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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
5
Two years of stomach trouble and biliousness reduced after using Chamberlain's Tablets. Miss Emma Verlyrke of Lima Ohio reports rapid improvement. For sale by all dealers.
Norman Hapgood discusses happiness from unselfish work in industry and asks why simplicity devotion and fellowship yield contentment richer than material wealth. He cites a small plant where employee control increased collaboration and dividends matched wages, contrasting humane capitalists with greedy rivals.
The Berwick on Tweed crowds enjoy three for a penny herring sale amid labor shortages and cheap cattle. Locals relish the sea bounty while national tension looms over war and economics, praising herring as a democratic staple beloved by common people.
The home shapes a child most through the words spoken and actions observed, especially in how parents treat each other and show affection. Charity in the household, family unity during joys and sorrows, and respectful interactions with relatives and workers all imprint enduring values on the child.
The piece describes revival of the packhorse in Devon and Dartmoor farms due to wartime needs. It notes pack animals once carried munitions and stores to dumps and front lines, and that ponies and donkeys still haul seaweed and shingle on the coast. It mentions the prince of Wales supporting the revival.
A lighthearted note laments skipping a pit dwelling activity on a wheatless day. The playful line hints at food and tradition, drawing readers into a brief community reaction.
An advertised hair tonic claims to double hair beauty in minutes, dissolve all dandruff, and prevent scalp feverishness. It urges users with varied hair conditions to try a small bottle at drugstores or toilet counters, asserting soft lustrous hair with no dandruff and less shedding.
Mr. Sam Feinberg reports a $1000 allocation from the Winchester and Frederick County War Chest Fund for Jewish relief. The letter from Henry Morgenthau Jr acknowledges $750 for Jewish war relief and $250 for the Welfare Board, praising Feinberg’s support and urging pursuit of a five percent allotment from war chest funds.
The Home Service Section of the Red Cross asks Winchester and Frederick county residents who have not yet received army insurance papers from relatives in the service to report to Mrs J Clay de Grange at 215 West Cork Street Winchester Virginia Bell phone 15 1. Those receiving allotments should note the monthly check allotment number to speed processing.
The local exemption board ordered the remaining Class 1 colored men from all three past registrations, about eight or ten in number, to report to Camp Lee in Virginia on September 25. Mrs John C Melenbacher departed for Wannachee Washington and her mother Fannie Kygitt left for Ohio with her son George Fugitt.
University of Iowa geologist Dean George F Kay says coal fields in Iowa can supply large quantities of pyrite for sulfuric acid used in high explosive production. Domestic pyrite from coal mines could reduce imports as ships are diverted to urgent war needs.
An inquisitive traveler questions a man in a train compartment about his life. The man, Thomas Brown, reveals his age forty six, marital status, son in the Blankshire Buffs, stock-exchange father, living mother, a red-haired niece, and a char lady named Jane Briggs. The exchange ends with a quip about tongue oil.
A decree in the Corporation Court of Winchester grants Virginia Morgan Williams an absolute divorce from Jack Williams. The court awards custody of their infant children, restores her maiden name Morgan, and orders alimony of $5 per week for her and support for two children.
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