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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1919
Page
4
The piece surveys panic selling of bonds during hardship as people rush to cash in for immediate needs such as gasoline clothing and fireworks. It mocks eager buyers and sellers while condemning short sighted spending and reckless mortgage taking fueled by wartime anxiety.
The Star lists today’s wholesale prices for wheat timothy hay oats barley and butter with regional variations and market tags. Retail items include flour cornmeal middlings butter cuts cracked corn and farm animals with price marks for old hens roosters and steers among others.
The aurora borealis appeared Friday night with bright shafts of colored lights across the northern sky. Observers noted changing colors from before 9 o clock until after 10 o clock when a red hue lit the north heavens like a distant fire. The activity spread east to west and was attributed to electrified upper atmosphere conditions.
Calotabs touted for biliousness and headache relief claim rapid effect and pleasant taste though warnings note strong laxative action. Ad asserts exact dosage and price thirty five cents with druggist guarantee and original packaging only.
Two unidentified horses wandered into E. R. Himelright's livery stable on Fairfax lane. A heavy black horse and a gray one, likely from the same owner, were fed and the bill will be charged to the owner when located. Barney Wisecarver of the county later claimed the horses, saying a gate was left open at his farm allowing the wanderers to escape.
In loving remembrance of our dear sister Mrs. Sarah E Pothamus who departed this life on May 4 1917. Good not forgotten. Peaceful be thy rest dear sister. It is sweet to breathe thy name. In life we loved you dearly. In death we do the same. By Her Sisters.
The article notes all day hikes each Saturday and Tuesday loss tests as part of the army plan. It reports Baker meeting NYC officials Scar Executive West, Whiting, and Beard, forming Outdoors Three with Theodore Roosevelt and Buffalo Bill. Plans for a worthwhile summer camp include a six week Beard Camp stay option for one Scout.
A broad coalition led by J. N. Tittemore of the American Society of Equity calls on farmers to back the Victory Liberty Loan with money and service. The drive runs April 21 to May 10, urging participation as a measure of devotion to democracy and war effort, with signatures from prominent farm leaders and organizations across the country.
See How vT.T offers for sale two eight-ton wagons to be viewed at Green's Orchards. Apply to HF. Byrd, eit, Lett.
A slate of candidates announces candidacies for county and district posts in the Democratic primary. Robert Shade, Hugh G. DeHaven, Isaiah C. R, and others declare runs for Commissioner of Revenue Supervisors and Sheriff, pledging faithful service and best effort if elected.
Commonwealth Attorney and County Clerk candidates announce plans for re election subject to the Democratic Primary. C Russell Brannon and C C Brannon present statements urging support and noting August 5 as a relevant date in the primary process.
A self announcement as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Frederick County pending the Democratic primary on August 5 1919.
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