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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1917
Page
3
Coverage notes the Russian retreat from Riga as German forces advance, with Russians burning villages and farms to deny resources. It questions whether the city fortress and ammunition stores survive and emphasizes Gulf of Riga strategic value and near term limits of northern operations as winter approaches.
At an Elks gathering tomorrow, speaker R Gray Williams will discuss Food Conservation. Members are signing dining room pledges to economize, with remarks on how to honor cards when wives are not party to the pledge.
A fragmented reading notes a young man contemplating the future while referencing cigarettes as a memory or habit. The tone hints at nostalgia and personal reflection within a fleeting moment.
The Star lists daily market quotations for grains and livestock with retail and wholesale prices. Notable figures include winter wheat at 11.50 and potatoes around 12.36 per bushel, butter near 40 to 41, corn at 9.25 per cob, timothy hay 22, cattle and hogs with steers at 12 and hogs at 20. The report notes prices are current as of the prior day’s close and reflects local buyers and dairy products.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid calomel a toxic laxative and promote Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle vegetable remedy. It promises quick morning relief, notes no salivation, and claims a money back guarantee with widespread use.
A verse titled Oft in Danger Oft in Woe is traced to Henry Kirke White who died young and Frances Fuller Maitland who never met. The poem was found among White's papers after his death and dates of writing are unknown, as algebra notes accompany the verses.
A light travel feature invites readers to let The Star guide them on vacation plans with practical tips and scenic destination ideas during the season.
Sir George Watt notes the spice clove gets its name from its nail like form. Chinese trade moved cloves from the Moluccas centuries before Europe. Spices were valued to meet Chinese demand for “little sweet smelling nails” shaping calling names worldwide.
A snippet from Cartoons Magazine contrasts social talk in households. It argues women lack conversational peers aside from a few local vendors and neighbors while men are out all day. The piece humorously notes wives sometimes request purchases, and husbands reply with habitual grunts.
A mother with a tired mood asks her son John to stop pulling on mott and sit in a chair. He complies but looks forlorn and asks plaintively if the ink she has is against him, revealing his tenderness and longing for affection.
The article recalls Dr. Roland Ross in Calcutta in July 1898 discovering that malaria parasite spores concentrate in mosquito salivary glands. It cites his note that infection occurs when poisonous saliva enters the human bloodstream, a breakthrough revealing the disease's transmission.
Public auction in Berryville Virginia offers for sale the 203 acre limestone farm of the late Jacob H Rinker. The property on both sides of the Charles Town Road near Wadesville includes a residence barn and other outbuildings and may be sold as a whole or in two tracts 115 and 90 acres with terms: one third cash at sale and balance in installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust.
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