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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1917
Page
3
Boston specialists tout Bon-Opto as a non prescription treatment claimed to strengthen eyesight by 50 percent in a week. Patient testimonials describe reading without glasses and relief from eye strain, with doctors endorsing fast improvement and recommending home use with dissolving tablets.
Mr Donald Weems visiting from Md at the officers reserve camp traveled to this city by motor from Sail Fort Myer Va and spent last night with his parents Mr and Mrs E V Weems and daughter. Mrs Dellinger and their child joined them in the social visit. Mr Jack Smith of Brooklyn N Y has been visiting Capt Edwin H Diffenderter and will remain here as Mrs Smith and child depart later today.
A mob attacked two Black men amid unrest. One man on the way to work was shot after being asked his destination. police used clubs to disperse the crowd. A second man, who warned of Black resistance, was pursued and shot at, with a nonfatal wound, as officers again broke up the mob.
Six Illinois National Guard companies patrol streets while police monitor bridges to St. Louis. Arrests target colored men crossing into Illinois with guns. pistols and cartridges seized. Two men face concealed weapon charges as tensions rise. Visitors Frank Ek Lewis of Baltimore stay with sister Mrs Nalls on South Braddock Street.
Veterans from both sides attended the Decoration Day observances at the cemetery. The Ladies' National Memorial Association and Supt F M Davis decorated thousands of graves with flags as monu ments formed a garden of flowers and stripes. Rev W R Alexander delivered the principal address and Mulligan Post led memorial exercises after the program around the flag pole.
Elbert C. Wierman, 28, a former Winchester businessman, died this morning at his father's home near the Cunningham mill after a prolonged tuberculosis illness. He had recently returned from Asheville NC, survived by his parents and five sisters, and remembered as a popular, quiet man active with the Charley Rouss Fire Company.
Prof Boris Bakhmetieff, newly named Russian ambassador to the United States, says Russia will not make a separate peace with Germany and will soon launch an offensive. He leads a 40 member commission touring the United States to aid the new government and strengthen the army. Mrs. William Whisson and Miss Ronnie Dale Keiter depart Washington for Summit Point, West Virginia.
At the Virginia Woolen Company a mill worker, Mr. Turner Ashby Mason, suffered an arm injury in the dyeing room when his hand was pulled into a machine. Workers required forty minutes to free his arm. no bones were broken though the wrist to elbow area was scraped and bruised. He was taken home for medical aid. Mrs Grove departed for Baltimore for a visit with friends.
Public auction at noon on Saturday June 30 1917 in Winchester Virginia to sell 557 N Kent Street a lot 65 feet by about 166 feet with an eight room house. Sale requires one third cash and two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust. Maurice M. Lynch as trustee and Wm M. Bowen as auctioneer. 6 29 4w
An anecdote from Harper's Magazine recounts a long enslaved Black woman's defiant retort after a reprimand. She declares she is not speaking to anyone in the house yet voices a sharp tirade while kitchen noises punctuate her protest.
The late Lord Cromer faced a planned anti British demonstration in Cairo as a young Egyptian faction favored France. He kept his plans, attended the opera that evening, and invited the French agent to his box, causing the opposition crowd to retreat in embarrassment.
Vast iron ore deposits extend beneath the sea near Newfoundland. At Belle Isle one company has driven four miles under water to the ocean floor uncovering a potential rich seam. The findings promise a major mining development.
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