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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
2
An advertisement urges readers to mail a slip to Foley & Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Illinois to receive a trial page for Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Arctic Tablets. The offer notes products are sold everywhere and asks for clear name and address.
Miss Ida Ratzlaff supervisor of home economics in North Dakota spoke to Stephens City High School pupils on The State Federation of Boys and Girls Clubs. She also visited Middletown the next day with Ms. Lucy Dean and Mrs. H. C. Schenck traveled to Berryville and Winchester areas for visits and weddings.
Mr W L Fultz and family will move into the house once occupied by Mrs Florence Grim on South Main Street. The property is owned by Mrs William C Graichen.
Advertises Mother’s Friend as a safe external preparation to ease pre childbirth discomfort. Claims it relaxes abdominal tissues and ligaments, reducing pain at the crisis. Recommends starting when the abdomen begins to expand and contacting Bradfield Regulator Co for a free guide.
Miss Annie Massie of Winchester was a recent guest of her cousin Miss Nannie Triplett in Kernstown Virginia on May 7.
Authorities call catarrh a blood infection and warn that sprays and salves only provide temporary relief. The ad promotes S S S as a long term blood remedy, claiming it detoxifies the blood and cures the condition without drugs, offered by Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
In response to the governor's appeal farmers in Clarke County organize the Safety Council of Clarke County. The first meeting in April appointed district committees with names across Battletown Long Marsh Chapel Greenway and additional members. The May 1 meeting elected officers led by President John D Richardson and Vice President John M Fishpan with J T L Jones as secretary.
Miss Maud Turner visits her mother Mrs Nannie Turner near Wheeling. Nurse Turner is trained. Mr and Mrs William Hite of Winchester visit cousins Mr and Mrs Jacob Metz. Irvin Triplett cuts finger at the paper mill and will miss weeks of work. Methodist Church leaguers plan anniversary day May 13 at 8 pm with a special program. all are invited.
Miss Laura Buckingham of New York visited Mrs. John R. Richardson at Fairfield. Mrs. John B. Stannard returned from Charlestown, Mrs. Archibald Osborne hosted tea at the Sign of the Motor Car, and Miss Laura Davis of Leesburg spoke to the Virginia Woman’s Auxiliary at the local branch.
Leonard Wilhelm age nineteen son of Luther H and Florence Wilhelm of Brunswick Maryland was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train at Weverton while repairing a penstock with a gang under foreman J R Matthias The foreman had gone to the signal tower to report when the accident happened He had recently tried to enlist in the US Army but was rejected for being under weight and had also sought to join the militia His mother formerly Florence Forney of Winchester is a cousin of City Sergeant Adam Forney of Winchester and has many local friends.
A. M. Munsu Xer of Bogue Chitto Mississippi says kidney pills cured rheumatism kidney and bladder trouble and dizziness. The ad notes disordered kidneys show pains in side and back sore muscles swollen joints and tired feeling and claims the product is sold everywhere.
The Astor family descends from John Jacob Astor born in Waldorf Germany in 1763. He arrived in New York in 1783 and founded Astoria, the Oregon trading station, in 1811 about 100 miles northwest of Portland on the Columbia River.
Advertise your spring goods with this notice. It notes that anatomists say small bears fare better with mouths open and invites readers to place ads for seasonal items.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for infants to adults. It describes a coated tongue as a sign of digestive need and promises relief within hours without gripe. The text warns to buy only the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company and to refuse counterfeits.
The Winchester circuit will meet next Saturday at the parsonage at 2 p m for its third quarterly conference. The pastor Rev W H Sampsell preaches Sunday at Pleasant Valley 10 30 a m Fair view 3 p m and Mowint Olive 7 30 p m.
A brief, unreadable OCR fragment hints at a local news item with few readable details. The text offers no clear names, dates, places, or actions to identify an event or outcome.
A broad sale lists 32 farms from 15 to 800 acres with prices 5 to 600 dollars per acre, six timber tracts, 17 city properties priced 500 to 10000 dollars, four store properties, two dozen building lots, an updated central city garage, four orchards, a small farm and rental houses. C. P. Bailey & Co. promote listings from Bailey Bros. Store Winchester Virginia.
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