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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
2
The item describes trade values for a thrift stamp, listing goods such as silk trouser laces toothpaste garters shoe laces legging lace knives forks gasoline and various small personal items. It reflects wartime rationing style and catalog of obtainable commodities.
A fragment cites a Mrs Marie Bishop of California writing that Honey and Tar Compound eased a week long ailment after using the medicine. The note suggests personal remedy use and traditional treatment.
A fragmentary line mentions soldiers and a score or ratio as a cryptic item. Readable context is limited, but the note hints at a numerical figure 78 paired with a small value 5 in connection with troops or a military element.
A local exemption board replies to an anonymous letter accusing improper draft classifications. The letter, signed as F. Taylor, alleges fraud in Yost and Lamp cases. The board states Yost failed physical qualification and Lamp was placed in 2-D. it invites public review and evidence of errors.
A Warren game warden fined Mark McIntosh nine dollars and sixty cents for shooting a rabbit before the hunting season began. The item notes rabbit prices rising and records local interest in hunting rules. Other notices report Miss Emma Shull departing Winchester for Baltimore for several days of visiting, and Miss Cornelia Rutherford returning to Baltimore with her sister Camilla for visits at Walberi Apartments. The column ends with a rallying call to support the war effort.
Misses Mary and Elizabeth McCartney of this city learn from Hagerstown Maryland that their brother Joseph S McCartney is recovering from injuries after a two car collision in which the car he drove was upset. His wife is in a critical condition and Scott Snook and Mrs Edgar H Zeigler were present. The McCartneys formerly lived in Winchester and Joseph is brother to George McCartney of this city.
Mrs Effie E B Kleppe of Averill Minnesota recounts illness at sanitarium for rheumatism and kidney trouble. She reports immediate relief after using Foley Kidney Pills and continued improvement after a half bottle, recommending use for back pain.
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