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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
3
A Baltimore area feature touts Bon-Opto as a strengthening eye treatment. Testimonials claim readers discarded glasses after using the remedy for fifteen days, with cases of reduced eye strain and improved clarity. Drs Beck Smith and others endorse its safety and efficacy, while manufacturers guarantee a 50 percent improvement in one week or money back.
Public court notices from Frederick County Virginia 1917 include partition actions for Jno Shane estate with Florence Howard summoned. sale of realty if partition in kind not possible. publication in The Daily Evening Star Winchester and posting at court. also decree references in Clementine Kiger estate with Master Commissioner report on liens, real estate, and debts. notices fix June 18 and June 28 for proceedings and attendances.
Fragmentary exchange about sardines and packing details. The speaker notes a fondness for sardines and remarks on a buyer's willingness to pay, while a second person questions what is being said and comments on generosity.
A quip notes that the average miser’s soul is far smaller than a boarding-house gas burner, using a sharp comparison to highlight thrift and stinginess. The line frames a moral judgment through humor and metaphor.
Ridgeway services announce preaching at Paynes Chapel Arden and Gerrardstown on Sunday May 27 with the Lord's Supper to be administered at each appointment. Pastor W R Hardesty signed the notice.
Fragmentary line suggests an advertisement notice inviting postings in the want columns. Details are unreadable but indicates a classifieds type request or placement in the newspaper’s want ads section.
Mr. Albert Worthington of Johannesburg South Africa arrived recently after years abroad and is visiting friends in Winchester. He is in the ice and cold storage business with family in South Africa and was formerly connected with Worthington Tobacco Company and involved with Samuel R Atwell in managing the Auditorium Theater.
Rev. Dr. J. A. Snyder a well known Lutheran clergyman of Woodstock died at 7 last night after a stroke of paralysis. He was 94 and had served in the ministry for fifty years. He studied at Roanoke College and pastored in Strasburg New Market Woodstock and other communities. He married three times and is survived by his third wife Georgie Warfield of Maryland. He leaves many children including A. H. Snyder the former editor of the Harrisonburg Daily News and a Virginia House of Delegates member.
Mr and Mrs Norman F Johnson have returned to Baltimore after visiting Mrs Burgess on Washington Street Formerly Miss Margaret Calmes of this city. Advartine in the Want Column.
Saar GA REE Ae Ss of Pensacola Florida announces the marriage of his daughter Miss Paxton Moffett to Dr. Francis Randolph Crawford son of Mr and Mrs Grattan Crawford of Hylandale farm Kernstown this county. The ceremony was held at Soochow China on May 17. The bride comes from a long established southern family and has spent years in missionary work in China. Dr Crawford is a medical missionary in the same field. Both are connected with the Southern Presbyterian Church station.
Miller Stewart, a well known colored man, died Monday evening at No 19 East Pall Mall street aged about 35. He died of pneumonia after less than a week ill. He worked for Neill Robinson the drayman and for the city. He leaves a widow formerly Lizzie Peterson. The funeral was held this afternoon from Mount Carmel Baptist Church South Braddock street and was buried in Orrick cemetery.
Work began yesterday on a large new Winchester cold storage plant in North Winchester on the Kremer lot. The building aims to store fruit by September. Quigley Hafer of Chambersburg Pa. is supervisor and foreman, with prior experience including the Robinson cold storage annex in Winchester. He will set up an office on the Kremer lot and hire carpenters and laborers at the site.
An Annapolis dispatch reports the marriage of Lieut R Graham Moss U S A son of former State Senator Robert Moss and Miss Inez Zaragoza of Eagle Pass Texas. The couple met during border service last summer in the First Maryland National Guard and are believed bound for Saratoga New York.
British artillery duels were reported on the Arras front with heavy German guns shelling ground won by the French near Bullecourt on the Hindenburg line. A near Gavroille trench raid was described as successful as fighting continued along the Lens sector.
The army will open medical reserve officer training camps on June 15 at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana Fort Riley Kansas and Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. About 5000 men recommended for commissions will receive three months of medical and military instruction at each camp.
Dallas News quotes a lively exchange where Tirrence O Brien sparks talk of courtship with Miss Norah. Mr Mulligan notes present company is accepted, reflecting social etiquette in a bygone setting.
Three additional Norwegian merchant ships were sunk by German submarines, raising tensions between Norway and Germany. The date is given as May 23 in Christiansa. Loss of life was reported, but the vessel names were not released.
Public discourse questions whether Taney can oversee the referendum like other regions. Proponents argue feasibility based on past experiences, while opponents press for clearer oversight mechanisms and voter protections.
A humorous exchange contrasts a botanist who knows flowers with a florist who knows the price people will pay. The Boston Transcript recounts the quip, highlighting the difference between scholarly knowledge and market savvy.
In a dialect scene a daughter asks if the sealed proposals are for her, Barent questions the purpose, and the exchange centers on the advertising of bids and ownership.
Daily quotations from local buyers cover winter and spring wheat flour corn cracked corn middlings timothy hay mixed hay potatoes butter and eggs. Retail and wholesale figures include margins for creamery butter and fresh country butter. Young chickens and suet are shown with small price signs.
corrected closing values list butter and creamery prices, live poultry by weight and grade, Timothy hay and clover prices, corn per barrel, and sheep lambs and cattle quotes. Notable items include Butter Fat at 40, Choice creamery 29, No 1 timothy 20, corn 8.50 per barrel, and cattle steers 10.50.
Quotations on cattle adjusted on Tuesdays with prices listed for choice heifers and fat cattle. A reader note mentions Mrs. William T Wallace returning to Baltimore, and mentions her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Braithwaite living nearby.
The Hague reports say Austria-Hungary and Germany reached a decision on Poland at a conference. Archduke Carl Stephan was accepted as Austrian candidate for the Polish throne, with Austria ready to drop anti annexation aims and back Germany’s peace plan.
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