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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1917
Page
4
Rates listed for one year in advance three dollars six months one dollar fifty cents three months seventy five cents one month twenty five cents. Paper names include Morning News Weekly News Weekly Times Weekly Mirror The Evening Star. Mail entry shows 2 cent postage and class matter at Winchester Virginia post office.
The piece laments the passing year as October brings frost and cold winds. The speaker recalls decay in flowers and nature while a motherly voice predicts hardship, winter, and mortality, ending with the life’s cycle and the poet’s own retreat from merriment.
Residents report visits from Mr. and Mrs. Good at Mrs. Anson's near Fawcett Gap. Hollis Snapp and Bixler of H town Maryland traveled with Mrs. J. H. Ash of Stephenson to Mr. Snapp's place for a recent gathering. William Frye of Minerva Ohio is visiting relatives here. Calvin Brill also visited Arthur Miller's home recently.
Advertised Olive Tablets claim to arouse the liver and improve digestion. The purely vegetable mix is said to ease indigestion and stomach trouble without cramps or pain, with a suggestion to take one or two at bedtime. Containers offered at 10c and 25c through druggists.
A killing frost and ice Saturday night ruined garden crops in this section. Ice formed to 30 degrees, the earliest in years, and oldtimers warn of a hard winter ahead. Many households lacked heat as furnaces were not yet started, prompting use of coal oil stoves and fireplaces.
Mrs E N Hanlon of Newaygo Michigan testifies to a cod liver and iron tonic Vinol. She says her weak emaciated son recovered and his cough nearly vanished after using the remedy. Mothers of fragile children are urged to try Vinol on their guarantee and noted that children enjoy taking it.
Miss Carrie Kellican a registered nurse of Mercy Hospital has returned to Baltimore after visiting her mother Mrs Eliza Kellican of East Leicester Street local note confirms travel and family ties.
Virginia Governor Stuart endorses a nationwide food conservation campaign to run October 1 to secure pledges of cooperation in reducing waste. He urges all agencies and the Woman’s Council of Defense to aid, with C Edwin Michael of Roanoke leading the Virginia efforts.
The Winchester and Frederick County draft board received another batch of men from the district board exempted for agricultural reasons. The names include Bari Benjamin Massie of Kernstown, exempted until March 1, 1918, Louis Kenneth Rice of Winchester, and Elisha Peter Nagley of White Hall.
Invitations from the Frederick Cotillion Club announce the annual fair dance at Independent Hall on Friday evening October 19. Louis Fisher provides the music as the Staley family hosts and greets visiting friends in Winches.
An old advertisement promotes S. S. S. blood remedy as a below surface treatment for eczema. It claims to reach the source of trouble, offering personalized medical advice from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia for prompt relief.
Representative T. W. Harrison of the Seventh Virginia district spoke at a large farewell gathering in Page County honoring the third increment of soldiers drafted into the National Army. The meeting at the Page County courthouse drew a vast crowd from Luray and nearby areas, with Harrison as the principal speaker before returning to Winchester from Luray.
The funeral for William H. Golightly, 24, died at his father’s home near Boyce from tuberculosis. Services were at Macedonia Church with Rev. F. M. Richardson officiating and burial in the church yard. He leaves a widow Annie Belle Bursey, parents, one brother John, and five sisters Rosie Gordon and Katie Julia Jennie Virginia, all of near Boyce.
The Swedish legation in Washington was exonerated by Secretary of State Lansing. He confirmed that there was justification for the claim that messages related to the Bolo Pasha affair passed through the Swedish legation to the Berlin foreign office via Stockholm.
After the forty-ninth annual convention of the Knights of Pythias in Roanoke officers were chosen for 1918 Bristol will host the next gathering. Dr J W Witten North Tazewell is grand chancellor A U Lucas Richmond vice chancellor George L Wrenn Portsmouth grand prelate R H Bell Jr Staunton grand keeper of records and seals E R Bower Alexandria a grand master at arms Walter E Eanes Port Tea
A vintage ad extols an “absolutely safe, tried and reliable preparation” named Mother’s Friend to ease pregnancy. It claims to relax abdominal muscles, soothe nerves and ligaments, curb morning sickness, and lessen pain, urging readers to obtain a bottle from a druggist and write Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Buffalo New York woman testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved years of female trouble back pain and weakness. After two weeks she saw improvement and is now free from pain and able to do housework. She invites others to write for information.
Trains arrive in Winchester from listed stations at 9 20 am daily except Sunday 1 45 pm and 7 27 pm daily, with daily and Sunday exceptions noted. Superintendent ARisppte Gen P. A. closes the fragment.
The timetable lists westbound trains from Strasburg to Harrisonburg with No 23 at 7:30 am serving Sandey and tarewotburg, No 4% at noon for Har sonburg, and No 21 Ea on Saturdays and Sundays 7:50 pm with buffet parlor car. Eastbound from Strasburg shows No 14 daily 7:25 am limited to Alex ar tia and Washington, No 28 at 8:15 pm local to Alexandria and Washington, and No 24 daily from Harrisonburg to Strasburg arriving 7:30 pm with parlor car. D H DeButts, Division Passenger Agent, Washington DC.
Train No 13 922a m runs to Bristol and intermediate stations with a Pullman Parlor Car to Roanoke and Roanoke Bristol. Train No 12 serves Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediates with Pullman Sleepers Gary and Winston Salem Cafe car Shenandoah and Bluefield connect at Roanoke with Memphis special for points South at 40 76 11 p m for Shenandoah and intermediate stations.
A Cincinnati official endorses a drug named freezone for corn removal. The product supposedly acts quickly, dries on application, and shrivels the corn without inflaming surrounding skin. A small amount is claimed sufficient for treatment.
An old advertisement invites readers to mail a cutout with name and address and five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive trial packages of Foley’s Honey and Tar Cough remedy, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, with sales advertised nationwide.
Washington October 8 regulations for the second draft will be laid before the secretary of war within a few days. The provision against the expenditure of draft money before it becomes necessary has been stricken from the urgent deficiency bill and they will leave the army free to oe?
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