Evening Star enters 2nd class mail matter at Winchester
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
4
Uncle Sam to Stop German Submarine Threat at Sea
In wartime rhetoric, the United States mobilizes to curb U-boats after German submarine ruthlessness. The piece praises American ingenuity and resolve to outpace the Kaiser's forces, vowing that the U S will parry threats and protect vessels despite international law and enemy tactics.
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Comet Odes
Aoria
Willie
Sam
Kaiser
Sammy
Donner
Self-Supporting Section Urges Sailor Aid Song
A historical plea to join the Self-Supporting Section of the U. S. Navy League. It exhorts individuals to contribute through simple acts like buying wool, weaving, and sending prayers to sailors, urging personal choice or election to participate and sing a Hallelujah.
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U. S. Navy League
Training Camps Named for Selective Draft Army
Dispatch from Charleston reports General Wood has chosen multiple training camps and divisions for the selective draft army in the Southeast. Camps include Atlanta Macon Greenville Columbia Augusta Anniston Spartanburg with one or two divisions each, and Virginia units may be assigned to these camps.
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Charleston
General Wood
Southeastern Department
Annistéin
Ala
Spartanburg
8. C
Virginia
Winchester
Has Given Its Share and Other Fragments
A damaged OCR fragment notes a share related item with ties and subscriptions. Mentions Pesta and Wimount in unclear context and an allotment reference.
Lemon Beauty Lotion From Lemons And Orchard White
A vintage beauty tip explains mixing fresh lemon juice with orchard white to create a skin lotion. The method instructs straining to remove pulp, yields about a quarter pint, and claims to bleach clear and smooth the face neck arms and hands with daily use.
Frederick and Winchester Bond Subscriptions Report
Winchester has subscribed about three quarters of a million dollars to the fund of three and a half per cent bonds. Frederick and Winchester together form part of a county effort with many local buyers further boosting the total for the issue. The overall tally would reach about 1870000 dollars as more residents participate.
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Frederick
Winchester
Williams Joins Naval Reserves From Virginia Lawyer to War Service
Mr Williams a University of Virginia law graduate from Winston Salem North Carolina left last night to settle affairs before entering the naval service for the war period He is visiting his mother and will guard the coast from submarine attack with the mosquito fleet and may assist in protecting troop ships for transatlantic transport to Europe
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Mr. Williams
University of Virginia
Winston-Salem
N. C
Naval Service
Europe
Cardinal Gibbons Calls for Peter's Pence Collection
In a letter to all archdiocese pastors Cardinal Gibbons orders a June 3 collection for the Pope on Trinity Sunday. The annual Peter's Pence offering from American Catholics has grown as European wartime losses reduce church revenues.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Peter
Nine German Air Ships Shot Down In Sky Battles
Paris May 29 The French war office reports nine German aircraft shot down in Sunday sky battles two forced to land. Other enemy planes damaged by French aviators. German bombarded Baccarat Nancy and St Vincent while French flyers attacked military establishments behind German lines in Champagne.
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Paris
French War Office
Baccarat
Nancy
St. Vincent
Champagne
Destroyer Chief Now Vice Admiral
Rear Admiral Kiam S. Simms, commander of the Morpedoboat destroyer flotilla with the allied fleets in hunting German submarines, has been commissioned a vice admiral by President Wilson. Senate confirmation not required. he will immediately assume the new rank.
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the Star
Washington
Kiam S. Simms
Wilson
Senate
Simms
Are Proprietary Medicines Fraudulent
The article argues some proprietary remedies are legitimate while others may mislead. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing example said to alleviate ailments of women and invites readers to try it to judge its worth.
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Lydia BE
Miss Katherine M Sullivan Graduates From Nurses School
Invitations arrive for Winchester residents to the Sisters of St Francis and Georgetown University Hospital Training School for Nurses commencement exercises on June 5. Among the graduates is Miss Katherine M Sullivan of Winchester.
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Winchester
Nurses’ Training School
Katherine M. Sullivan
Sunday Preaching at Three Churches by Rev W H Sampsell
Wingester circuit announces services next Sunday at Sunrise 10.30 a.m. Mt Zion 3 p.m. and Mount Pleasant 7.45 p.m. Pastoral sermon delivered by Rev W H Sampsell.
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Sunise
Mt. Zion
Mount Pleasant
W. H. Sampsell
Treasure of James-Younger gang sought by scout nephew
Tulsa report says Scout Younger, nephew of Cole and Bob Younger, believes a hidden box with about $63,000 buried near Tulsa. He traces clues from Cole Younger and thinks the stash lies in Lost City Canyon six miles northwest of Tulsa on the canyon bank.
