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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
5
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The notice states that on Wednesday July 4 1917 banks will be closed for the legal holiday. Paper maturities due that day may be paid on Thursday July 5 1917. Signatories include WM G Hardy Shenandoah Valley National Bank H D Fuller Farmers and Merchants National Bank Lee R Grim Union Bank of Winchester John I Sloat Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester all noting the following day as July 5 1917.
One ton International motor truck in operation daily at Ungers Store in W Va. Reason for sale is to buy a larger truck. Bargain for a quick buyer. MPS Ungers Store W Va.
The Virginia State Federation of Labor legislative committee sent a questionnaire to all statewide candidates listing eleven priority measures. Items include workers compensation, injunctions in labor disputes, eight hour state contracts, free school books printing, TB prevention funding, more factory inspectors, minimum wage for women, banning convict-made goods, earlier poll tax payment, equal suffrage, and steam boiler inspection.
Mrs H Ashtin White and her two children, formerly of Gerrardstown and now of Henderson North Carolina, arrived in Charles Town to spend the summer with her sisters Misses Mary and Amelia Hopkins at Mansfield.
The document presents a bank statement with assets and liabilities as of June 1917. It lists cash items, U S bonds, notes, deposits, and reserve balances, with the cashier W G Hardy attesting to the figures and directors endorsing.
Retail stores in Win er face a government appeal from the Commercial Economy Board of the Council of National Defense. Proponents urge reduced deliveries and minimal returned goods to free men and vehicles for military service, with changes to take effect by August 1, 1917.
A new cooperative, Potomac Fruit Exchange, unites growers and shippers from Hagerstown to Keyser. H. Fulton of Sleepy Creek WV is president, J. F. Critchfield of Cumberland is general manager. The group aims to handle 300000 bushels of peaches this summer amid 3 million peach trees and about 1000 commercial growers. The South Mountain Hancock belts report good crop conditions and prices are expected high.
A meeting of five district representatives of the Odd Fellows' Reunion Association at the Odd Fellows Temple in Hagerstown planned a patriotic reunion to be held at Pen Mar on Thursday August 9. The committee expected the event to be the largest ever, covering Maryland Virginia West Virginia the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania with chairs for speakers program music and transport.
The report states there are no distilleries breweries or public houses in Persia and the only intoxicating beverage used is homemade wine.
A reader from Schaaf Creston C reports long battle with asthma and praise for Foley's Honey and Tar. The letter claims the remedy loosens phlegm, aids sleep, and notes it contains ten opiates. It is described as sold everywhere.
Snails seek shelter when rain is near, using leaves bark and other spots as cover. The piece notes how some people misread cues, branding the idea of overreading nature as foolhardy.
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