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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1918
Page
5
Miss M. K. Strickler district nurse appointed Red Cross instructor for elementary hygiene and home care of the sick. Classes begin about September 18 with meeting details to be announced by calling Miss Strickler at her office. A small fee will be charged at the time of meeting.
Police report shows few autos used yesterday as motorists offered reasonably clear accounts of their trips. It notes yesterday was the third gasoline Sunday under Fuel Administration guidance and drivers largely complied with the observation plan.
The report notes that most people using cars yesterday were occupied with pressing tasks and emergencies, suggesting a focus on immediate needs over leisure travel.
A German brigadier general riding in a limousine south of St Mihiel was captured by American doughboys from an MG company. They saw a black and white flag in the car and the chauffeur wore a peculiar cap. The chauffeur tried to flee but was shot. the general was taken prisoner while a doughboy rode beside him.
A visit to the lab where Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is made describes the herbs used at optimal seasonal strength. The process includes solvent extraction, sterilization, pasteurization, and sealing in sterile bottles, with patient letters praising its health restoration.
Observance of Yom Kippur began yesterday at sundown with special services in synagogues and temples citywide. Reform Jews fast but keep less rigid rituals than the Orthodox, with fewer ancient ceremonies and prayers observed.
Berkeley County Court ordered tollgates on the Martinsburg to Richmond turnpike abolished on September 2. The measure removes tollgates across the turnpike within the county with one gate remaining between Martinsburg and Richmond.
Twenty four special trains carrying war relics will tour the nation from Sept 28 to Oct 19 to publicize Liberty Loan. American and Allied soldiers will lecture as relics such as mosquito tanks grafenwerfers bowie knives and captured German pistols are shown. Navy displays include depth charges shells aero bombs and mines. Two exhibition trains will visit each Federal Reserve district and schools will dismiss for viewing.
Local exemption boards receive telegrams from Provost Marshal General Crowder in Washington directing first calls for men aged 18 to 35 to complete questionnaires. The plan defers those over 39 for now, with 18 20 year olds possibly kept in deferment or sent to training, while 31 to 35 year olds are targeted first for service.
The National Geographic Society compares the terrain Pershing’s forces face in the Meuse Moselle pocket to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The rolling land lies along confluences of the Meuse and Moselle, with hills under 500 feet and villages of 100 to 300 residents, complicating potential drives toward Metz and Briey Basin riches.
Hayfield Virginia reports Mr A L Mace who spent the summer at Burcroft left for home in Port de G Lloyd Rosenberger Camp Humphreys has been at Hayfield on furlough. Keut Hedrick and family plan to leave September 17 for Washington. Miss Ina Barrett of Middletown visiting friends at Hastien.
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