Government licenses mandated for wholesale dealers
The New York Packer reports that all wholesale and jobbing dealers in fruits vegetables butter and poultry with annual gross of 100 000 must obtain a government license after November 1 1917. Applications go to the United States Food Administration Washington D C Licenses Division. Blanks and instructions will be sent. If applied before November 1 licenses may be approved in process by November 1. Penalties apply for noncompliance. unlicensed dealers cannot operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Packer
United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Law Department
W. J. Hearty
International Apple Shippers’ Association
The
Food Administration
Autumn Weather Passage From a Seasonal Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem notes bleak nights and dismal winds in autumn. The speaker contrasts summer health with current ailments and moves to images of a garden and skeet swat and flies, ending with a sense of open continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Mery
Walt Mason Poem Reads Of Weather Woes And Longing
The speaker laments age and discomfort as seasons shift, noting doctors and plumbers busy with body and joints. He longs for summer and autumn while fearing heat and cold, expressing a perpetual refrain of craving what has passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Log Split Yields Hidden Liquor Quart Discovery
John Knight faced arraignment for public drunkenness and a $6 fine or 30 days. He claimed the liquor came from splitting a log he cut yesterday, revealing a bottle stamped as lawful liquor, which he opened and drank before being arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knight
Knight
John
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement claims a single dose relieves a cold without quinine and that dosing every two hours up to three doses clears stuffed nose, head, chest, and throat symptoms. It touts instant relief, no taste displeasure, and urges readers to insist on the genuine product from drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Methodists Plan $16 Million War Budget for Five Years
Atlantic City leaders announce a war budget of 16 million dollars annually for five years, to be raised from contributors worldwide and managed by a bishop-led committee. The Board of Bishops will discuss program details and pastors' salaries during the semi annual session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ich
Peptiron Iron Tonic Promises Vital Strength
An advertisement touts Peptiron the iron tonic as a health tonic for anemia and thin blood. It claims easy digestion and rapid absorption with added ingredients like pepsin celery gentian and sedatives for nerves. The copy urges taking one or two pills after meals and promises marvelous results. A stray joke about a waitress ends the ad.
Birthday Party for Mrs. Hardy in Greenspring Virginia
A surprise birthday gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy in Greenspring Va honors Mrs. Hardy. Guests contributed a full supper and enjoyed music and amusements. Attendees include A V Hull W C Shade EB M Whehaven and numerous families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenspring
W. C. Shade
M. WeHaven
B. H. Shireley
Oliver Shireley
Ben Bailey
Lee Evans
R. & Stimmel
W. E. Stimmel
Ralph
W. T. Hardy
Howard Shireley
J. J. Hardy
Albert Brown
L. H. Stimmel
S. S. Abshire
Marion Strobridge
BE. N. Hardy
George Richard
W. C
Shade
Frederick Fair
W. T. Brown
Mountain Row
J. E. McDonald
Clarke County Teachers Hold October Meeting in Court House
Clarke County Teachers' Association met in the Court House at 11 o'clock with Supt. Leslie D. Kline presiding. Officers for 1917-18 were elected in districts and a Red Cross address urged child involvement in wartime service. The next meeting was set for the first Saturday in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borryville
Clarke County Teachers’ Association
Court House
Leslie D. Kline
B. Duvall Chambers
William D. Smith
Winchester
Red Cross
H. B. Gilpin
Lora Stinsom
L. D. Kline
Bishop L B Wilson Returns Safely from Italy
A telegram from Bishop Luther B Wilson indicates Bishop L B Wilson arrived safely at an Atlantic port after a prolonged stay in Italy since last summer as a member of the American Young. Family and friends here had feared he was aboard the Antilles sunk by a submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antilles
Baltimore
Luther B. Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic
Wilson
Italy
Young
Constipation Linked to Disease Claims in Patent Remedy Ad
