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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1917
Page
4
The poem mocks a man who dodges war by marrying, praising his success with women while condemning his cowardice. The speaker laments his fear of battle as months pass, and readers glimpse Mason’s satirical critique of social pressures and gendered bravado.
Officers at Fort Myer prepare for three months of training by simulating European combat life. Student officers and Reserve Corps members stage trench work and mock bombardments to build courage and discipline, while a joking garrison endures simulated danger as they adapt to potential wartime conditions.
The program outlines intensive artillery training with a wall of bursting shells advancing ahead of troops and testing a new observation balloon. Elaborate trench systems will be built near the camp, and student officers organized into 15 companies of about 150 men each. The 2,500 men will live in long wooden barracks at a camp modeled after Fort Myer.
Prolonged cool spell hampers corn planting and sprouting while pastures stagnate. A warm rain and sunshine are urged to relieve hardship. several local residents share weekend visits and word of improving health among townsfolk.
A testimonial from Mrs. Fred J. Weekley of Bagdad says Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pepticon Pills cured her nervous spells and neuralgia, allowing normal activity after a long period of distress. A druggist advertises the medicines. Military training to begin next session at Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal per Rev H H Sherman.
The article argues home fruit gardens, though overshadowed by commercial orchards, are essential to national fruit development. It credits amateur growers as testing grounds for varieties and stresses that wider cultivation on small plots could supply families, improve diet, and foster consumer discernment in fruit quality.
The recipe to make walnut grafting wax uses five pounds resin one pound beeswax half a pound charcoal and a quarter pound raw linseed oil. Melt resin add wax mix then add charcoal and stir until blended. Remove from heat add linseed oil and let cool into a hard black cake. For use cut a piece melt and apply with a brush.
Corporal Daniel Kauffman of the United States Army has been at Mr. Percy Middietemy’s home in this city for months. He departed yesterday to report to active service, awaiting assignment details. He has served multiple enlistments and participated in the Pershing expedition to Mexico and other U.S. troop activities.
Messrs. W. A. McCoy Charles Sanford and C A Baker left yesterday for Takoma Park D C where they expect to spend the greater portion of the summer building new houses. They have been employed by Mr. J.
Advice on choosing a diet by age and occupation stresses slow eating and thorough chewing. It recommends keeping bowels regular and using Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and improve digestion, claiming easy and pleasant effects. Sold by all druggists.
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