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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
4
An article encourages daily outdoor gardening for health and activity. It contrasts morning work with indoor sedentary life and promotes using morning sunshine and fresh air for exercise, noting benefits to posture, muscles, and overall alertness.
The poem portrays Kaiser Wilhelm II aged by guilt and war. It describes his sorrowful face, white hair, and blood stained hands as a symbol of the German leader’s perceived crimes and suffering from the fateful day war began.
Andrew Lewis Spurr, a Winchester painter and one of the few Stonewall Brigade Band veterans, still plays the honor drum with vigor despite reports of a dwindling, aging organization. The piece notes the Staunton veterans, fragile stands, and long marches of the sixties in contrast to Spurr's enduring rhythm.
Arle Worth, once of T Winewester, is identified as one of the very few remaining members who marched with the original unit during the war. Spurr does not claim to be the sole survivor but stands among the last two or three.
In Siler Va on May 9 residents discuss the war while few have enlisted. A Dogtown market wagon is planned for summer. Local families Whitacre Pareison Holliday Whitacre attend a school closing and a Cres Junction play. Mary Luttrell and Ora Whitacre join the Cross Junction play.
About 70 workers at Shenandoah Pulp Mill and Harpers Ferry Paper Mill walk out in a wage dispute. They seek $2 a day, saying 12 hour shifts on grinders and wet machines strain livability. A wage rise from $1.60 to $1.75 was not enough amid busy orders. General Manager G R Bready has contacted Wilmington for guidance.
County Treasurer Charles McCann presented road fund accounts at the county supervisors meeting and the board approved the report. Balances as of May 1, 1914 were Stonewall 2536.61 Gainesboro 1148.39 Opequon 2861.82 Back Creek 875.24 Shawnee 3951.67 general county fund 390.87 North Frederick grade 1609.43.
An order in Frederick County Circuit Court releases William W. Frazier from guardianship of his daughter Miss E Meta Frazier. He had been appointed guardian to receive a grandfather Charles Kiter bequest and bonded $4,500. The guardianship ends as the bequest has not yet been collected and both parties plan to move from the county.
Rosenberger Virginia May 8. Mr and Mrs J N Frye were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs George Bywaters at Opequon. Mrs W J Smith visits her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Co M Rosenberger. Mrs Clara Fawcett visiting Mr and Mrs G N Frye. Mr Loring Crowser of Fawcett Gap visiting grandmother. Mr and Mrs G I Frye and Mrs Mary Fawcett spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs C B Frye. Lafayette Henry is very ill. John Myers of Winchester visiting friends here recently.
Mrs H W Clowe returns from Washington where she spent the winter with her daughter. She will stay with her other daughter Mrs Benjamin Davis on North Washington Street for the summer.
President Wilson has completed his proclamation calling for the selective draft of America's young men awaiting congressional action on the conscription bill. The document requires registration of all men within the ages set by Congress, with details on age, marital status, dependents, occupation, education, and training, with exemptions to be determined.
A fragment notes that registration is completed and that all single men will be taken first, along with married men whose families do not depend on them for livelihood. The text implies a selection order based on marital status and family dependence.
News comes from Winchester of the death of Miss Helen Shirley of Middleway Jefferson county West Virginia. She died Saturday in Charlestown Hospital. Survived by sister Miss Florence Shirley brothers John G Shirley and Walter A Shirley. She was daughter of the late Walter A Shirley and cousin of Congressman Talbott of Maryland.
An advertisement extols plain malsified cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo option avoiding alkali found in common soaps. It promises rich lather, thorough cleansing, and hair that dries silky and easy to manage. The piece notes affordability and availability at drug stores.
In Ridgeway West Virginia on a Saturday afternoon the Pine Grove school near Ridgeway held a civic event as the Jr O U A M lodge of Bunker Hill flung Old Glory to the breeze and presented the school with a handsome Bible Judge G A Whitmore delivered a narrative address reflecting on local history and the community’s shared past.
Gypsy Smith, visiting evangelist, delivers a liberal platform urging better Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and all people to improve. He equates hell to a square deal for wrongdoers, mocks soft religion, and rejects deathbed repentance. His influence is described as revolutionary to Harrisonburg’s moral and social life.
A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon to Charles Edward Fishel and Miss Jemima Belle Racey, both of the county. The groom is the son of W. H. Fishel and the bride the daughter of J. F. Racey. Mrs. C. J. Jacobs and her daughter Miss Josephine Jacobs visited friends in Winchester recently.
Trustees sale of Samuel Mason property at 208 Valley Ave Winchester Va on May 12 1917 at noon. Fronting 152 ft on Valley Ave and 184 ft on Warwick St with a two story residence. suitable for nursery or multiple building lots. One third cash, balance in one and two years with bonds and a trust deed secured by property and building insurance. M M Lynch trustee and Wm M Bowen auctioneer.
Eliza Clarke and Hamilton Clarke offer a sixty acre tract with buildings in Frederick county Virginia. The sale occurs May 12 1917 at 11 am at a Winchester house. Terms require one third cash and the remainder in one and two years secured by deed of trust and insurance. Auctioneer Wm M Bowen and trustee M M Lynch.
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