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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1915
Page
2
A barnyard ad from Oneta Ohio touts Vinol as a safe convalescent tonic for weak and run down people. The letter claims Vinol helps grippe sufferers regain strength and offers a money back guarantee if it does not help.
In London on May 12 a campaign to mobilize married men prompts debate as many signed a pledge promising to serve when called. Critics say households with large families are unfairly treated while eager unmarried men remain. Government officials clarify signers may refuse, a stance described by Lord Newton as moral conscription.
The article notes the new passenger train schedule will take effect Sunday May 23 with changes expected across the system. Shenandoah division plans uncertain modifications and officials are still finalizing details for this division and any car changes at Harpers Ferry.
Mr W I Allen of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad spent the day in town arranging travel for Winchester residents heading to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco this summer. He plans trips for those who have decided to ride the B and O line. Charlestown residents, led by local organizers, will send a party of nine or more next month to the fair.
Colonel Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal writes an editorial calling for reprisals after the Lusitania sinking. He brands Germany as a nation of the black hand and the bloody heart and urges banishing pro German agitators and holding Bernstorff to account.
Arthur Leafe manager of the Lewis Jones Knitting Company attended the American Knit Goods Association convention in Philadelphia. Mill owners and managers from across the United States gathered for a display of modern knitting machinery and industry developments.
Tenus Milburn narrowly survives a vicious attack at his home in Berkeley County West Virginia as a large black Clydesdale bites, paws, and savages him, forcing a desperate struggle before the man escapes with severe bites and bruises.
A Martinsburg dispatch reports no trace of Edwin M. Moler after his disappearance Saturday night. A recent development suggests a possible connection to a Baltimore friend who benefited from Moler at the Moose national convention in Milwaukee.
W H Marshall who died yesterday at his Elkton Virginia home left in his will an approximate 15000 dollar bequest to Rockingham cafe in Rockingham County for hospital needs.
A brief social snippet mentions Sunday activities with Mrs. Morgan Weidman and Mr. David Hott, who was ill Saturday but is recovering.
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