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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
3
Mr. Benjamin Grim returned to Philadelphia today after visiting at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grim on South Kent Street.
Mrs Kiempus wife of Philip Kiempus a Main street merchant has returned from Balti more where she underwent surgical operations at the Church Home Hospital. She was seriously ill but is now convalescent and rapidly recovering her former health and strength.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel promising morning relief, improved digestion, and a guaranteed refund if it fails. It claims the tonic cleanses the liver, steadies bowels, and restores energy with a pleasant taste, urging readers to buy a 50 cent bottle from their druggist.
The attic and part of the second floor suffered heavy fire and water damage with flowing smoke in a Byrd residence. Firemen used chemical apparatus to limit water damage, preserving furnishings. insurance covers the estimated loss of 1500 to 2000 dollars. Mrs Byrd and Mr Harry F Byrd thank the team for preventing total destruction.
The Star lists daily market quotes for farm goods and commodities. Fresh country butter sells at 25 cents, live young chickens at 30 cents, various flours retail price 16 to 25 cents, cracked corn 1.96 per bushel, middlings 2.86, bran 0.75, bacon at a rate not specified, hay at 14 to 16 dollars per bale, potatoes around 2 dollars, and creamery butter and butter fat priced per wholesale and retail terms.
Virginia and nearby markets report assorted prices for butter creamery eggs hay corn cattle and sheep. Notable quotes include butter 47, creamery 40, hay timothy 20, clover 17.50 to 18, corn per barrel 5, cattle steers 7.75 to 12.25, calves up to 13.75, veals 14. Quotations on cattle corrected only on Tuesdays.
Mr. O. F. Faulkner came back last evening from a lengthy business trip and will spend the weekend at his West Piccadilly street home.
London reports indications that Britain may extend its western push into west Flanders with intensified artillery along the Franco Belgian border. Military experts see this as a prelude to infantry assaults as observers note violent German artillery near the Ancre and Wijtschaete. Dutch commentators predict preparations for a new channel drive after two failed prior attempts with heavy losses.
In Springfield Missouri detectives took charge of the case of the kidnaping of J H Keets the banker’s son. A nationwide photographic description of the child was issued as investigators pursue a theory that a woman orchestrated the plot. The child is heir to a 3 million dollar estate of his grandmother Mrs Kate Keets. Grief has given way to somber resolve at the Keets home.
Twelve men faced United States officials in Cincinnati on charges of treason for distributing seditious handbills denouncing the selective draft law. They were arrested last night by federal agents with wide citizen assistance in the operation.
Paris reports renewed German assaults north of the Aisne were repelled. French lines at Hurtebis farm Chevre Craonne and Froidment farm were shelled and then attacked by infantry but French fire forced the attackers to retire. Mrs. Lloyd Agnew arrived from South Carolina to spend the summer with her father Rev Dr Lewis G M Miller who has leased Mrs Joseph Wright’s Washington street home for the season.
The Winchester Star provides local news coverage including community events, announcements, and public notices for Winchester and surrounding areas.
The Rev. Jacob H. Rosenberg will preach at the Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 a.m. on The Signs of the End. Evening service features a sermon by the pastor. At St Paul’s Church North Main street Rev G Oliverng leads a 1 p.m. service followed by a 2:30 p.m. home and foreign mission program led by Mrs Hatlie Bell and an 8 p.m. sermon on Why So Many Empty Pews In Our Churches. Members urged to fill pews and attend communion at night.
A widow marks the eighth anniversary of Franklin P. Williams's death on June 2 1909. She recalls deep sorrow and enduring love as she writes of his loss and finds comfort in his memory.
A reader from Hunting Indiana urges households to keep Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to combat cholera morbus, noting two children recovered quickly in 1911 after use. The letter emphasizes preparedness and states the product is sold by all druggists.
The funeral for Mrs. Rachel Fries Hodges widow of William V. Hodges was held at the family home on West Piccadilly street. United Brethren ministers led services and Rev Dr A S Hammack and Rev Geo W Stover spoke. Hymns were sung at the grave in Mount Hebron Cemetery and Rev Dr W O Fries gave a eulogy. Pallbearers were Jacob F Streit Edward L Fries J C Fries Thomas S Hancher H P Boyce and J M Hott.
Paris June 2 The French submarine Circe sank one of the largest German submarines in the Adriatic after a fierce clash. Circe was attacked but escaped unharmed in the official French admiralty announcement.
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