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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1917
Page
3
Albert Robinson reports on a Karwas corn club winner who spoke about his success. The piece recalls past trips won by corn club boys and notes the Kansas ag class and school setting as context for the storyteller.
A student recounts organizing a school farming club, selecting seed corn, testing viability at 90 percent, and cultivating an acre along a creek. He details planting, hoeing, plowing, and harrowing steps, weather delays, and finally Husking outcomes yielding a $90.20 profit from one acre of corn.
Miss Susie Irwin has returned to Burg, Virginia after visiting Miss Roth Jackson at the latter's home on Nto Avenue.
Madison Wisconsin resident Mrs Benjamin F Blake writes she avoided surgery after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy restored her health and asks other women to try it, inviting free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
Cross Junction notes record visits from Winchester to the Baker household and weekend stays by G H Edwards and James Spence group. Families including Whitacre Braithwaite and Collins plus Funkhouser of Capon Bridge visited local relatives. A yard party is planned for July 28.
Thousands of guardsmen mobilize in New York with men from diverse trades leaving civil duties as armories fill for federal service. By noon indications point to completion of mobilization by night as crowds cheer the action across the city.
Senator Gore arranged a hearing before the agricultural committee for several women from New York's East Side to press hunger relief. Herbert Hoover planned to meet them, and Representative Rankin sought a White House audience for the group. Miss Helen Podd will bring the women to Washington once a President audience is set.
Citizens plan to address officials in Washington to describe the hardships caused by steep food prices and to seek relief measures.
George Thompkins Jr of Philadelphia was formally charged with the triple murder of Edmund Humphries his wife and their son during a trip near Carrollton Pennsylvania. Witnesses heard shots as three masked men supposedly held up the party while a tire was being fixed. Thompkins was detained as a material witness and later charged by County Detective Custer. The accused declared his innocence before God.
Many soaps and shampoos contain excess alkali that dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Use plain refined coconut oil mixed with water, a teaspoonful, to create rich lather, cleanse, rinse easily, and leave hair soft, bright, and manageable.
Extract from a 1917 decree in Winchester Virginia states the Master Commissioner must determine real and personal property of William A Evans deceased, liens, entitled shares, division or sale, and settle accounts with notices by weekly newspaper publication. A J Tavener Commissioner will execute the order July 14, 1917, at his Winchester office.
The $640,000,000 aviation bill is ready for passage without delay and may reach the President within days. If there is little debate and no major objections, it could be considered this week. otherwise debate may be postponed to next week. The Senate military affairs sub-committee has held hearings and urges immediate action.
Treasurer William Barton reports additional contributions to the Red Cross fund. Notable gifts include $1.50 from Joseph Barton and $2.17 from Grass Lutheran Church.
The sinking of the American freighter Gracey, owned by Standard Commercial Steamship Co., was confirmed. The submarine was not seen but the torpedo wake was visible. Three crew members died including R J Ferrell and two aliens Van Wryke and Anderssen. five were injured, with guards Hugh Donnelly and George Wilson among them. Crew and injured were landed safely.
Close of Baltimore wholesale markets shows spot wheat at 2090 and corn at 1.93. Local dealers offered 2.00 for wheat after market close this afternoon.
Camp Fire Potlatch invites people to a garden party at the Winchester Inn yard on Tuesday evening with refreshments served by Indians and a playful line about excluding the rat. George W. Stover spent today in Charlestown West Virginia. Frank Reardon and family returned to Baltimore after visiting his mother on South Main Street. News from Tokyo reports imperial visits slowing traffic and easing city life as Emperors travel from the Summer Palace to Nikko, contrasting Osaka’s modern pace per Maynard Owen Williams in the Christian Herald.
City of Malacca shows signs of decline as old structures crumble and houses sit empty while a historic cathedral tops the hill. Mariners still steer by its lanterned tower but the town’s sleepiness stems from shifting trade and a legacy of failed mission efforts.
The article discusses theories on how the term Yankees originated. It suggests marching chants like Great Grow the Bushes and the difficulty natives had pronouncing English. It mentions the evolution from Yengeese to Yankees and notes some U.S. readers pronounce it similarly.
A Washington Star note recounts how a large watercress grower lost three quarters of his crop to caddis worm damage. The usual trout guardians were missing after a flock of hungry herons preyed on the fish, altering the ecosystem and harming the watercress beds.
In a Western town figure Larry Boyle is praised as substantial yet elusive. A soldier recalls Boyle boasting of swimming Snake River, while ferryman confirms the tale amid a joking scene of gunfire and river perils.
A playful meditation on how names shape preference across literature and life. The author contrasts reactions to book titles, fictional characters, ships, and journeys, suggesting taste hinges on imagination and romance more than substance.
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