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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
1
This dispatch covers the first day of the St Mihiel offensive with American troops led by Capt. Robert Y. Conrad. It notes 1,000 prisoners, German positions in Lorraine, air and artillery support, and advancing lines including Mont Sec capture and the seizure of multiple wood areas.
Company men show eagerness to secure scrap dealings with HM France as negotiations begin. Records indicate initial talks on material recovery and potential trade terms between parties.
Baltimore Evening Sun correspondent R. Tomp wins in Alsace Lorraine writes from a Virginia Maryland New Jersey unit near the firing line. He describes first snowfall and shell fragments entering a barn loft as the Twenty-ninth Infantry, composed mainly of Virginia Maryland and New Jersey troops, fights alongside Capt. Robert Conrad's Company I.
Sun correspondent recalls visiting a place dubbed The Little Coward Around the Field Kitchen and hints at further details continued on page 4.
Frederick Land Corporation schedules a cleanup auction on September 17 at 2 PM offering brass hardware doors, a large selection of windows, lavatories, and various materials to the highest bidder. Manager Fultz Announces the sale.
Lieut. Philip Williams recounts cross country flights while training at Kelly Field Texas. He describes an observation trip in which he noted landscape features within five miles for military value and flew a faster Canadian Curtiss ship at 70 miles per hour.
Isaac Wilson a prominent Friends minister in Pennsylvania is expected to preach at Hopewell Meeting House at 11 a m on Sunday September 15 and at the Winchester Meeting House at 3 p m the same day all are invited to attend these meetings
The Shenandoah Valley Academy a military school for boys prepares students for universities V. M. I and West Point opens Thursday with Dr. J. B. Edwards serving as Acting Principal.
Notice to taxpayers states the 1918 tax books for Stonewall and Gainsboro Districts are now ready with a 5 percent penalty added after December 1.
Frederick County treasurer RS Smie fh announces sale of two houses Nos 14 and 16 East Gerard Street on Saturday September 21. Sale bill appears on page four. Also notes local ads for chocolate covered cherries, special prices, and slow freight shipments for seed wheat and rye.
Early figures at the provost marshal general’s office indicate registrations of men aged 18 to 45 likely exceed General Crowder’s estimate of about 13 million by at least six percent, based on yesterday’s nationwide tallies.
Resident students and teachers arrive September 17. Schools opens at 9 a m September 18. Miss Helen Little of Martinsburg West Virginia is visiting friends in town this week.
The Rev. and Mrs. John L. Jackson and their young daughter return to Charlotte North Carolina after a summer at Hil-an-Dale the Crawford home near Kernstown prior to resuming duties.
Camp Meade Maryland private Cliff Clowser leaves assignment to care for his ailing father John Clowser. He is 48 and currently at home with family support.
Private Raymond Bayliss of the county returns to Camp Lee Virginia after a self inflicted foot wound while trying to shoot a chicken hawk. Two toes were amputated at the hospital here and he will likely receive further treatment at the base hospital.
Washington telegraph and telephone workers are notified of deferred classification exemption rules. Only those deemed indispensable by their supervising officer may claim exemption under the Post Office Department rule.
Read fragment notes an art selection or exhibit at Fort Loudoun Seminary featuring Miss Meyer and Miss Savage with a paca or similar item mentioned, describing student activity and a local school display.
Miss Michel Vance of Highland Avenue is in Memorial Hospital in serious but improving condition after swallowing a seven grain dichloride of mercury tablet at Hotel Evans where she worked as a house girl. Dr. R. M. Glase said her case is not yet out of danger though the prognosis looks favorable, and the poison has been largely expelled. It is said to be her third suicide attempt with bichloride of mercury or other poisons, motives unclear amid circulating rumors.
Demonstration of a two wheel tractor at Sensency road scheduled for 2 P M Saturday September 14. Interested observers will be paid to view. For details call Bell phone 286 or 19. Hick's Motor Co Inc.
Special music planned for the Golden Rule Bible Class on Sunday from 9:30 to 2:00. Miss Alice Orndoff will sing with Pauline and Georgie Shoop playing violin and piano, plus a male quartet will perform. The event is open to the public.
President Wilson issued a telegram urging Bridgeport workers to return to their jobs immediately or lose their deferred classification. The appeal references General Crowder's work-or-fight policy following the War Labor Board ruling on the dispute.
Dog puppy named Muggins missing from Winchester area. Reward offered for its safe return. Call 716 South Washington Street with information. Last seen near Wiley's unexcelled can dies and ASCO Drug Store listings at 139 North Male Street.
Inquiry shows a small ad location on Main Street addressed to H. W. Ebert at 160 N Main Street Winchester Virginia. Item lists assorted fruits and nuts with fullbe er for 49 cents offered Friday and Saturday at People's Drug Go 121 p-2t.
At the exemption board office in Winchester and Frederick County during the afternoon, more than 2100 men aged 18 to 45 registered under the selective service act. Winchester city totals show 828 whites and 34 colored in first ward and 462 whites and 68 colored in second ward, with a city total of 780. County precincts reported gradual returns and a fuller tally was expected by tomorrow morning, likely surpassing 2100 registrations.
Martin L Payne a west Confederate veteran and Winchester resident died Thursday at his Hill Berkeley County home He lived with his son John Payne for years Funeral services are set for Saturday Relatives will meet at 1030 at the house and accompany the remains to Bethlehem Chapel burial will be in the churchyard.
Herbert Landers aged 12 was instantly killed when struck by a Norfolk and Western Railway yard engine at a Charlestown crossing near a barrel factory. Alexander Lanham was seriously injured and hospitalized. The boy was pinned under the car as a wrecking derrick lifted the vehicle off him. The train was on the Belt Line of the Baltimore and Ohio at the time of impact.
Retailers in Winchester are urged not to charge more than ten and one half cents per pound for granulated sugar. Citizens are asked to report any violations to the Food Administrator for the city.
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