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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1917
Page
4
A brief notice states The Evening Star re entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as second class mail matter.
A satirical poem urges wartime food conservation by roasting wastefulness. It advocates using Malta cats to combat grain-rotting rats while noting the futility of talk without action. The piece ends with author attribution Walt Mason.
The department has received conflicting requests on drafting National Guard forces. Congress members say troops are ready and eager for the call, while farming regions urge delay to avoid labor shortages during harvest.
Capt George W Kurtz funeral director of this city is reappointed by Governor H C Stuart to the State Board of Embalming for a new five year term starting July 1 He has served on the board for twenty three consecutive years since its creation in 1894 and remains a leading figure on the board.
William 8. Sirbaugh, about 22, admitted three counts of obtaining money by worthless checks before Justice Fultz. He was sentenced to six months on the convict road, after telling a bleak tale of an orphaned, troubled youth and years of hardship.
A notice announces Boyd R. Richards candidacy for the House of Delegates representing Frederick County and Winchester City subject to the Democratic Primary on August 7 1917. The text also references a Hampshire County West Virginia native who drafted checks and registered under 14w on June 0th.
A Winchester citizen cites quick relief from back ache via Doan's Kidney Pills. Miss Julia Jenkins of 115 South Main Street testifies the remedy helps her weak kidneys and recommends it to others. Priced 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
Ef forts by local landowners to secure prices from 1000 to 1200 dollars an acre for land near the Petersburg cantonment have delayed construction. Officials say plans are not advancing as quickly as expected and the government is delaying acquiring additional land. Reports attribute the slowdown to high prices demanded by ground owners adjacent to the camp site.
Inwood West Virginia resident L F Staub was arrested in Hagerstown Maryland for a fictitious marker on his car. He was found guilty before Justice Bitner and fined 15 dollars which he paid. Deputy Commissioner Jamison noted both markers on the way were invalid. Also noted are family visits and a Navy departure from the Hottel home on North Avenue.
An advertisement promotes Mother's Friend as a prenatal aid to ease abdominal tension during pregnancy. It claims the cream soothes nerves and relaxes muscles to shorten birth discomfort and reduce pains, urging readers to apply it at night and morning and to request a free book from Bradfield Regulator Co.
A federal plan uses a jury wheel in Washington to select numbers for draft quotas by state. States will receive separate drafts with dates proclaimed by President Wilson, and numbers will be telegraphed to governors and adjutant generals who notify local boards. Exemptions are reviewed locally, with the next number called in order. About 10 million registrants will be processed to form 625,000 initially, then more as needed, with training aimed by September 1 and public lists of registrants published.
A fondness for cherries led to the arrest of Foster Ashley, Benjamin Ashley, Charles Smith and Bud Mills on a trespass charge to be heard before Justice Fultz in police court at 7 pm. Warrants were sworn by John R. Jenkins after warnings to stay off the property were ignored.
The Star lists day’s closing local market prices for wheat flour eggs butter poultry potatoes hams bacon corn cattle sheep and lambs with varied retail wholesale figures and notes quotations are corrected as of the prior day’s close.
Nineveh Virginia notes Mrs. Frank Weaver is ill at home. W. E. McKay of Baltimore visited his cousin Mrs. J. F. McKay. Attie R. Miller returned from Charlestown visit. A. Scott spent days in Front Royal. Charles McKay and family visited Heflebower. J. F. McKay and Mrs. George Sowers visited Front Royal. Katherine Perry of Atlanta visited relatives nearby. Virginia Weaver stayed with sister Mrs. Julian Steele in Stephens City. Mrs. Herbert Wrestler and son returned from Buck Head. William Buck of Front Royal guests Miss Irent Mecartey. Frances Cate of Cedarville visiting Berryville.
W. G. Glazier of Bentonville Arkansas writes that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cured a years long cough once thought to be consumption. The product is sold everywhere and offers relief for lingering coughs wheezy breathing raw throat and tight chest.
Little Miss Mary Francis Hilyard of near Boyce Clarke County celebrated her fourth birthday June 20 with friends and relatives. Games followed by dinner and refreshments were served. Fred Bawcett returned today to West Virginia after spending several days in town with relatives and friends.
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