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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
3
Advertises a home remedy promising to strengthen eyesight by 50 percent in one week. The pill dissolves in water to bathe the eyes and is said to restore vision for glasses wearers and relieve eye strain with testimonials from users. The manufacturers guarantee results or offer a refund.
Baldwin D Spilman Jr a Tome School student in Port Deposit Maryland is spending the spring vacation with his parents General and Mrs B D Spilman.
Dr F B Maphis of Strasburg announces the engagement and upcoming wedding of his daughter Mamie to Fred Sonner of Strasburg. The ceremony is set for Thursday April 19 at the Christian Church in Strasburg. Beulah Maphis hosted Vestalia Club luncheon announcing the engagement. Mrs Carlos Keister gave a kerchief shower for Miss Maphis with Vestalia Club members attending.
The last annual report of the state auditor states Winchester was operated at a gain to the state of 27096.98 during the past fiscal year. Taxpayers paid into the state treasury 27906.93 more than the state received.
The text touts freezone and freakone from a Cincinnati man as a remedy for corns and calluses. It claims immediate relief, painless corn removal, and a claim that the sticky solution dries without inflaming surrounding tissue. It also links the product to preventing lockjaw and infection from corn cutting.
Of the twenty cities in the state, all operated at a gain to the state except Williamsburg which cost the state $1,115.16 more than it received. The twenty cities contributed in taxes licenses etc the sum of $1,9065,548.81 more to the state treasury than they received.
Washington reports ex-soldiers of the sea rally to return to the colors. Recruiters say many reenlist while others, constrained by duties, assist in gathering men for the Marine Corps. Estimates show 150000 trained regulars could be ready for duty at a first call.
Judge Martin P. Burks resigns as dean of the Washington and Lee University law school in Lexington. The executive committee of the board of trustees accepted the resignation to take effect June 14, following his appointment to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Three German men were arrested yesterday inside the Crimera Manganese Company plant near Staunton Virginia. They refused to name themselves but are identified as Germans. They had applied for work and were promised employment. officials headed to Washington to confer with federal authorities.
Secretary Daniels orders naval commandants to prep women for shore service in emergencies. They will not serve on ships but may handle coast defense duties, stenography, clerical, typing, and similar tasks. Training camps run by the Navy League will be considered for recruitment, with radio telegraphy and communications roles also possible.
A partial fragment notes a condition that the country must not be at war with Germany at the time youths mature, implying a concern with timing and national status during wartime. The passage reads as a cautionary line from an older era discussing maturity and national conflict.
Julius Rosenwald of Sears Roebuck pledged 1 million dollars to the Jewish war relief fund. The committee aims to raise 10 million by June 13 to save 3 million starving Jews.
Aggressive sales pitch endorses Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. Claims include no salivation, morning relief from headache and dizziness, and a money back guarantee. Promotes vegetable formula and widespread use.
Amsterdam dispatches report a gravity rising in Germany from food shortages and war losses. Garrisons in Berlin Munich and Hamburg are strengthened as discontent spreads. Russian Revolution influence is uncertain, but widespread. Women and children join food protests shouting give us bread. Shops are looted and police harassed in streets.
Public notice announces a sale Saturday March 24 1917 at 10 a m of a valuable 235 acre river bottom farm near Edinburg Virginia on Valley Turnpike with 11 room house barn and wood land plus several good horses. Administrators Joseph and Samuel Painter of James M Painter estate hold the sale.
At Baltimore wholesale markets close spot wheat quoted around 2.05 dollars and corn about 1.20 dollars. Winchester dealers offered 2 dollars for wheat after the market close. Read Moling and Seal’s Warner Corset ad on page 1.
The Twenty ninth Infantry was removed from Gove r's Island two years ago and sent to the Panama Canal zone. The War Department plans to place regiments where they will be available as mobilization units if a general mobilization is ordered.
Washington reports the Twenty second Infantry, based at Nogales Arizona, is assigned to patrol duty on the Mexican border as tensions rise. The text notes a large Quaker Society presence, with about four fifths of a 120 000 member community.
An advertising block promotes Ely's Cream Balm as instant relief for stuffed noses from colds or catarrh. It claims soothing of swollen nasal membranes and easy breathing after a small amount applied in the nostrils. The message targets readers seeking fast, fragrant antiseptic relief.
Reflections from the lead Friends of Baltimore state the group will refuse arms defense in war but may support relief and hospital work under faith limits. Some may enter military or ambulance service, while others stay pacifist. The note is dated Refuge, Virginia, March 22. Joshua Handtery sold property near Refuge to John R. Bray for $2,000.
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