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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a inexpensive hair treatment. It claims immediate fullness and gloss within minutes and major hair growth after two weeks, promising soft silky hair free of dandruff and itchy scalp with routine use.
A fragment describes a parade of motorists past a dwelling, noting debt and financial struggles among names like Boggs Skaggs and Swige as autos proliferate. The piece ends with a notice about a furniture sale for Shenandoah Hotel on October 27.
The Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith, chair man of the Red Cross Chapter for Winchester and Frederick County, will speak at a Red Cross meeting Sunday at 3.30 p.m. in St. Pauls Lutheran Church at Fawcett Gap. Due to the event, Rev. W. H. Sampsell moves his Mount Zion service to 2.30 p.m. with additional services at Mount Pleasant 10.30 a.m. and Sunrise Church 7 p.m.
Rev J O Atkinson D D of Elon College North Carolina will preach at First Christian Church next Sunday at 730 pm. He served as college pastor for twenty years and was editor of the Christian Sun. He is field secretary of missions for the Southern Christian Convention and has preached here before. There will be no morning service due to the pastor attending annual conference.
The Maryland Lutheran Synod in session in Washington ratified plans to unite the General Council General Synod of the United States and United Synod of the South with no dissent. It plans a centennial celebration likely in 1920 and notes the Maryland Synod organized at Winchester in 1820.
The synod ratified a resolution praising American Lutherans for loyalty and endorsing the Wilson administration during World War I. A large New York meeting will form a pan Lutheran war committee to aid soldiers and sailors. Prominent Lutherans engage in war work including the Red Cross seeking widespread patriotism.
Mr W R Talbott and family, formerly of Akron Ohio, have moved to Winchester and occupy Judge T W Harrison's residence on South Washington Street. The Talbott family expects to buy a home here soon. He is noted as a retiree from active work with ties to Barnesville Ohio.
Governor Stuart issues an urgent appeal to the farmers of Virginia for the second Liberty Loan. He urges nationwide support totaling 3 billion dollars, highlighting the security in the faith and credit of the United States and the nation’s fighting strength.
A Virginia appeal urges farmers to subscribe to the forthcoming bond issue as their share in financing the nation. It praises wartime prices and bank credit access, asks farmers to meet with their bankers and participate generously, and cautions against denying the government’s needs.
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