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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1918

Page

4

Evening Star enters Winchester Post Office list

The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia Post Office as second class mail matter.

Winchester

War fatigue and resolve amid German threat, poet’s plea

The writer laments endless slaughter on distant fronts and the collapse of farming at home. He voices weariness with war generalities and expresses a stubborn determination to stay the course until victory, rejecting pleas for peace for the duration of conflict.

Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Winchester Readers

The ad claims Winchester residents endorse Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. It describes symptoms including back ache urinary disturbances fatigue and poor appetite and asserts the pills provided relief and improved health over six years. The notice lists H Boxwell Sr retired merchant at 302 North Main St and urges purchase from dealers.

Dean Winchester H. Boxwell North Main St

Women of Winchester urged to share burden of bread during war

A government leaflet urges Winchester and Frederick County women to consider going without wheat to support France. It contrasts French women working in fields with American homes that must bake bread, noting France's war-time strain and urging readers to bear the extra burden rather than rely on others.

Winchester Frederick County South New Englard France Lee R. Grim Union Bank of Winchester Frederick Virginia R. Grim

Calotabs: The Modern Calomel Liver Cleanser

An advertisement touts Calotabs as the superior refined calomel for liver cleansing and system purification. It claims one nightly tablet purges a patient without nausea, allows normal meals, and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer from druggists.

Pershing Directs Cantigny Battle Victory Reported

General Pershing personally commanded a recent American advance that captured Cantigny with heavy German losses. The War Council told the Senate military committee that the western front improved with halted German offensives and allied counterattacks yielding substantial gains. The allies were believed to have sufficient strength to resist further German advances.

Washington Pershing Senate Military Committee War Council Western Front Gairnan

Gasser Incident Involving First Lieutenant Cammer

A fragment indicates First Lieutenant Claude R. Cammer, on duty with a machine gun company, was involved in a gas exposure incident. The readable text is incomplete and lacks context on location or outcomes.

Claude R. Cammer

Lieutenant Cammer Recovers From Gas Attack

The French front veteran Lt Cammer, gassed recently and treated at a base hospital, is recovering as relatives report. He declined a captaincy promotion twice due to a condition to return to the United States as an instructor. Cammer was chosen from Fort Myer’s first training camp to join the first division under General Pershing and previously commanded Shenandoah Valley Academy.

Cammer United States Fort Myer France General Pershing Shenandoah Valley Academy

Government Holds Civil Service Exams for Bookkeepers

United States civil service examinations for bookkeepers typed clerks and clerk bookkeepers will be conducted in this city on the third Saturday in June July August and September. Exams at the Winchester post office seek eligibles to fill vacancies paying 1000 to 1400 dollars yearly. seven hours allowed. Details from the local post office.

United States Civil Service Winchester

Winchester church elder honored as grandfather in office note

A short item notes Rev D L Blakemore dropping into the Winchester district office with added honors and a grandfather title. The record includes financial figures and attestations from 1918, with the scene tied to a Baltimore Southern Methodist context and various coin and resource entries.

D. L. Blakemore Winchester Baltimore Southern Methodist

Mother's Day tribute from son in France honors all mothers

Mrs. B. C. Oldham receives a Mother's Day letter from son Hubert Oldham in France. He praises mothers for tenderness patience and understanding and says no other mother in the world can match hers. The message urges giving extra joy and mindful gifts to mothers this May day.

Hubert Oldham France B.*c. Oldham Aviation Corps House of Worship Ted Nonger

Nervous Disorder Relief Promoted by Pinkham Remedy

Winona Minnesota woman Mrs. Albert Saltze describes years of nervousness and sleepless nights. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring sleep and energy, citing its forty year history in treating displacements inflammation and nervous prostration in women.

Winona Minn Lydia E. Pinkham Mrs. Albert Olmstead St

Cumberland Valley Passenger Train Table January 24 1918

Train schedule snippet lists arrivals from Philadelphia and New York with times 3.40 11.69 9.36 and 1600 33.56, mentions Widonester and J. & TONOM, but text is fragmentary.

Cumberland, Valley Philadelphia New York

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The Evening Star Harry Flood Byrd Stex Publishing Company Bell United Morning Weekly News Weekly Times Weekly Mirror Democratic Council Democratic Executive Committee City of W. L. Fultz C. Harry Hardy J. Henkel Henry Fred. J. Glaize B. M Knight J. Geo Baetier Seu Siete Junker Prussia Walt Mason Manry Gantigny Cantigny Gammer Hung Union Bank, of State Corporation Commission Primis Bankers Total Robert FP. Brill W. A. Bailey Wm. T. Barr State of Virginia Mary J. Brown N. P Mothers Sudesribe Margmn Bradfield Regulator Co Lamar Atlanta Res Lydia E. Pinkham the People’s Drug Co. Inc Main St Bushnell Main Street Freds, Boyd Co. J. Carver Berryville Red Bud H. R. Starkey National Medical Institute Milwaukee Wis Widonester Ce Ieeey J. & Tonom Norfolk & Western Bristol Beiet al Roanoke Hagerstown Harrisburg Shenandoah Junction Pullman Pulliman W. C. Saunders Pamenger W. Ib Pas Traf Southern Railway Alexandria Strasburg Harrisonburg Westboard Burg Dai Har Loewe Buffs Harrison Strasby Sun Ama Pane Harrisonbare DH. Po Igent Washington, DC Mrs. Price Thomas & Messer Co Baltimore St Baltimore, Md Rambler Bicycles H. R. Willis Market St J. E. Norman Purcellville, Va R.C. Smootz Fishers Hill Russell Realty CO E. Lexinetoh St Security Cement & Lime Co Security J. T. Fisher DR. Fahrney Hagerstown, MD Diagnostician Aes Treatin Vicks Laeterey South Main St G. W. Kremer Washington Street C. L. Taylor Martinsburg Pike S. Main St J. W. Kater Brill & Ritter U. S B. E. Harris Monroe Chicago Ill L. B. Hoornaday Chester, S. C DuPont Co Hopewell Uncle Sam Co. B. Smaltz Nat'l Ave Cc. M. Adams C. M. Adams Stephens City Miller’s Drug Store W. A. Haley Front Royal G. C. Miller
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