An old advertisement asserts disease traces to constipation and promotes Dr Calawell's syrup as a gentle laxative. It touts a "trial bottle" and cites easy bowel relief, selling forty cents a bottle through unspecified outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calawell
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Notary Sworn Affidavit
An 1880s notice describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Sera Catarrh Medicine with a sworn affidavit by A W Gleason, Notary Public, stating the testimony. It notes the medicine is taken internally and claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a remark about Bishop Wilson and Winchester friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondes
Cheney
A. W._ GLEASON
Hall
F. J. Chen
Cco
Toledo
An Old Idea About Wives and Housework Roles
A Topeka Capital snippet critiques a man who sees financial support as fulfilling marriage duties and expects his wife to work for board, reflecting dated gender norms in domestic labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Capital
Train Schedule Fragments From Cumberland Valley NME July 1917
Fragmentary timetable notes trains arriving at Winchester from Harrisburg Philadelphia New York stations. Mentions daily and Sunday exceptions with arrival times around 9 20 am 7 27 pm and other unclear references to journeyman and Gen P A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J H Tomer
Sant GA
P. A
Rail schedule items from Strasburg to Harrisonburg and Washington
The notice lists westbound and blast around trains from Strasburg to Harrisonburg and Washington. Services include No 23 daily at 7 30 am for Garisonburg with 9 30 am arrival, No 49 daily noon for combure arriving 2 30 pm, No 21 Ea Saturday Sunday at 7 50 pm for Harrisonburg with late arrivals, and No 14 daily ex Sun limited to Washington with 10 5 pm arrival. Parlor car No 28 daily at 8 15 pm to Aldrich Washington arriving 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Garcisonburg
Harrisonburg
Harrisonpurs
Sun
Alesax Bn
Washington
Aldrich Washington
Wasthington
Harrisonburs
S Casburg
D. H
Gas company seeks rate approval amid rising costs in Winchester
The Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company will petition the Richmond Corporation Commission on November 8, 1917 at 10 a.m. to approve a stepped gas rate schedule for Winchester. Rates start at 1.75 per thousand cubic feet for up to 2000 cu ft and decline with higher usage, each tier offering 5 percent for prompt payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company
Corporation Commission
Richmond
Virginia
Winchester
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Evening Star
Harry Floop Byrd
Bell 33
United
Evening Star Publishing Company
Morning News
Weekly News
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
Democratic
Westmoreland Davis
Loudoun County
B. F. Buchanan
Smythe County
C. A. Johnston
Montgomery County
Commonwealth
James
John R. Saunders
Middlesex County
Jaarris Hart
Roanoke City
George W. Koiner
Augusta County
House of Delegates
R. L
Oing
City of
Adam
Forney
James P. Reardon
Commissioner of the Revenue
J. L. Maphis
William T. Barr
Jacense
Euralgia
Fordhead
Methodists
Ford
United States
Union Bank of Winchester
Chapman’s Auto Supply CO
S. Main St
Inchester
Faulkner Building
Brill & Bitter
Daylight Store
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, Md
Co. A. Heller & CO
the “Blood and Iron
Mrs. Hardy
Clarke County Teachers Meet
Battletown
Professor Brown
Frances Wolfe
Chapel District
Mr. Jenkins
Miss Theo
Dora Cox
L. B. Wilson
G. F. Hetzer
Mountain View Nursery Co
Williamsport
Maryland
Men
Christian Association
War Coun
Beere
Cumberland Valley
NME
Kippensberg
Mechanicsbrere
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Southern Railway
Alexandria
Norfolk & Western
Berryville
Bristol
Intermedate
Pullman
Broiler
Roanoke
No. 1
Pristol
Blue Eld
Pocahontas
Welch
Norton
Interme
Gary
Winston Salem
N.C
Shenandoer
Bluefield
Coonsels
Roanok
Memphis
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Junction
Crepare
Rutland Water Glass
Franck Baker & Sor
Pharmacists
National Press Bureau
Buffalo
N. Y
Main St
Kuhn
Walters
N. 58Th St
Hahn Mill
Annie R. Hackener Pike
E. A. Horsey
Wright
Route
Nores
Etta S. Robinson
N. B
Ted
J. H. Cooley
E. Piccadilly
J. H. Barnett Farm
Once Valley Evaporator Co
C. V_ Yds Bell phone
L. R.clevenger
Clearbrook
Messrs
Knee & Omps
Marlboro
William Naylor
William N. Naylor
J. B. Winkfield
H. L. Snapp
Strasburg, Va
Prac
Brill & Ritter
Strickler & Wagner
Miller
Ungers
W. Va
Olumbia
Bacycle
Ambler Bicycles
H. R. Willis
N. Market Si
Mrs. Smith
Chamberlain
G. H. Smith
Brewerton
Chaperlain
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