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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
3
The Rev. E. W. Brubaker officiated at the wedding of Silas Edward Farmer and Mon gan Lillian Boyce last Saturday at the parsonage. The groom is son of A. B. Farmer and the bride daughter of James A. Boyce, both of this county.
Approximately 100 percent of American merchant men in the trans Atlantic trade are armed with guns manned by naval gunners. Britain will follow soon. Officials credit arming and naval convoy for the decline of the German submarine threat as Germany plans to strike in force.
A marriage license was issued yesterday in Washington to Lieut. Lee Franklin Lanham of Winchester and Miss Mervyn Elizabeth Haneke of Washington. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E Hez Swein. Lanham served in the U S Navy radio service and at Arlington wireless station before joining the Signal Corps.
A promotion for Mothers Friend from Bradfield Regulator Co. Dept. 6 Atlanta Ga offers a free book Motherhood and the Baby. It claims daily use relaxes maternal muscles aiding childbirth and reducing nausea and breast inflammation with positive health outcomes for mother and child. The notice references a radio officer at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
Harry Jack was fined 2 dollars and 1 dollar costs in police court after being arraigned on a warrant filed by Sam Haines a well known apple buyer. The charge stems from a joking dispute near Hotel Jack on West Piccadilly Street ending with Jack kicking at Haines. Police officer Dove intervened and both men were cited to appear in court. Haines expressed no hard feelings and wished to be left alone.
The 5000 ton steamship Wilmore was sunk by a German submarine. All 50 crew members were saved. The vessel, owned in New York and engaged in coal carrying, went down on Wednesday near the time of the sinking report from London dated September 14.
Peking reports charges of conspiracy against 14 Germans and Cordes, manager of the German Bank, who has been close to the Chinese government. He is the first foreigner detained in connection with pro German activities.
Mr. Charles FE Trenary travels to Harrisonburg Virginia following the funeral of his aunt the late Mrs Hugh Grim in a case noting family mourning and travel after a death in the family.
Health boards warn that quarantine remains in force for Rockingham Warren Page and other Valley counties with strict enforcement. After midnight tomorrow Frederick county residents may mingle with Winchester but other counties stay quarantined. An extended quarantine continues for Thornton Goode’s home after a suspected fatal case.
Prices offered by local buyers for staples such as winter flour eleven dollars per unit and spring flour twelve dollars appear in the market report. Other items include bacon middling two dollars and change, butter creamery wholesale forty three cents and retail forty six, potatoes per bushel between one forty and one twenty five, and live poultry prices for chickens and roosters. The report notes these markets are corrected as of the day before publication and lists cattle hogs hay and other farm goods with varied pricing.
The condition of Mrs. W. e Fultz who is at Memorial Hospital suffering from typhoid Y fever is much improved today. Physicians Dr. Er. C. Stuart and Dr. Walter Cox hope she gains strength to leave the hospital soon. She is under constant care of two trained nurses.
Large crowd attended the funeral for Mrs Kate Trenary Grim wife of Hugh Grim held at her South Kent Street home. Rev T K Cromer officiated with hymns sung by the choir and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Six nephews served as pallbearers and floral arrangements covered the grave area.
Berlin sent a reply to Pope Benedict’s peace initiative, forwarded to Rome via Swiss sources. Austria’s reply reportedly reached the Vatican, with Bulgaria and Turkey expected to issue responses. meanwhile W. H. Basserman departed for a business trip to southern Virginia.
A massive battle rages in the Italian theater as Austrians reinforce with troops and artillery. Italian forces pause at Trieste and push toward Lardech, the Austro Hungarian base and HQ, amid relentless attacks and counterattacks. Mrs. John C. Koong returns to Washington after visiting relatives in town. The Scientific American suggests aircraft carry vacuum bottles for hot meals on long flights.
A note on the slang phrase meaning financial prosperity and comfortable circumstances with uncertain origin, likely American.
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