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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
5
The Augusta County and Staunton health boards agreed at a recent joint meeting to rigidly enforce sanitary laws governing soda fountains and soft drink stands, including proper sterilization of glasses, under act provisions from the last General Assembly.
The Quartermaster's Department states four thousand cattle are slaughtered daily to provide two million pounds of fresh beef for the U S Army. Official inspectors scrutinize the supply from hoof to mess tin, ensuring meat is sound healthy and wholesome before it is deemed acceptable for food.
The U S fuel administration interprets its April 24 regulation to limit greenhouse fuel. The exception for greenhouses growing vegetable plants for transportation to summer vegetables applies only to greenhouses devoted exclusively to that purpose.
A short note explains thrift stamps as a simple savings habit for young readers. It highlights how buying stamps builds money discipline and introduces the concept of saving toward a goal.
Paris May 2 reports the 19 000 ton freight ship of 450 feet length was launched at Dun Kirk near a French port distant from battle zones. German interference attempts failed as the Ministry of Marine hails the feat of building and launching so close to the fighting front despite the risks.
An advertisement touts Peptiron pills from I. Good Co Lowell MA as a pleasant iron supplement. It claims high iron blood boosts vigor for life’s battles and notes spring iron deficiency is common. The product also includes pep sin nux celery and other tonics for strength color and stamina.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness shown during illness death and burial of Mrs Roland Bun cutter. They note the bereaved family. Also include a brief message that he who buys quickly buys twice and a Liberty Bond appeal in the notice.
Lieutenant Nathaniel Burwell Cooke and his wife Jane Winston Cooke died within hours of each other at their home Janeway in Hanover County after a brief pneumonia illness. They held a double funeral at Old Fork Church. Survived by two daughters, Heyward G. Hunter of Hanover and Edward D. Quarles wife in Richmond, and sister Mrs. Junius Gregory of New Kent.
For many years druggists note Swamp Root as a remarkable prescription for kidney liver and bladder health. It is a strengthening medicine used in private practice and favored by many. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention the Winchester Star.
The notice urges every household to purchase a government bond and asks readers if they have already bought theirs. It emphasizes civic duty and national savings.
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