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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at the Postoffice in Winchester Virginia as 2nd class mail matter. Consolidated with Morning News Item Weekly News Weekly Times Weekly Mirror.
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial emphasizes daily apple eating and urges all readers to buy Liberty bonds. It argues bonds are secure, affordable for many earners, and essential for national support, highlighting who may qualify and the benefits of investment as a patriotic duty.
A dated plea urging citizens to purchase liberty bonds to support Uncle Sam during the war. The verse encourages saving, investing, and showing national resolve by buying bonds as a civic duty and a way to fund the war effort.
Demonstrator of this week at government expense offers county demonstrators a two day conference with national experts. Miss Murphy expected back from Manassas for a Saturday session with the committee. An assembly at Winchester High School will explain canning club work to girls, with Mrs. Lucien Carr and H. Rowe guiding.
The sixth annual Shawnee district Sunday school convention opened May 31 at 10 in the Christian Church Bartonville. Rev. C Sydenstricker led devotions. P. M. Funkhouser presided. Ephriam Pifer and J A R Snapp led nominations. Speakers discussed why people attend Sunday school and religious education vs secular culture. A noon dinner accompanied by devotions, then talks on proper use of quarters, devil’s influence, and the cost of skipping Sunday school. Concluding remarks urged church members to attend. a constitutional resolution was adopted. a liberal offering was taken for gen erate work.
A city editor scolds a cub reporter over a florid obituary. The exchange questions natural death versus sensational jail or crime deaths, exposing newspaper attitudes toward obituary tone and public perception. The dialogue also riffs on a professor’s dilemma and a trio of wry quotes about aging and youth.
A dialogue reveals a misunderstanding as one person insists they cannot stand while in bed and asks the other to accept their explanation. The exchange hints at a humorous or puzzling domestic moment.
A brief epigram notes a person delaying debt repayment six months and promising to pay tomorrow when asked. The line mocks the habit of postponing obligations with repeated assurances rather than action.
A cautious motorist says a car could reach 60 miles per hour but notes he cannot speak from personal experience. The Day After features a humorous exchange as Jack asks about a bow from a fine-looking girl and Tom reveals the bow was to his sister, revealing his own surprise.
A witty exchange between Jack and Tom recalls sayings learned in childhood. The moralizer and demoralizer debate whether stories and lessons from a mother’s knee are forgotten or transformed as one grows.
A fragment notes Diggs is intimate with many city officials sparking questions of potential influence. The passage hints at concerns about his closeness without stating any concrete accusations.
A witty exchange about wealth and kinship appears set in a club scene. The dialogue hints that large fortunes do not guarantee close or meaningful family ties.
A doctor states he first examines the heart to determine treatment tolerance, while an opposing view argues it is unprofessional to assess care before checking the patient's pocketbook. The exchange highlights ethics and economics in medical decision making.
A brief comic exchange shows a motherly figure who both rocks the cradle and disciplines the child later. The sketch plays on tactful refusals and social satire as characters tease engagement plans and reputation.
Washington June 4 keeps up local charities will be one message of the women's committee of the Council of National Defense. Mrs. Couch Wood secretary says our poor and helpless must not suffer because of the war and calls on women to mobilize the home front to support dependents and the aged and feeble.
An old advertisement urges parents to choose Castoria for infants and children, noting it has been used for over 30 years and always bears the signature of the producer, implying reliability and tradition in child care products.
The Sunday School session continues with visitors from Danieltown and multiple local residents noted for wintering in the area. The Red Cross auxiliary secures a room at the Women’s Club House to operate four days weekly. Local clergy and guests are listed along with several nonresidents visiting or staying at named homes.
Week ending June 2 1917 list of unclaimed letters includes Miss Mable Johnson Miss Tarlax Lauck D H Lam F Wooley Sibert P M. Patrons must pay one cent per letter received.
William B. Dutrow of Harrisonburg and Mrs Pau line Kent Taliaferro of Harrisonburg were married last week in Washington by Rev. Canter with Rev. J Henning Nelms assisting. The groom is a prominent Harrisonburg merchant who once owned J P Houck's business.
White Post Virginia June 4 A Red Cross chapter was organized here on Wednesday. Local residents note visits from Lieut Col and Mrs Millar and daughters from Front Royal. Several residents travel to Berryville Winchester and Woodstock for social and school activities.
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