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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
6
Local buyers offered prices for commodities including winter and spring wheat flour retail, corn per barrel, cracked corn per bushel, middlings, bran, barley feed, timothy hay, creamery butter, fresh country butter, young chickens, and potatoes. Prices shown reflect daily quotations with caveats about accuracy.
The program at the Empire features The Kaiser The Beast of Berlin a seven reel expose with a comedy reel Daughter of Uncle Sam. The film shows Kaiser's war crimes including the sacking of Louvain with vivid detail and includes the U boat commander’s portrayal. Admission up to 20 cents plus tax.
The Splendid Sinner a high powered drama written for Mary Garden and starring Hamilton MRevetle Anders Randolph Roberta Belfinger Hassan Mussalli Henry Pettibone and Mary Garden comes to The Empire Theater Monday June 3 with matinee and night showings. The production is described as elaborate tense with a strong cast and a scale of magnificence unusual for the era.
Fragmentary wartime note extols farm labor and food production alongside calls to push back the invading forces. Mentions potatoes and wheat as critical sustenance and a push to defeat the Kaiser.
Markets report price figures for butter creamery 41, dairy prints 8, liver poultry at 20 for young chickens and ducks, corn cob yellow 7.25 per bushel spot and white 9.00, hay No 1 timothy 31 and light mixed 28 dollars per ton or unit near Baltimore with updates as of the prior day.
General Bailey issues order to rename the Siet Division the Stonewall Division in Greenville South Carolina. The unit adopts the motto Obedience courage loyalty and unofficial wildcat insignia.
Miss Bessie Sartelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sartelle of South Main Street, who underwent surgery at Memorial Hospital, shows satisfactory improvement and is expected to return home soon.
Col Joseph E Willard of Virginia the American ambassador to Spain is reported among recent grippe victims. Madrid records show over 150000 cases with his condition deemed not alarming at present.
Dr and Mrs Charlies Blencowe of Berryville announce the engagement of their daughter Isabel Valbier to Marl F Shriver of Colorado Springs Colorado.
Miss Marguerite Norton daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Norton of North Braddock Street underwent an operation at Memorial Hospital for an adhesion of the appendix. She has rallied and her condition was reported improved today. Her friends hope she will soon be discharged.
The text advises that constipation stems from dehydration and suggests drinking water, eating raw fruits, and exercising outdoors to improve it. It recommends mild laxatives and warns against harsh cathartics that dehydrate the body, endorsing Chamberlain's Tablets as easy to take.
Community members urged to prepare War Chest contributions as part of a local fundraising drive. Organizers emphasized broad support and early giving to bolster the humanitarian fund.
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