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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
6
The article argues women can work as steadily as men and deserve similar pay for similar labor. It condemns abandoning work due to physical unfitness and promotes Pinkham's Vegetable as a aid to help women stay at work and keep employers happy.
Ed Mason, a colored chauffeur, is jailed for trial at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and taking an automobile while a reserved lien remained. Geo B Chapman, an auto dealer, swore out the warrant. Mason had paid part the purchase price on a secondhand machine, executed a lien, traded the car for another, then sold it. Bail set at 500, Mason in jail after failing to post.
The ceremony took place Saturday at 7 30 PM at the home of Prof and Mrs John Robert Parrott on the Virginia Polytech Institute campus. Eleanor Parrott married John Redd Hutcheson, formerly Middletown Agricultural High School principal and now extension work assistant director. About fifty friends attended a reception after the ceremony performed by Rev P F Davis in the parlor with palms ferns and plants as decor.
In Boston Henry Ford says his Cambridge assembling plant is being turned over to the government for war use including tractors trucks and airplanes. He notes Ford is producing 3000 cars daily and could sell 6000 if possible, citing war and disrupted business as factors affecting output.
The notice advises slow chewing, avoiding meat for several days, and using Chamberlain's Tablets after supper if sour stomach persists. It notes red meats are likely culprits and may recommend cutting them out, with the product sold by all dealers.
An old boosted recipe describes mixing three ounces of orchard white with juice from two fresh lemons to create a quarter pint lemon skin beautifier. The lotion supposedly bleaches freckles and tan, softens skin, and improves the appearance of the face neck arms and hands with daily massage.
Delightful Marie Osborn stars in Capt. Kido at the Empire in a five part Gold Rooster photoplay. Plot follows a pirate game with Marie as captain, her friend Billy as first mate, and a mysterious cross symbolizing secrecy. Marie dislikes the advancing Mr Cross while befriending Jack Laird a kind secret service agent who teaches boxing. A Pathe News reel and war front scenes follow along with comedy and travel shorts. Program starts at 10c for children 5c.
A two part Keystone program accompanies the film at the Empire tomorrow night. The picture Gamble In Souls features an eminent cast in a clean wholesome story designed to please all audiences. Admission is 10 cents.
Staunton Virginia society girls continue wartime work by apple picking for fruit raisers in the valley. A standout has picked twelve barrels in one day. The girls earn $2 to $2.50 daily, donating the money to the Red Cross fund.
In Martinsburg Circuit Court the case Felker & Shaffer v Boyd centers on a $1000 commission for the Tuscarora farm sale to former Senator Charles J. Faulkner. The firm says Boyd entrusted the listing and assisted in the deal, while Boyd argues no exclusive listing and that the sale occurred through his own efforts.
In Washington on October 9 Steve Bowers son of Congressman Bowers sells a crop of turnips at 3 dollars a barrel. The young farmer and orchardist planted twenty pounds of seed between orchard trees on their property and harvested 2000 bushels. He says the crop thrived and exceeded all expectations.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. pledges to pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public notes the oath on December 6, 1886. Advertises product as blood-acted internally with testimonials. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. Ee Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Vatican envoy reports Pope Benedict urges stop to air attacks on open cities. He seeks to end German raids on English and French soil and Austro Hungarian strikes on Italian open cities. The pontiff believes allied reprisals would be avoided if central powers suspend raids.
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