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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1917
Page
3
Congress voices dissatisfaction over the Lans ing revelation and its timing. Senators and representatives say the disclosure was designed to influence legislation the administration seeks to push through.
Daily market report shows prices for winter and spring wheat flour, corn, middlings, bayon, timothy and mixed hay, butter types, potatoes, and live chickens. Noting the Star cautions about possible errors, figures include retail and wholesale amounts with units per bushel or per pound.
BALTI and MARKETS. These markets are corrected as of closing on the day preceding publication. Butter prices listed with nearby creameries and print ads, live poultry prices for chickens and hens, corn and hay values, cattle and hog prices. Miss Ella Timberlake, visiting at the home of the Miss Timberlakes on South Braddock Street, returned today to Brooklyn, New York.
Argentina poised to cut diplomatic ties with Germany as the Chamber of Deputies prepared a final vote on the Senate resolution. Foreign Minister Pueyrredón indicated new information about German envoy Count Von Luxburg would be discussed in the debate.
W Taylor Wall purchased Shepherd Ford Farm from Maurice F Castleman, a 150 acre farm with 50 acres in orchard and 2000 apple trees nine years old and 1000 trees four to nine years old. Located up the Shenandoah at Shepherds ford five miles from Berryville, the price was 16500 dollars and ferry rights were included. Castleman will retain his historic homeplace nearby and continue to live there.
Mrs W H Williams of Branley NOY testifies that Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy relieved her father's diarrhoea after three doses. She asserts he was cured and expresses strong faith in the product. For sale by all druggists.
The Red Cross seeks two million sweaters and millions of woolen socks for the army. Winchester and Frederick county should provide at least 250 sweaters and 500 socks at once. Mrs. Julian F. Ward chairs the committee and will supply wool. Knitters or wool contributors should contact Mrs. Ward, Mrs. R. T. Barton, or Miss Augusta Conrad for instructions and wool. Send items to Company I and other enlisted men at Petersburg and elsewhere.
Ruggiet's Falcone alias Jimmie the Gash describes scouring the Bronx Frog Hollow area with 16 gang members then visiting Philadelphia before returning to New York. Riots followed a primary election as three Philadelphia men allegedly offered him easy money with little danger and a crime program was carried out. He speaks under questioning by New York and Philadelphia secret service men.
The Clerk's Office in Frederick County Virginia orders five commissioners to appraise just compensation for a 30 foot by 0.562 acre strip to be condemned for railway works. The case against LS Pratt & Sons Inc of Washington DC requests court action at the October 1 1917 term, with notices to be published in The Evening Star Winchester. A second notice announces a Master Commissioner will assess Mary R Trundle estate assets and liens, with creditors summoned and a four week advertising requirement.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines breeding timing for ewes beginning in late summer to autumn. It covers flushing to improve lamb crop, recommended feeds, ram management, branding practices, grazing strategies, and winter conditioning for flocks. It also notes hogs on pasture need grain for profitability and cautions on ration limits.
Mr and Mrs William Poston returned last evening from Baltimore where they visited relatives and friends. Miss Nannie F Baker left this morning on an extended visit to relatives in Wilmington Delaware.
The piece presents a quirky dialogue about a difficult act for the year. An advance agent boasts the team will perform a striking routine, with slang and garbled phrasing signaling a playful, behind the scenes style.
A compact reflection notes that misfortune tames small minds while great minds rise above it, attributed to Washington Irving, emphasizing resilience and perspective.
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