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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
4
Richmond Times-Dispatch urges the public to clean up and paint to fight disease germs and prevent epidemics. It warns that neglected trash and dirty premises threaten communities and emphasize the role of individuals in maintaining health during wartime.
The city moves to issue a $25 000 bond under a recent act of the legislature to fund a sprinkling system linked to a new sewer plan. Engineer Hopkins will design and supervise the project with Philadelphia firm Albright & Nebibus as consulting engineers. work to begin within six weeks and be ready by autumn.
A belated article argues that Napoleon and Jesus Christ fit Teuton traits. It claims German writers proved Jesus was not Jewish but possessed Teutonic physical and mental characteristics, and that major historical achievements are naturally gathered into German race history.
The narrator recalls Uncle James lamenting fast cars and deadly crashes on the road. He jokes about wanting a house and a wheel, reflecting on the danger and whimsy of early automobiling as a belt of mechanical mishaps loom in the scene.
A humorous verse recounts Uncle James riding a gray mare Rose while a loaf-fueled plan unravels. The horse bolts causing chaos with shafts and wheels, and Uncle John clings to a frugal feast fate. The poem concludes that life’s rules are vain and human plans falter.
An old health column touts a Spring Fever cure using Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Anuric tablets to cleanse the blood, improve energy, and ease neuralgia. It warns winter’s stagnation poisons the liver and urges readers to take glyceric herb extracts and green vegetables for vitality.
Members of the House military committee expect the War Department budget of 15 billion dollars to be cut after duplications and errors are removed. Representative Fields of Kentucky says after reductions the bill should carry about 13 billion. Judge Harrison of Winchester participates actively in the committee’s work.
Wardensville West Virginia May 15 Frank A Whetzel 35 of near Neeldmore Hardy county was killed when a loose tree limb struck him while he and another man chopped a tree He was peeling bark at the site when the accident occurred He leaves a wife and several children The same site last year saw the illness and death of one of his children The other matter records a Frederick County Virginia court action against Mary and Charles Johnson with Lottie and infant Johnsons named in a mortgage and lien case The case requires residents of Virginia to appear within fifteen days and be published in The Winchester Star until four consecutive weeks and posted at the courthouse front door
Lieut. Paul C. Spillman of Winchester has been transferred and assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Ammunition Train after being commissioned as second lieutenant at Camp McClellan Alabama. He previously served with the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry.
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