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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
3
A physician urges drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate every morning before breakfast to wash the liver and bowels. He claims this clears indigestible material, sour bile and toxins, avoiding calomel and its dangers. The remedy is described as harmless, inexpensive and tasteless, improving daily well being.
Major Connell Derby and Captain van Beuren urged selective medical drafting for the Army through a federal census type classification. They argued the volunteer system failed in New York and warned indiscriminate enlistment wastes doctors while harming public medical needs.
A historical snippet suggests a man seeking happy marriage should select a good mother and marry one of her daughters, any daughter serving as the match.
A Page county Virginia man loses 13 quarts and two pints of liquor when a depot error places his suitcase on Cumberland Valley train No 1 instead of Norfolk and Western. The bottle shipment sits at Winchester police headquarters awaiting disposal. Police report the intended pickup was at Hagerstown and the carrier boarded the wrong train. If claimed, the owner could face arrest for possessing liquor beyond legal limits.
Six suffragettes jailed for their cause were released within 48 hours. As they left the prison steps reporters and photographers captured the moment while they were greeted by National Woman's Party officials Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker and Miss Lucy Burns and escorted to breakfast at the White House.
State directors from across the country attend the two day national conference at the Council of National Defense offices to discuss the United States Boys Working Reserve program. The initiative aims to mobilize town and city youth to aid farm and other labor shortages during the emergency, coordinating state and local efforts nationwide.
An article urges flushing kidneys with hot water and using Anuric three times daily to remove uric acid poisoning. It links gout and rheumatism to uric acid crystals, notes mental and physical fatigue from the toxin, and promotes simple home remedies and common drug store availability.
The Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church plans a patriotic service next Sunday at 3 o clock. Two more artists join the program: Miss Mary Bruce Baker of the city, a noted singer, and J Humbird Duffey of New York City formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company. Both will sing solos, and the Sunday school auditorium is expected to be crowded.
Advertisement promotes a lemon based bleaching cream using three ounces of orchard white and two lemons to create a quarter pint lotion. It claims to reduce freckles, tan, and dull skin while softening and smoothing the face neck arms and hands with daily massage.
The annual celebration at Greenwood Methodist Church will be held at 3 p m next Sunday afternoon July 1. The Sunday school has arranged a varied program of musical and literary numbers and Rev Mr G Spencer will deliver a noted address. Everyone is invited.
An advertisement touts ethine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles. It instructs readers to obtain an ounce from a druggist and apply nightly, claiming most blemishes vanish with use and a clear complexion results, with a guarantee to refund if it fails.
Rev Giles B Palmer resumed services at Fort Myer officers training camp with a Virginia diocese committee guiding. Social notes include Mr and Mrs P W Powers hosting a Lovers Leap picnic for Miss Charlotte Gibbs of Woodstock, plus multiple visits and dances among residents from Woodstock to Berryville and Front Royal.
British and French reports say heavy fighting across the western front during the night. British gains extend 2000 yards from Avion near Lens and push German troops back from trenches along the Artois sector near Oppy on the Hindenburg line.
The convention opened with departmental conferences at 10 o'clock and reports from officers and committee appointments. Morning featured an address on The Social Message of the Bible by J. Bennett. Afternoon sessions began at 2:45 with services by Louis W. Guis. The Junior work was led by Mrs. W. A. Lynch of Keenville. Tonight a musical program by the Winchester league precedes an illustrated lecture How We Got Our English Bible by John William Smith. Social hour at 8 invites all. Sunrise sessions tomorrow start at 6:30 with Sunday school and preaching services concluding with Epworth League activities in the afternoon and evening.
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