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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
6
An old style cigarette or pipe tobacco ad extols Prince Albert. It promises peak pleasure from smoking a pipe, claims easy use for new and seasoned pipe smokers, and urges readers to buy now to enjoy a smooth, non biting experience.
The rummage sale by the Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary will be held Saturday October 25 in room 20 on W Water Street next to the Lutheran Church. The room opens Friday afternoon from 3 to 4 to receive contributions. Contact Migs Augusta Conrad at 65 if you cannot donate.
Household budgets with accounting columns are now available to progressive women who want to see where money goes to stay within limits. Experts in home economics claim balancing monthly income and expenditures strengthens family finances and reduces end of month money worries. Budgets cover foods, clothing, rent, recreation, charity, medical costs, and saving for education or appliances. Budgets, based on annual incomes from 990 to 5000 dollars, are flexible to fit individual families. Requests to the Woman's Division of the War Loan Organization in Richmond, Virginia, will secure copies.
A playful verse about girls and their imagined lasses and lads with hints of the Savings Stamps program. The refrain repeats a girl buying stamps while thinking of nine lads and eighteen smiles.
Burt Leston Taylor, a Chicago colvunist, proposes founding the Order of the Turning Worm by present victims of the HC&C. The message promotes thrift and saving, urging investment in War Savings Stamps and government securities to empower any worm to rise and strike high costs or enemies.
Citizens urged to invest in War Savings Stamps as a plan to support the war effort. Authorities emphasize thrift and timely purchase to aid funding and morale, urging individuals and families to contribute through affordable savings options.
A regular American soldier in France earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for single handedly stopping a German attack near Verdun during the Argonne offensive. He used a captured German machine gun, cooled its cooling jacket with his water supply, and repelled advancing troops as shells rained down, proving steadfast courage and duty beyond the battlefield. The piece links his bravery to a broader call for thrift and national reconstruction at home.
Miss Nannie Stonesifer departed today to visit relatives and friends in Frederick Maryland and Lancaster Pennsylvania.
A short essay argues wealth comes from saving small sums. It notes a man once bought Manhattan for 24 and cites many complain about blocked paths to wealth. It urges accumulating small earnings to purchase War Savings Stamps who begin to work.
President Wilson receives a report from Chairman Lane on efforts to build industrial peace. Public delegates, employers, and workers debate a program acceptable to capital and labor, with a focus on workers' right to organize and the need for employer agreement to the declaration.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee reported the measure returning railroads to private ownership under federal supervision. No changes were made from the prior revision, anti strike provisions and other key parts remain. It would take effect 30 days after enactment, with a debate to follow after the peace treaty is settled.
In Chicago on October 23 the Associated Press reports that a criminal probe targets at least a dozen army officers and civilians and civil suits seek 13 to 15 million dollars in restitution linked to a 40 million dollar ammunition contract involving the Standard Steel Car Company of Hammond Indiana. Representative William J. Graham says the contracts covered steered deliveries and inflated costs, with only 200 carriages finished at about 49 thousand dollars each, claiming a large discrepancy in transportation costs.
Harold Grandison, a colored youth who stole a bicycle from his employer T. J. Hicks on Hicks farm near Winchester, was sentenced by Justice A. J. Tavenner to 30 days on the state road with suspended sentence and costs. The bicycle was recovered and Grandison pledged to refrain from stealing again.
The Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith, clerical delegate from the Virginia diocese, returns from the Detroit triennial Protestant Episcopal Convention. The session, nearing three weeks, plans to wrap up soon. He leads his final Christ Church service October 26 before becoming rector of St. Mark's Richmond on November 1.
The Red Cross hosts a Friday evening talk at Handley Library Hall by Professor B L Morgan of the Bureau of Rural Organization. He outlines a community driven program for rural development and collective problem solving to benefit Winchester and surroundings.
Frank G. Diver and wife convey all property of the Stephens City Evaporating Company near Stephens City to S. A. Huffman and Claresge Huffman. The Paimans will continue the evaporating plant business under the same name. Purchase price for plant, lands, buildings, equipment, and stock totals 24000 dollars, including 21 acres of land.
Mr. Philip Klompus, chairman, announced that no more contributions will be solicited after Saturday night. Donors are urged to send funds to treasurer Mr. Charles W. Trenary by Saturday evening.
On October 26 the Frederick Circuit holds Round Hill 10 30 a m closing session of the Sunday school institute and a series of meetings. Paxton Chapel 3 30 p m Lamps Memorial 8 p m with a chance to join the church at the latter site led by Pastor E W Brubaker.
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