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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
3
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a ready remedy for tender corns and calluses. He says a small amount applied to the corn dries it and removes it without inflaming skin, costing about a quarter ounce of the ether compound. Millions may welcome the easy solution as high heels become popular.
In the Clerk's Office of Frederick Circuit Court on April 20 1917 Lucy B Baker plaintiff against Flora A Shane Edgar M Shane and Florence V Howard defendants. The suit seeks partition of the fealty of Jno Fr Shane late of Frederick county Va who died seized and possessed. If partition in kind not possible sale and division of proceeds among entitled parties for relief. Florence V Howard not a Virginia resident ordered to appear within fifteen days of publication to protect her interest. Publication ordered in The Evening Star Winchester for four weeks and posting at court house door by May 7 1917. J W Baker Jr Deputy Clerk.
The Star lists daily market quotations for items such as Winter wheat flour retail at 13.50, Spring wheat flour retail at 15.00, Cracked corn retail at 1.80 per bush, Middlings at 2.60, No. 1 timothy hay at 15.00, Mixed hay at 2.40, Creamery butter retail at 0.44, and live chickens at 5.00 each.
The report lists butters at 41 for Butter-Fancy Creamery and 40 for Choice Creamery, eggs around 3, and various live poultry prices. Hay and corn values show No. 1 timothy at 20, light clover 18, No. 1 clover 17.50, cob corn at 8.25 per barrel, and cattle with steers $10.50 to $11.50, medium $7.75 to $9.50.
Choice heifers sell from 9 to 9.75 dollars per head with medium at 8.25 to 9.25. Choice cows bring 6.25 to 6.75, medium 4 to 5, calves fat per head 18 to 22 dollars. Quotations on cattle updated only on Tuesdays.
Mrs. Charles IL Bowly and her infant left Memorial Hospital today and are staying at Willow Lawn, the home of Mrs. Bowly’s mother, Annie R. Hack, on the Valley Pike. Mrs. Sarah Brooks travels to Washington to visit her sons William and Harry Brooks for several weeks.
The passage describes plant defenses including spikes, prickles, and venom used by bramble gorse and holly, with venomous guards like deadly nightshade and nux vomica. It notes less aggressive shields such as bad taste and scents, giving examples like the acrid terciup and the figworm avoided by goats.
A historical discussion proposes tests to assess criminals mental age to determine punishment. Results reportedly show many adults with mental ages of ten to twelve, while tests on children hint at suitable vocations. The idea suggests civil service use of such tests instead of conventional exams.
A large English watercress grower lost three quarters of his crop to caddis worm damage after a flock of herons preyed on the trout that normally eat the worms. The unusual sequence shows predators overturning the normal food chain and harming the crop.
A tree sparrow eats grass seeds described as large for its size in Reduy. An impressive white-tailed eagle weighing two pounds with a six foot wingspan can lift a 42 pound pig and haul it to a height of a hundred feet before the owner shoots the thief after the pig was half a mile away.
The English walnut is praised as an excellent food with meat rich in nourishment. It is used in meals, confections, pickles, ketchup, and preserves. France produces oil from the nuts, while England enjoys fresh nuts with wine. Experts say the country could grow enough for domestic use and export.
Washington May 7. Brew ing interests argue they do not use grain needed for wartime production. They say at $1.50 per barrel breweries paid the government a large revenue last year and shutting them would deprive the nation. They claim most beer grain is feed or not food and a tax raise to $2 would still yield substantial revenue per bushel.
The Cunningham mill along Abrams creek four miles east of Winchester burned on Saturday night. John Bush owned the property which housed a family barn after flour and feed production ceased. Neighbors saved livestock. loss estimated around 2000 dollars, partly insured. fire suspected incendiary.
Marco Polo born to a noble Venice family joins a wider expedition to China. He travels Mosul Baghdad Khurasan Pamir Kashgar Yurman Tangut Shansi near the Gobi and Shandong, serving as envoy and governor before returning to Venice in 1295. His travel account, dictated in captivity, has been translated widely.
The text notes a large Spanish speaking population in Saloniki due to Sephardic Jews exiled centuries ago, creating a mongrel city with diverse language. It also describes Colombia's high plateau as home to vigorous Semitic-leaning communities that are commercially successful.
The piece notes that wampum beads came from several materials but the common clam or quahog shell was the main source across the eastern coast from Cape Cod to Florida. It cites Roger Williams describing how eastern Indians collected shells in summer to fashion their beads.
Lieut. Anderson of Company 15 QUT and First Lieut. Fred S. Anderson of Company 1 Second Virginia Regiment, Winchester, now recruiting from Riverton Virginia, says enlistments must come soon before the selective draft act. Recruits will be sent where the War Department assigns them, so join now to stay with home friends and gain benefits. Since Saturday applications from John E F Zombro Gaylord, Marshall L Allabaugh DeHaven, William F Fox Washington, and Lloyd Edmonds Front Royal have been received.
The text discusses plausible origins for the terms Yankee and Tiringos, suggesting that soldiers singing Green Grow the Turtles during the Forties war influenced usage, and that Yankees may derive from Native attempts at pronouncing English as Yengeese. It also notes salt usage in Christian Science Monitor and Joly’s sea salt calculations estimating global sea salt turnover and ancient Earth age.
The article outlines ancient Egyptian perfume markets and beauty customs. Widows and guests used floral essences in chambers, with perfumes saturating embalmed mummies and scents burned before statues. Wealthier individuals painted scent bottles on tombs.
Springfield woman testifies to the tonic and healing effects of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a difficult ninth birth. Notices from Winchester Virginia detail a chancery commission order in the Timothy O Connner estate case, listing duties to report heirs debts and partition prospects.
In Malacca the old city houses show wear while Malays and poorer Chinese occupy vacancies. A ruined Portuguese cathedral overlooks the harbor where lanterns glow at night guiding sailors by the tower. Trade shifts to Penang and Singapore, with legends of St Xavier shaping local lore.
Court orders Minerva Renner and co defendants nonresidents to appear within fifteen days to protect interests in suit over Preston L. Anderson realty. Court to publish notice weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester and post at county courthouse by March 26 1917. Teste: J W Baker Jr Deputy Clerk. Ward Larrick PA representing plaintiff.
A quirky note on the tor hifixh fish, describing its unique nose torch feature and a short stemlike projection. It mentions a luminous dorsal organ and the fish’s ability to grow a black dye-like color at will in a playful, fictional style.
Notice of public sale on May 22 at ten in the morning at the City Hall Winchester to liquidate estate under deed dated June 19 1915. Items include Geyser Traction Engine 15653 and related fixtures plus separator. Terms cash. Attorney Frick Company listed for inquiries.
The text argues that there is no external evil in nature and that individuals create both good and evil through their actions. It claims evil arises from human sentiment and dissatisfaction with suffering, asserting that removing passions and errors reveals only good, and that evil would not exist without human agency.
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