Grafting process has proven successful for over three years and can save girdled trees by redistributing sap through bridge grafts. It is shown to work on trees with dead roots on one side, with examples from fruit growers like Harry F. Byrd of Winchester Virginia.
Advertises bridge grafting as a method to save girdled trees and boost fruit yields. Claims an 70 acre orchard produced over 1000 barrels of merchantable apples after three years of grafting. Lists contact names and locations in Virginia for further inquiry and offers free demonstrations and scions to buyers.
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