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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
4
Nominated by convention held by order of Democratic Executive Committee for City of Winchester First Ward Harry Hardy Henkel Henry Second Ward Fred L. Glaize Dr B M Knight J Geo Baetier list of candidates selected by party delegates.
The document announces a state wide demand for labor with jail threats for idleness. It is signed by the United States supervisor and targets all men on the roads. The language emphasizes no loafing and mandatory work under penalties.
The text portrays a mock battle cadence with a speaker and Amanda Jane urging restraint amid wartime bravado. The narrator, James, contemplates the illusion of mock courage and the fear of defeat as Teutons threaten. It reads as a fragment of a home diary or marginal note.
A Brooklyn woman recovering from pneumonia after a bad cough and poor appetite reports Vinol restored her health. Five bottles increased her weight and eased symptoms, with a doctor urged to see the formula on each bottle. Miller's Drug Store advertised the remedy locally.
Alfred Reeves of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce says gasoline production averages 6 849 000 gallons daily with 959 000 gallons reserve for war needs. He notes 21 000 tires were made last year and rubber prices are at their lowest in years, easing concern over shortages.
Peterson declares live and let live, offering refunds if any buyer is not benefited. He cites letters praising Peterson's Ointment for eczema and other skin ailments. John Scott of 283 Virginia St Buffalo testifies it cured his eczema and piles quietly.
May 11 Berryville notes record Mrs. S. C. Boyer of Philadelphia staying at Almeida. Jane C. Moore returns to Lisonduce and Dixonvale visiting sisters Mrs. Wi S Most and Mrs. W. S. Mout. Mrs. Frank McCormick returns from Alexaria to visit relatives. Mrs. William D. Cabell leaves town for Chicago after visiting daughter Mrs. A. Core. Mrs. Herbert Childis of New York stays at Fairfield. L. T. Dillard family leaves for Buena Vista.
Troop 1 beat Troop 3 7 to 3 on Wednesday afternoon on the Guilty diamond. Hockman starred for Troop 3 while Schmide and Pierce led Troop 1 with multiple runs. umpire was McCauley of Troop 2.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood and nerve tonic to boost vigor for spring. It links vitality to strong nerves and bodily organs, then recommends a vegetable laxative and regular use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for a weekly cleanse.
Dispatches from Welch West Virginia report forty eight barrels of whisky bottled in bond valued at twenty four thousand dollars were captured in Roanoke. The liquor is said to be consigned to the McDowell Commission Company a firm unknown at Welch. No arrests have been made.
76 year old Confederate veteran David E. Boyce of Winchester recounts wounds from Gettysburg and credits the herbal Dreco medicine for improving his health. He notes his son Charles E. Boyce also uses Dreco and feels better.
An advertisement touts Gets-It as a safe fast cure for corns promising quick peel off with two drops. It claims no cutting or scraping and says the toe becomes smooth again. The copy cites purchase from druggists and direct sale by E Lawrence & Co with distribution in Winchester and Miller's Drug Store and ASCO Drug Co.
The Star lists daily local market quotes for wheat flour spring and winter retail at 11.00 and 13.00 respectively, corn per barrel at 2.80, cracked corn retail per bushel 1.96, middlings 2.75 per 100, bran 2.50, timothy hay 8.00, eggs 0.30 per dozen, butter fat 2.0, creamery butter wholesale 0.44 and retail 0.40, fresh country butter 2.08, potatoes shelled retail 1.20, and other various farm staples from regional buyers.
Closing day correction lists tar butter creamery prices at 41 and 31 for Virginia dairy prints. Chickens and roosters priced. corn values set at 8.50 for yellow cob and 9.00 for white. Timothy hay No 1 at 32 and light clover mixed at 30.00.
A terse wartime line reflects civilian morale as a local editor notes collective sacrifice and inquiry into public purpose during a period of mobilization.
A vintage notice urges readers to cut out the slip and mail with five cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
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