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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
3
An advertisement warns that acids poison the blood causing heart skin and nerve diseases and urges purification. It promotes Swift Specific Co at 308 Swift Building Atlanta Ga as a purifying blood remedy backed by medical advice claims.
Clarke county residents plan an all day patriotic rally in Berryville to honor young men registering for military service. Public speeches at 2 30 and 4 20 p m will feature several speakers. A big parade led by the Citizens Band of Winchester will follow with about 250 registrants. Each man will receive an American flag at his home precinct before joining the march in Berryville.
Federal authorities arrest a 23 year old German student in New York tied to an underground mail system sending military information to Berlin via wireless stations. Documents found in his room prompt a postal laws charge, with additional arrests expected including a business man linked to the German foreign office.
The National Defense League will hold its regular drill tonight at the armory around o'clock. It urges all members to attend and notes that new recruits are being accepted and encouraged to join.
The War Relief Society night unit will meet Monday at 17 o'clock at the residence of Mrs Hollies Conrad on North Market Street.
Stanislaus Lysa and his wife in Newark report a string of haunting events around Tyler street including moving furniture, falling pictures, and objects like a flatiron knocking Mrs. Lysaj down. Priests and neighbors witness seances as reports of invisible presences spread amid a rent and home dispute.
Berlin reports that many soldiers listed as dead have appeared alive in camps in Russia France and England. Some widows who remarried believed their spouses were dead and even committed suicide upon learning the truth. The German government warns widows not to remarry hastily and to wait at least one year after official notice of death.
President Wilson issued a war time proclamation establishing strict rules for the Panama Canal. No more than three foreign vessels may be in the canal area at once, and enemy ships are barred. Foreign ships cannot linger or refuel except to reach a port, and no troops may be embarked or disembarked. Wireless must be silent and airships cannot land.
Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a corn remedy for feet. A few drops applied to tender corns relieve pain and dry up the corn, allowing it to fall away without irritation. One quarter ounce bought at stores reportedly treats hard or soft corns. urging women in heels to try it.
Daily market report lists prices for butter, eggs, poultry, grains, hay, potatoes, and flour. Retail and wholesale figures appear, with notes on reliability and daily corrections by local buyers.
The market page lists corrected closing prices for Virginia and nearby markets including butter creamery at 47 and 40 for choices, Virginia dairy prints at 22, live poultry with prices for chickens winter 2 tier and under 40, spring 1.12 pounds 36, old hens 21, old roosters 12. Hay Timothy 20, clover mixed 18, No 1 clover 17.50. Corn per barrel 8. Sheep and lambs fat sheep per pound 8, fair sheep 6, spring lambs fat 16. Cattle steers 12.26, medium 7.75 to 10, choice heifers.
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