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Tulsa
Okla
Scout Younger
Cole
Bob Younger
Jesse
Frank James
James
Cole Younger
Lost City Canyon
Number of unemployed young men in national draft revealed
Washington May 29 census figures show 10 079 500 men aged twenty one to thirty one with no gainful occupation and 500 500 listed as subject to selective conscription under the first national army. The data were released by the Census Bureau.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Potatoes Advance On Strong Market Despite Higher Shipments
United States Department of Agriculture reports week of May 15 21 potato shipments roughly double year earlier. Texas and South Carolina lead with about forty and seventy five cars daily, Alabama and Louisiana rising, Florida falling. Wholesale prices hold at 3 30 to 3 60 per bushel for Texas and 9 to 10 per barrel for Carolina in eastern cities.
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United States Agriculture Department
Texas
South Carolina
Alabama
Louuisiana
Florida
Middle West
Carolina
Mrs Fultz Returns Home From Catawba Cure
Mrs W L Fultz, after two weeks in the city, returned to Catawba Virginia to continue a summer treatment. Her health has shown marked improvement in three months and she plans to persist with the cure.
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W. L. Fultz
Catawba
Wilbur Dyke Taken to Memorial Hospital for Surgery
Ill resident Mr Wilbur Dyke was moved from his home to Memorial Hospital yesterday for an operation to drain his side after prolonged pneumonia illness.
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Wilbur Dyke
Memorial Hospital
Reopens Home for Summer at Stephens City
Mrs. Dudley Miller returns from Baltimore and opens her Stephens City home for the season. Her daughters Mrs. A. A. McKay and Mrs. William McKay plan to visit and stay with her.
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Dudley Miller
Baltimore
Stephens City
A. A. McKay
William McKay
Marriage of Edgar Wall Mason and Grate Helle Chadduck
Mr Edgar Wall Mason of Hampshire County West Virginia and Miss Grate Helle Chadduck from Warren County and now Winchester were married last Saturday evening at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North Avenue by Rev George W Stover. Mason works for the Virginia Woolen Company. A farm hand saved a train from wrecking and received a gold watch in a red morocco case from the railway company at a banquet. the chairman praised the hero and the recipient examined the watch with irony, then questioned the missing shards of a fabled tale.
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Edgar Wall Mason
Hampshire County
W. Va
Grate Helle Chadduck
Warren County
Winchester
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
George W. Stover
Mason
Virginia Woolen Company
Morocco
Subscriptions Drive for The Star Newspaper Picks Up
A brief notice notes readers subscribing to The Star newspaper, urging support and ongoing delivery. The message emphasizes renewed interest and community demand for local coverage.
Treasure hunt in Arkansas lands tied to Younger brothers
The text recalls Cole Younger near death urging Scout Younger to keep seeking a buried treasure along a new road that diverges from the old border cattle trail. It adds that Frank James, in poor health before his death, wished to search for the Tulsa area fortune but was unable to act.
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Arkansas River
Cole Younger
Younger
Frank James
Tulsa
Stolen Kiss Costs Foreman Over $100
Alfred Pye of 359 Melville Street forced a kiss from Becker, a shop girl, and was arrested for assault third degree. Convicted in police court and fined $50, he appealed to the county court. County Judge J B M Stephens ruled to uphold the police court verdict, making total costs exceed $100 including fees and trial expenses.
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Rochester
N. Y
Alfred Pyé
Melville Street
Becker
Pye
J. B. M. Stephens
Gillette
Baby buried alive to get a fortune in Atlanta
In Georgia a baby girl named Trixie Adair, once found buried alive to save her, is adopted by a wealthy couple near Atlanta. They vow a $50,000 inheritance when she turns twenty one, making her their sole heiress.
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Atlanta
Trixie Adair
Adairsville
Hawkins
Des Moines Grocery Worker Rescued From Chimney
A terrified man entombed in a chimney cried for help as a fire was started in a Des Moines store. Police freed William Gaines, a Black man, who had been jammed in the narrow shaft for hours and was nearly suffocated.
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Des Moines
William Gaines
Delavre
American Fruits in Red
Renan keg eae.
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Ciara
Renan Keg Eae
Pingley Estate Suit Seeks Partition or Sale in Frederick
In the Frederick County Circuit Court on May 8 1917 the case of M W Pingley plaintiff against Chas Pingley et al seeks to settle accounts of Fannie Orndorff admx of Elizabeth Pingley dec d and to partition the estate if possible or, if not, for sale of realty and distribution of proceeds. Allan Grandstaff Permila and Maud Y Gibbons order to appear within 15 days to protect their interests. copy to be published weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star and posted at the courthouse door by May 21 1917.
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Chas. Pingley
Fannie Orndorff
Admx
Elizabeth Pingley
Fannie Orntorff
Allan Grandstaff
Permila
Maud Y. Gibbons
Virginia
Evening Star
Winchester
J. W. Baker, JR
Ward & Larrick
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