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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
4
The Evening Star lists subscription prices for one year three dollars six months one fifty three months seventy five cents and one month twenty five cents. It is consolidated with the Morning News Weekly News Weekly Times and Weekier and is mailed as second class matter in Winchester Virginia.
The verses jab at wartime price excuses in a satirical lyric by Walt Mason. The speaker scoffs at merchants who blame higher costs on war while noting trades like clothing barbering and food frame price hikes. He longs for an end to Kaiser Wilhelm and the stale justification.
The column recalls World War I era hospital tests and the human cost of conflict, interwoven with sharp critique of suffragist leaders and their tactics. It argues loyalty to country, condemns militant actions, and contrasts past and present wartime pressures with social anxieties.
Local druggists report falling sales of calomel and promote Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe pleasant tasting vegetable remedy. The ad claims it avoids biliousness headaches and constipation, with a money back guarantee if not effective. a 50 cent bottle promises easiness by morning.
Pennsylvania experiment shows hens given full feed during molting outproduced more eggs over September to November, while limited feeding reduced total eggs. Careful late summer feeding keeps hens near normal weight and supports later laying. White Leghorns featured in USDA feeding test.
Limited feeding shuts off egg production at this time of year while late molts influence future laying. Keep layers laying as late as possible into summer and use high oil protein seeds such as sunflower at molt time to boost feather quality and thrift. Molting varies by hen but typically occurs before cool weather, with late molts aiding fall and early winter production.
The text argues rising publicity and work for pure bred poultry will boost interest and demand for high quality stock next fall. It recalls early shows in Boston 1849 and London Crystal Palace as catalysts for improving poultry raising, noting every show, large or small, serves practical aims. It also mentions Mrs A Kinnaird returning to Baltimore after visiting Mrs Carson Hiaymaker.
The American Red Cross received twelve automobile ambulances and one motor truck donated by the American Jewish Friends of Free Russia. The gift stemmed from a New York dinner celebrating Russia’s autocracy’s overthrow, and within a short time twenty thousand dollars was raised to fund the ambulances.
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