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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
3
Schedule lists several races with entry fees and distance notes including a 4000 mile heats and pony races. It reserves the right to run races any day of the fair with a Friday date noted and includes a five mile open Virginia and American open category with cash prizes.
The 1918 Winchester fair expects strong attendance from Frederick Clarke Shenandoah Loudoun Fauquier Warren in Virginia and Berkeley Jefferson Waray in West Virginia. William P. Massey of Winchester is president and Daniel W. Lupton of Winchester is secretary and treasurer. Officials say exhibitor space will fill with entries up and down the region. Improvements include new fencing gateways and traffic plans to reduce congestion and accidents. The fair board has budgeted more for free amusements and aims for a red letter year with broad local and distant patronage.
Fuel Administrator Garfield said a price for gasoline would be fixed at a figure lower than current market levels for the public government and allies. He noted no specific price yet and indicated ongoing reports and investigations before action.
A poem by Walt Mason bids farewell to summer praising its long heat while noting the discomforts of hot nights and pests. The speaker laments the season’s end in a humorous tone, contrasting poetic praise with practical complaints.
Detroit September 10 official word says Ford Motor Company will suspend all motor car production to devote its plants to government work. The move directs factories to focus on government contracts and related output.
The Tageblatt of Leipzig predicts Philip Schneidemann and Mathias Erzberger will join the German cabinet. The dispatch also claims Count von Hertling, the imperial chancellor, will resign.
In Vienna thousands of women raided railway stations protesting the recent transfer of Austrian troops to Flanders. Republican mood in the dual empire grows as Allied victory on the western front boosts morale and support for the war effort.
A speaker recalls a failed plea for action, noting there was no sanction and the message fell flat. He confesses fleeing with his wife, expressing to an audience his misstep and desire for anonymity after the departure.
The Admiralty announced that British raiders downed nineteen Teuton planes last week with only four British planes missing. During the week 14 tons of bombs were dropped on Brugge and Ostend and the Blankenbergh motor boat depot on the North Sea coast. Anti-submarine patrols continued.
In Bordeaux on Sept 10 the Council General City Council and Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved the establishment of Wilson University. The new school to honor the U S President will offer courses in science industry and commerce and was suggested by Senator Monis.
Allied nations share wartime sugar hardship under new two pounds per person per month allowance in the United States. England France and Italy impose strict rationing with scarce supplies and high prices. Americans pay seven and a half cents wholesale while allied prices run from ten to twenty six cents per pound.
The text extols Chamberlain's Tablets as highly effective for weak stomachs and impaired digestion. It claims many cases receive lasting relief and permanent restoration to health, noting the product is for sale by all.
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