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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
3
Mrs. D H Anderson of 129 S Main St reports sharp back pains and lameness eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. She says the pills cured her back and normalized kidneys, with no trouble since using the product priced at 60 cents at dealers. Foster-M Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets Doan's Kidney Pills.
A rookie secret service agent tracks Leon Gammert, a suspected foreign spy, through factories and an attic hideout. He uncovers hollow shoes containing two hundred leads to spies, is captured, escapes, and the mission helps break a major espionage ring. The bride Ada agrees to marry him weeks later.
Miss L. Virginia Athey has returned from a visit to relatives and friends in Washington.
Retiring British ambassador Cecil Spring Rice recounts a tale of a rubber fortune wife who moves in elite society. A missing visiting card leads to a dash for a footman to fetch it, ending with the door of a foreign minister and a witty card-joking moment.
The article describes two wartime airplanes designed for heavy firepower. It explains a three seat craft with two machine gun turrets and a German Albatross single seater with three guns. It notes high speed, automatic synchronized firing, and front aiming sight.
A Swedish wedding invitation from two wealthy Stockholm families bears a grim wartime note. The bottom line reads Please bring your bread cards signaling bread rations restrict hosts from supplying bread beyond legal limits, illustrating how war curbs everyday customs for rich and poor alike.
Spitzbergen, a remote Arctic land, rises as a geopolitical prize after the war. Analysts note vast coal reserves and iron ore deposits, plus copper ore, marble, molybdenum, zinc blende and other minerals, inviting exploration and potential economic leverage.
A Milwaukee Journal note shows cement output rising from 17 000 000 barrels to 95 000 000 in 15 years, an increase over 600 percent. The article says cement can substitute steel where procurement is hard, highlighting growing demand for cement in construction.
A columnist questions the proverb misery loves company noting disagreement with the idea that people are more contented or companionable during a cold wave. The exchange contrasts common wisdom with observed mood.
A domestic banking advisory urges customers to decide today how much of the Liberty loan they will take and begin the process immediately. The note stresses prompt action to secure funding and avoid missing the opportunity.
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