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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at Winchester Virginia post office as second class mail matter for Prairie readers. The notice indicates postal designation and mailing status for the publication in local circulation.
Wartime verse celebrates American troops sailing to Europe to confront the Kaiser and his forces. It imagines a victorious Western punch and the destruction of enemy plans as civilians brace for a long global conflict.
Private Allen B Gray writes from Fortune Michigan with the Six Hundred and Eighty Air Squadron recounting the May 31 Mystic Shrine ceremony in Detroit Moslem Temple initiating 1200 candidates. The event featured recovered Turk jewels presented to Pi lard Ballard who refused a 50000 offer. Over 5000 was raised for Detroit and Michigan war charities. Gray met Michigan governor and witnessed Cox Roosevelt review a large parade on Decoration Day.
A Baltimore and Ohio railroad engine and two coaches derailed on a burning bridge on the Rowtey branch. John G. Defigaugh of Cumberland was injured. Traffic was delayed about 24 hours while the bridge was repaired.
Prices offered today cover winter and spring wheat flour corn middlings oats eggs butter and poultry items. Notable values include creamery butter at 41 retail 41 wholesale per pound, young chickens at 6.0 to 6.5 and potatoes retail per bushel 41. Baltimore market closes with creamery butter near 41, hay timothy 29 and mixed hay 24.
Rumors spread that the Winchester Home Guard was ordered to Mexico and mobilized for the border, but no orders were received. Captain Fay announced the guard is for home protection and no immediate nationalization is planned. Virginia State Volunteers remain a state force with no imminent change.
Captain Louis McCoy Nulton and Mrs Nulton with daughter Dorothy visit Mrs Evans on North Main Street over the weekend. Their other daughter Virginia Nurton visits friends in Pennsylvania. Captain Nurton is attached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and expects orders to sea soon.
Miss Elizabeth Steck daughter of Mr and Mrs John M Steck underwent successful appendectomy last night at Memorial Hospital Doctors Boyd Stuart and Glass attended. She is progressing favorably today. The piece also notes G L Lemley L G McCarty and W L Lindamood of Stephens City returned from a motor trip to Washington Alexandria and Camp Humphrey where they visited friends.
Rosa B. Pannett of Winchester Frederick County Virginia filed for a full discharge from all debts in bankruptcy. The petition dated June 7 1918 requests the court grant discharge under federal bankruptcy acts. A notice set July 10 1918 for a hearing in Harrisonburg and requires mailing copies to creditors.
The district court in Virginia hears Lee Pantetts bankruptcy petition filed October last. He claims surrender of court orders and asks for discharge against his estate. The judge orders a hearing and mail notice to known creditors. Clerk seals and forwards copies to Harrisonburg, dated June 10, 1918.
To prevent belching, eat slowly and chew thoroughly. If trouble persists, take one Chamberlains Tablet immediately after supper. For sale by all dealers.
A wartime appeal notes baked potatoes support the war effort by providing wheat and food for sailors. The message links each potato eaten to aiding ships and supply lines in the broader mobilization.
A teenaged Marcel grows into a man amid war's hardship in the Marne valley. With his mother and siblings, he endures hunger and loss, aided by a Red Cross program that saved the family by feeding, clothing, and later funding his agricultural schooling. The Red Cross helped them stay together and rebuild, and Marcel now runs the family farm with quiet competence.
A frail widow in Pansy Square shares her sorrow after her grandson enlists in World War I. She recalls family loss and asks for a chance to earn bread while awaiting his return. Community volunteers provide tasks like baking and preserves to keep her hopeful.
Announcement: Thomas M. Willey of Middle towns and Miss Mayme E. Stickley daughter of the late Josiah Sttickley of Strasburg were married June 6 in Hagerstown by Rev Dr Gaar of the Presbyterian Church. The bridegroom will leave June 24 for Camp Lee with a Shenandoah county contingent.
Miss Bertha Dyke of near Bartonville is slowly recovering after being thrown from a horse last Saturday. She was unconscious for a time and is under the care of Dr. A C Scimsley of this city.
The piece urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for stomach pain diarrhea and colic when a physician is unavailable. It promises prompt relief and life saving assistance and notes it is sold by all dealers.
Winchester resident Co H Boxwell Sr retired merchant reports chronic kidney trouble improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. He cites persistent back pain sediment in urine and night rest disruption, noting long term use and continued reliance on the remedy. Price is 60 cents at dealers. Doan's Pills.
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