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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
5
Article promotes a new Wigginton Process for bridge grafting to save girdled fruit trees, claiming low success of old methods. It advertises a $26 contract plus tool set priced at $6.50 F.O.B. Winchester Virginia, assuring 100 grafts with materials and instructions for any farm hand.
A Philadelphia man claims stomach troubles since childhood were cured after taking six bottles of Peruna. He says catarrh in the head disappeared and credits the Peruna Company for the improvement as "the best health." Those who oppose liquid medicines may prefer Peruna Tablets.
Column discusses female spies influencing wars from the era of Charles II to modern conflicts. It cites cases where women connected to German intelligence provided critical information, notes more than 109 American women under surveillance, and recalls Miss Van Lew as a Civil War spy aiding Grant. The writer visits Forest Glen in Frederick County, describing orchards, stave mills, and local growth while reflecting on wartime anxieties.
An unusual note says everything should be made a pie and a pan during week one starting May 18. The line hints at a quirky theme or instruction for a local event or contest.
Bunker Hill West Virginia notes report Robert Shuman and wife visiting Greencastle Pennsylvania. A Wednesday night prayer service is planned at the M E Church. A son in France writes home from the 5th Engineer Corps. he urges peers to enlist and sends a souvenir handkerchief. Farmers push spring work. Nipletown’s John Kendig seeks cows. J Huffman family visits from Aldie. J Fred Lasse buys a new auto bus for Winchester to Martinsburg runs. Schools closed for term. Lucy Lamon visits Mrs Harry Le Fevre. J T Cinnamon? continues local visits.
Public auction in front of the Winchester Court House on May 25 1918 at noon offers two building lots at Highland avenue and Kern street Winchester Va each 35 feet frontage and about 100 feet deep they may be sold separately or as a pair One third cash with balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust under a decree in Lynch vs Ashton case certified by Clerk Beverley April 19 1918.
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