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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
3
Military experts monitor renewed German drive toward channel ports as reserve forces must reach overseas. They contend the real objective is not Paris but positioning to shell Paris later, with Foch delaying reserves in the north to slow the advance in the Rheims Aisne Soissons sector.
Washington June 1 details from the War Department report seventy one total losses. Three killed in action six by wounds ten by disease one in an airplane accident seventeen severely wounded eleven slightly wounded and nine missing in action. Private Henry M Amonnette of Jaccabera Virginia slightly wounded. Private Darman of Moundsville West Virginia reported missing in action.
Announcement states the marriage of Miss Lumna Racy to Mr. Emmert Copenhaver of Frederick County Maryland. The ceremony occurred Thursday at Hagerstown Maryland with witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wisecarver and Mr. Edward Fauver. The groom farms near Relief and the couple traveled to Hagerstown by car early Thursday.
Frank T Eaton aged 36 conductor of the Western Maryland Railway was fatally injured when squeezed between cars at Ridgeley yards late Thursday. He died en route to Central Station. Survived by a widow Grace Shackelford, the family resides in Berryville and Washington. The couple had lived in the city for 12 years.
Winchester relatives report Sergeant Earl Clowser has safely arrived in France aboard an American transport. Trained at Camp Lee Virginia he became a capable soldier with rapid promotions. He is the son of Mrs. John Clowser of Winchester.
A government order seeks to commandeer the nation’s cotton output, triggering a clash among producers and officials. Key industry leaders warn of supply disruptions while policymakers defend the move as heating wartime conservation.
An official report notes an acute situation needing a drastic response. It cites failed denial by authorities and hints at complex pressures behind the call for bold actions to relieve tension.
Athens Georgia witnesses a public humiliation as J P Norris apologizes after declaring he hoped Nour goods to Europe would be burned and shipped no more. The event, led by the Ku Klux Klan with Professor Giles overseeing, ends with Norris kissing the American flag at city hall amid a several hundred strong crowd. Ida Sumption of Front Royal Virginia visits Winchester relatives.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor denounces socialists and pacifists as pro-German in a speech to the American labor mission. The mission, composed of trade union representatives, has just returned from Europe.
Fragmentary notes describe a debate over a mysterious bonka collection at a true university. The text hints at a satirical or skeptical tone about modern higher education and its finances, with no clear names or dates readable.
Winchester resident J. M. Pangle reports severe back pain kidney trouble and breathlessness. He says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his symptoms and kept kidneys in order, advising others to use the same remedy available for 60 cents at dealers. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y is the distributor.
Prate Lange offers barred Plymouth Rocks eggs by parcel post at 1.25 dollars per fifteen. Also available a few day-old chicks from Matt S. and Charles Town, West Virginia via Bell Phone.
Trusts sale of a 13 acre tract near Bethek Church seven miles NW of Winchester. Property owned by J D Oates including residence orchard and water well. Auction June 29, 1918 in front of Court House Winchester. One third cash, balance in two installments with bonds and deed of trust. Possession given immediately. Trustees Harry F. Tynoh. 21-4w.
Mrs. Nathan Peddleton and family of Baltimore visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Crawford near Kernstown, staying for a time.
Partial timetable fragment notes lines for Cumberland Valley service to Philadelphia and New York with fares and daily departures. Mentions individuals H A Riddle and J B Tongh as superintendents or officials.
Fragmentary OCR shows a rail timetable mentioning a Buffet Parlor Car to 26 Daily 815 pm, local for a sia and Washington, arrival Washington Parlor Car ree. Other lines indicate Washington service with parlor cars and daily departures or arrivals.
Reward offered for recovery of a 15 ft loose chain and two sun chains lost near Slonaker's Yard in Hayfield. Report mentions a woman named Rosenberger and a vehicle incident with a wagon in the road.
Federal registration information announces a June 6 1918 gathering between 7 and 9 AM in Winchester forSelective Service action. The notice cites J F Ward and Prins Gold as officials in Frederick County Virginia.
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