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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
3
Army officers report British and French governments completed studies and observed front conditions. The mission unanimously praises allied morale on the western front and returns without pessimistic opinions on the final outcome.
The Star publishes a letter from Hon. D. F. Houston secretary of agriculture dated July 25 1917 acknowledging The Evening Star cooperation in the department emergency campaign for conserving perish able fruits and vegetables.
A vintage beauty tip shows how to mix lemon juice with orchard white to create a cheap skin lotion. The quarter pint solution allegedly whitened freckles and sallowness, soften rough hands, and could be kept for months with proper straining. Your druggist and grocer supply the ingredients.
John Otho Stottlemyer of Hagerstown marries Katharine G Haines of Elkton Virginia in Wie Erstown on Wednesday night. The Rev A M Evers officiates and the couple will reside in Hagerstown.
Miss Sophia Staff has suffered a weeklong illness from cholera morbus but shows improvement. R. F. Duvall and three children, visiting relatives in Burnt Factory, Va, have returned toward Philadelphia in a touring car with Mr and Mrs Duvall and young Reginald Duvall who stayed at the Duvall home.
Sophia Staff of Wed Mr meal Mrs H D Carper and Luther visited in Martinsdale last weekend. The area enjoys a Lager lally fine growing season as rain comes every few days. Wet weather slows hauling and threshing but corn and pastures grow rapidly and vegetation damaged two weeks ago by hail and wind has mostly recovered.
Nineveh Virginia notes visitors and summer guests including Misses Sin sute and Mary Sommerville from White Post and Irene and Virginia McCartney related to McCartney family in Middletown. Henry Pitty of Washington visits relatives in the area. Master Earl McCartney of Chicago plans a summer stay with Irene McCartney. Mrs. Herbert Roestler returns from a aunts visit, Emma Elkins visits Middleton, and Mosinger of Rappahannock County visits James Elkins.
Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, a Virginia native and former chief naval constructor, is hailed as the Father of the American Dreadnought for perfecting battle ship plans and introducing the skeleton mast. He led the Emergency Fleet Corporation as general manager after serving as chief in the Roosevelt era and attending the 1914 safety conference in London.
Washington dispatch reports the government will not allow physicians to fix their own fees for examining draftees. The policy change places fee setting under federal control rather than private practice.
Physicians appointed to examine candidates will be paid up to $4 daily for services. rates include $1 for each exam or less, and 10 cents for each additional examination, with a $4 cap per day. District boards plan to recruit doctors to assist, but examinations must be completed within three days, though limited medical support may hinder timely completion.
London reports reaffirmation of allied resolve to fight until Germany is crushed. No peace talks are contemplated in London or Paris after Ramsay McDonald’s peace resolution defeat and Asquith’s speech signals. The alliance remains committed to total German defeat.
Daily market prices list for flour corn middlings oats timothy hay and mixed hay butter potatoes eggs and poultry. Prices shown in retail and wholesale columns with notes on butter fat and various grain products.
Closing prices for dairy creamery products and livestock are listed. Fancy creamery at 40 and Choice creamery at 37 lead the dairy section with Virginia area prices for extras, poultry, corn, hay, and cattle. Steers average around 11.75, heifers to 9.75, and cows to 8, with calves at 14.75 and sheep and lambs priced per head.
An all day picnic is planned at Bethel Church on Saturday August 4 from 27 to 41. The notice invites community members to attend and enjoy activities throughout the day.
The text notes Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street in Boston. It recounts his father Josiah Franklin moving the family to a Hanover Street home near Union Street and the shop under the Sign of the Blue Ball indicating soap and candle making business.
Local draft boards await lists from Washington under a Watchful Waiting policy. Once numbers arrive, notices will go to the first liable men and postings issued at each headquarters. Drafted men must check posted lists to see if they face exemption or appear before an exemption board on a specified day. Deserter rules apply if a man fails to appear. General Sale plans to mail master lists to 114 registration boards in Virginia.
The Metropolitan Shows tour at Epamity Grounds benefits the Charley Rould Fire Company. The display boasts Magnitude variety and educational value with Maybelle Mack's Mules and Big Iteson's stunt riding. Monkey Speedway features a star performing monkey and miniature racing autoes. A Circus Side Show offers a globe-spanning menagerie including an Everglades discovery animal.
A Jamaica New York reader reports relief from head and backache after using Pinkham's remedy, claiming improved health with a daily three-time dose. The notice invites others to write for more information and other testimonials. The Georgia Minstrela show and Metropolitan Shows attractions, including a three abreast merry go round, are highlighted for visiting audiences.
The United States Shipping Board may build 1000 steel ships to counter submarine blockade requiring about 7,000 riveters working 80 weeks. Each ship needs roughly 100,000 rivets, totaling 400 million rivets for the fleet. Riveting rate must average 5,000,600 per week to meet an 18 month delivery plan.
A fragment discusses the idea that flowers cannot be enjoyed long and questions the arid theory of fleeting blooms. It mentions gardeners, various plant groups, and a family named Soluhacene with references to distribution and a sale context.
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