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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
2
Washington reports railroads are mailing literature to farmers in a labor dispute with freight trainmen. Managers argue farmers control public sentiment and influence wage outcomes. They compare farmer earnings and hours, noting rail workers earn high wages while farmers struggle with costs. Farmers’ stake: traffic must move to avoid harming agricultural commerce and prices.
The Trainman argues the public must have a say in the dispute as brotherhoods face arbitration and a test of whether government will keep the nation’s highways open to commerce. The quote from the New Orleans Times-Picayune highlights public role and national duty.
The adoption of new locomotives and long heavy trains, challenged by freight trainmen demanding big wage hikes, reduced railroad employee fatalities from 620 in 1911 to 452 in 1914 and injuries from 6601 to 4823. Miss Ella F. Quinn of Baltimore visits town, staying at Hotel Evans.
Mrs Kathryn M Stanton announces she aided in perfecting a gun with no powder or springs and an effective range of six to eight miles. Tests at Fort Hamilton and Sandy Hook used a small model. the device weighs about 300 pounds and can fire fifty balls at once or one per hour.
Ira K Gruver of Reliance Virginia lists horses cattle hogs implements harness corn oats and related items in a local sales directory entry.
Mrs Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York reports long term stomach trouble relief after using Chamberlains Tablets. She says many remedies failed but this product gave positive lasting relief and she values them highly. Obtainable everywhere.
The readable fragments describe a brief event with unclear details. No clear persons, places, dates, or organizations are identifiable to form a proper news item.
The ad extols Mother's Friend as a remedy easing stretch pains and seas of tension for expectant mothers, promising restful nights and relief from morning sickness, with a note to obtain it from a druggist and request a medical booklet from Bradfield Regul ator Co. It also includes unrelated technical notes about a gun's range and mechanics.
The article notes tentative dates for a state encampment between August 5 and 19 and considers sites at Virginia Beach and Winchester with rifle range and federal land. General Mills expects swift passage of a federal appropriation bill while routine army and federal troop training may be limited by tensions with Mexico.
The Rockingham County board of supervisors posts a $100 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who poisoned three horses belonging to Mayor O. A. Layman of Mount Crawford. Paris green was used in the pasture and the animals died.
Boston dispatch reports Miss Mary Shreve Ames daughter of the late Frederick Lathrop Ames and Louis A. Frothingham former Massachusetts lieutenant governor were married Monday at North Easton. The ceremony was witnessed only by the families.
A Roanoke Times piece argues newspaper reporting seems easy but is hard work with long hours and critics. It notes reporters face smutty advice, public expectations, and the allure of high salaries in small towns while describing the discipline and public mistrust faced by journalists.
Grimes Virginia May 11 Mr W H Hamilton visited town after months recovering from a stroke and is now able to move about at home and on his farm. Carl McDonald has moved into F A Hubbard’s ten ant house vacated by John Hubbard who moved to Chicago. Mrs Clarence Bockey and daughter Marie visited West Virginia, while Mrs R H Bockey rested in Winchester due to delicate health. C S Shepard and Robert Hamilton sprayed fields but turned the sprayer over with minor injuries. Capt John Herrell of Winchester was a business caller here last week.
Mr. Marx S. Nathan of Washington representing Kleine-Edison Feature Service met manager Henry of the Empire to discuss a contract for the film novel Gloria's Romance starring Billie Burke. The story may be shown here soon. Nathan previously acted on stage locally, playing The County Chairman.
Rev Dr Alfred Jones of Kerns town to preach at Opequon Chapel near Opequon post office at 8 o clock Friday evening. Capt W V Smiley once of Stouhton Va now with Galion Iron Works in Ohio has spent several days at Hotel Jack. Mr Howard B Lockhart.B&O Railroad engineman, left town for Baltimore.
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