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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
3
A vintage drug advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel for liver and bowel relief. It claims calomel is dangerous Mercury causing salivation and weakness, while Dodson's promises gentle, effective action for children and adults with no side effects. It asserts money-back if not better.
A flotilla of American destroyers arrived in Queenstown amid cheers from hundreds of spectators including Americans with flags. The American and British commanders exchanged greetings and signaled readiness to begin work at once after a brief dockside review.
chaotic Senate debate roared for five hours as Cabinet members faced sharp criticism over the executive branch and the wartime budget. Senator Stirling of South Dakota pushed an amendment limiting the powers of the Council of National Defense in the ongoing session.
Senator Martin defended the administration as a session on confidential military questions was held for five hours. Weeks had suggested the session and Republican senators Ledge Norris urged openness for public cognizance and debate. Martin Underwood and Shaffroth spoke in defense noting that government departments made purchases and the advisory commission saved millions on war contracts.
J W Fultz a farmer jumped into the Shenandoah river to save Jack Steele seven year old son of Loyd Steele owner of the Roudabush mills fifteen miles south of Luray. The boy fell in while playing on the river bank as his 11 year old brother cried out for help. Fultz reached the stream after an exciting drive and pulled the child from the water.
Archives in Genoa reportedly show Columbus’s first fleet valued at 3000 and his salary at 300 yearly. Captains earned 200 each, crew members 2.50 monthly. Some documents may not be genuine and caution is advised.
At a May meeting in SBurg Pa the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company elected officers. William J. Lescure will be president and W G Rauch among the new board members. Cameron L. Baer continues as local manager and the firm notes its post reorganization growth since converting from manual to automatic service.
Richmond May 17. Lieu tenant Governor J Taylor Ellyson candidate for governor keeps busy with headquarters at Murphys Hotel. He has just returned from a week in southwest Virginia praising the Ninth District and plans a visit to the Shenandoah Valley and northern counties next week.
General Bennett H. Young of Louisville Kentucky will deliver the Memorial Day address at Arlington cemetery on the Confed erate Memorial Day Sunday June 3. The speech accompanies the monument designed by Sir Moses Ezekiel who died in Rome and is to be buried near the monument. On the anniversary of Jefferson Davis birth southern crosses of honor will be awarded to veterans at the event.
A letter in the Baltimore Sun notes Lieutenant Pannill of Virginia, a Canadian troops leader at Vimy Ridge, as a descendant of Confederate cavalry hero Jeb Stuart. It lauds Virginia for supplying war efforts and claims the state’s historic role in national peril.
A wire basket fitted inside the wash boiler is held in place by wire checks to ease the tin wash. The setup reduces work for the laundress and improves efficiency in laundering.
A meeting is planned in Frederick County to seek a farm demonstrator after the departure of C. E. Koontz. Farmers including W. P. Massey G. Shepard C. L. Nicodemus Logan R. Fay James Lupton and others back the effort with the Central Frederick Farmers Club and Mutual Farmers Club coordinating along with a county canning club push.
Four more Philadelphia guardsmen on duty in the Pittsburgh district were rushed to Braddock Hospital with a mysterious poisoning that killed Lieut. William F. Corcoran and gravely ill many others. Thirteen men remain hospitalized amid a rigid investigation. Carl Miller, restaurant owner near the camp, is under guard. Officials believe a plot caused the poisoning, discounting ptomaine theory, linking to Bishop Munderslane case and suspect James Cornes, who has been in Pittsburgh.
Treasury experts estimate a new income conscription would take $50,000,000 from Detroit’s revenue district. Henry Ford, with an annual personal income estimated between $25,000,000 and $40,000,000, would face tax to the government on all but $100,000 under the proposal. Ford currently pays 15 cents per dollar above $2,000,000.
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