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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1917
Page
4
The notice lists annual and short term subscription prices for The Evening Star at 3.00 for one year in advance, 1.50 for six months, 0.75 for three months, and 0.20 for one month. It states the paper is entered at the Winchester Virginia Post Office as second class mail matter.
Walit Mason writes a playful piece recalling an old garden quarrel over what to plant during wartime. He laments shifting advice from flowers to vegetables like peas and beans and notes a lack of buyers for his produce as nations seek food supplies.
Nineveh Virginia items report John McCauley and family returning to Washington after visiting Robert McCauley. Rhodes sisters from Meadow Mills visit Aunt F. K. Weaver. Anna Jett spends time with brother A. S. Jett. Anna Atkins improves from illness. General and Mrs Johnston visit village friends. Mrs Daniel Hughes stays with her mother Mrs Joseph Miller. Sarah Spangler of Sharpsburg visits cousin Mrs Miller. Rev Eubank makes a friendly call Thursday.
Winchester residents report relief from back pain and kidney issues after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. Miss Lou C. Jones of 132 E Cort Street says the medicine eased her backache and regulated her kidneys after a single box. Price 60 cents at dealers.
The Winchester and Frederick county focal board ordered twenty local men to report for service in the new National Army in Winchester at 2 PM Wednesday, preparatory to departure to Camp Lee, Petersburg. The 20 join 39 already in camp, bringing total to 59 with 30 more to go to meet a 89-man quota.
Edward Purcell a longtime Harrisonburg contractor in railroads dams and bridges died at his home in Cleveland Park Washington last night after over a year of illness He was born near White Post Clarke County and moved to Washington a year ago Survived by his wife Maggie Sullivan and six children funeral plans to be announced in Harrisonburg
The Washington Star reports Robert Clendenning has just been commissioned as a lieutenant in the National Army. Born April 7, 1892, in Bunker Hill West Virginia he attended Shenandoah Valley Military Academy and worked with the United States Bureau of Fisheries in Alaska before entering private business at 1608 14th Street.
The Highview Orchard Company suit against Mrs. Martin Larrick and Theodore Larrick ends with Mrs. Larrick not served since she is in West Virginia. The magistrate rules the apples stay with the Larricks and both sides revert to their original positions before the action.
A vintage ad extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a 17 year remedy for liver and bowel health. It claims the olive colored tablets flush waste and toxins, promising a pale face, sallow look, dull eyes, pimples and headaches improve after nightly use. Thousands of women reportedly benefited.
An advertisement asserts Vinol’s formula includes cod liver, beef peptones, iron and phosphates to boost strength. It promises a money back guarantee if customers are not entirely satisfied and targets weak, overworked, or vulnerable individuals.
Train arrivals at Winchester from multiple stations are shown with times such as 9:20 a.m., 11:45 a.m., and 7:27 p.m. daily, with Sunday exceptions noted. The fragment mentions Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and Martinsburg routes with coded numbers and signatures like J H Tomer.
Train times list westbound from Strasburg to Harrisonburg with No. 2 ½ daily and No. 49 daily noon local and No. 21 buffet car on weekends. Eastbound from Strasburg to Washington and Alexandria includes No. 14 daily ex Sunday and No. 2 daily with buffet parlor car. D. H. DeButts is district passenger agent in Wasqueton DC.
Intercity rail notices show Pullman parlor and sleeper cars on north and southbound trains. Details include connections at Roanoke Shenandoah Junction Hagerstown and Philadelphia New York. Personnel listed: Ww. C. Saunders general passenger agent and W.B. Pyvlll passenger traf manager.
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