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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at the Post Office in Winchester Virginia as 2nd class mail matter. Consolidated with Morning News Item Weekly News Weekly Times Weekly Mirror.
In a Staunton Daily Leader editorial the call goes to young people to prepare for national service and agriculture during the summer. The piece urges teachers and communities to plan concrete actions and avoid idle dreaming, stressing youth education and civic duty to support war efforts.
A Winchester man, Joseph Grove, reports dramatic relief from chronic stomach and liver problems, headaches, and nervousness after use of Dreco. He credits three bottles with improving appetite, strength, and daily life, and endorses Dreco to others amid widespread claims of quick relief for digestive, kidney, and rheumatic ills. Miller's Drug Store in Winchester sells it.
Poet Walt Mason laments the trouble of joyrides blocked by wet streets and still air. The verse contrasts purring tires with weather that spoils plans, urging patience as plans stall amid slick avenues and quiet traffic.
Council approves sprinkler filtration proposed by Engineer Hopkins to treat town sewage. Dr. Perrow and Mr. Hopkins say the system works in any weather and should prevent pleintirism, with Chambersburg Plant inspection ordered and a $25,000 loan anticipated to fund installation. The plan would use little land and avoid lint issues from Woolen Mill water entering the system.
Council members push immediate installation of sprinkler filtration system to separate woolen mill effluent from city sewage. Officials say the town will set Virginia's standard in sanitary treatment and environmental protection.
Members of the Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church led by Emma Parks knit garments for soldiers from Winchester and Frederick County. The club includes Rose Harmon Sarah May Harmon and many others, with funds donated from Emma Parks and the Lights and Shadows entertainment. Over half the members already join the Red Cross and more are expected to enroll.
Within sixty days young men across Virginia and Frederick County plan to depart for military camps. By May 25 for Virginia 6135 can be called, with about 60 from the local area. Winchester will send seven on May 10 and nine on May 17, plus others through May 23, totaling 85 this month from the region. A June call will pull 85 more, plus further national enrollments near one million, with May 25 registrants up to No 840 from a 1480 total.
An advertisement urges readers to use 8. S. to treat rheumatism by purifying the blood. It claims liniments fail since the disease is in the blood and promises deep action and reliable results with vegetable ingredients. Free case advice is offered by the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Special Commissioners under a Winchester Court decree will sell city real estate at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Va One third cash day of sale balance in two equal annual installments bonds of purchaser deed of trust on property and insurance policy on buildings Roy P Duvall auctioneer J B Beverley Clerk of the Corporation Court
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