War bond drive ties local wealth to sacrifice in Shenandoah Valley
A historical note argues Alexandria and nearby counties have similar populations but different bank resources, comparing Frederick, Shenandoah, and Spotsylvania counties. It stresses that higher wealth means bigger wartime financial support for Liberty bonds, urging residents to match sacrifice with stake in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria City
Fredrick County
Winchester
Alexandria
Frederick County
Shenandoah
Spottsylvania
Frederick
Denelt
Ways to Prevent Flu From Simple Home Habits
Advice on avoiding influenza by staying nourished, rested, and warm and by breathing fresh air. Emphasizes sleeping indoors, avoiding alcohol, covering coughs or sneezes, washing hands before meals, and staying in bed to ward off pneumonia.
War and Medicines in Times of War and Peace
Wartime doctors are scarce at home while many turn to medicines. Sarsapearilla is praised as a blood purifier Pepticon noted as a real digestive aid and Hood's Pills as a strong laxative. These medicines are widely used and recommended to aid health during economy tight times. Sold by all druggists.
Potatoes vs Wheat Theme Spurs Rural Debate
A brief dispatch cites concerns over potato production amid grain shortages. Local farmers debate crop choices and policy support as harvests impact regional food security.
Poland Reduced to Slave State by Rellish Hung
A sensational report claims Poland is reduced to a slave state after a figure named Rellish is hung. The article notes plunder and pillage and mocks youth parading in front of a girls' seminary while warning about secret flirtations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Fort Hill
Girls’ Seminary
State of Virginia
Winchester
H. D. Fuller
Het
Poland partitioned and its defenders forgotten in time
An impassioned critique traces Poland's 18th century partition by Austria Prussia and Russia and berates Catherine the Great Frederick the Great and the Kaiser. It laments Poland’s surrender of language and liberty and extols Kosciuszko and Polish resistance while urging vigilance against tyranny and moral decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Europe
Mahomet
Constantinople
Belgium
Frederic
Great
Prussia
Partition
Belsumn
Austria
Russia
Catherine II
Partition of
Catherine
Warning to Girls About Soldiers and Trust
A historical moral essay warns girls to avoid secret liaisons with soldiers and to guard their good names. It cites a Georgian tale of Gertrude Hinton who eloped with a soldier, learned he was married, and died by her own hand in San Antonio at 17. Emphasizes caution, virtue, and honesty over appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fert Hill
Fort Hill
Ieren
Gertrude Hinton
Stockbridge
San Antonio
Garrelton
Constipation relief praises Black-Draught in Kentucky letter
Mrs. Pearl Patrick of Meadowsville reports severe constipation sour stomach and poor digestion. After ineffective pills she used Black Draught an easy laxative restoring digestion and bowel function with no griping. The letter touts Thedford’s Black-Draught as gentle reliable and valued for stomach liver and bowel troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowsville
Pearl Patrick
Thedford
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The
Evening Star
Harry Flood Byrd
Evening Star Publishing Co
Virginia
Neil
United
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
Peterpan
Judas
Nemo
the Great
Marie Theresa
Marie
Holliday
Warsaw
Isis
Sumptuocus
Cracow
Austrian
Posen
Germany
Kosciuskoberg
Kos‘ciusko
Kosciusko
Lang
Washington
Omer Dom
Thiey
Thaddeus
Kasciusko
Byron
Wollar No 2
Forre
Midas
Calomel
Earth
Tost
Napless
Middletown State Bank. Inc
Middletown
State Corporation Commission
Immon Saic
Machi House
Lot
Total
W. E. Goffman
Middletown State Bank Inc
State of
W. EB. Coffman
EB. O. Larrick
M. H. Rhodes
EK. R. Sperry
W. E Coffman
W. U. Owings
N. P
Ee S
U. S
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
Lia
W. P. McGuire
C. E. Clevenger
Geo. W. Haddox
Scott Grant
Mary J. Brown
A. E. Sidenberder
Rockfield
Ind
Chamberlain
BR. E. Byrd
Amherst St
R. E. Byrd
St. N. W
Washington, D
By Alle
ICRS
South St
G. W. Kremer
J. A. Hammock
Star Office
Neel Motor Co
Clifford Street
E. Monmouth St
Ren't
Columbia School of Civil Service
Dept
Jordan Building
Washington, D. C
APIES
F. August Gratchen
Care Star Office
S. Braddock
South Kent St
Strother Skull
Hancock Fruit Belt
Hancock
A. C. Garland
Hancock, Md
Troy Laundry
J. C. Leonard
Ivil
Kenois Building
Sid N. Kent
Igvaldeman Creamery
Mellwee’s
Hodgson & Brown, Jewelers
Kent St
Lucy Barrett
Hunter Williams
Ani Navy
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