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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1918
Page
2
A New York hat manufacturer retires and closes out its stock offering unusually large hats at $1 to $3, claiming savings of $1 to $3 compared with local prices. The ad urges customers to buy now before the sale ends.
Unsecured overdrafts and U.S. bonds deposited to secure circulation shown. Par value figures include 1 205 959 and 2 151 100 000 across listed entries.
A Virginia court orders William Taylor to appear to protect his interest as the case seeks to construe wills of McGuire women, determine rightful heirs to a Win Virginia corner lot, validate a gate deed to Hunter H McGuire, and consider equitable compensation for improvements with possible sale and distribution of proceeds. Publication and posting requirements are ordered for four weeks.
A compendium of aphorisms on liberty, selfishness, patriotism, and family roles. It contrasts generous acts with profiteering and notes the strain of maintaining good temper and ambition under wartime conditions. It mocks long distance farming and highlights limits of 40 minute weekly labor.
A Boston Transcript extract notes that a time poor man often lacks energy and a long winded speaker need not be a marathoner While culture cannot curb a fat man’s snoring in sleep and most people settle where they belong many men have just enough knowledge to be nuisances A homely face spares a woman from hearing rank nonsense.
The document records financial details including capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, and various deposits and outstanding checks. It includes a sworn affirmation by Russell A. Stryock, cashier, dated September 6, 1918, with a note on interest and taxes provisions and a quoted devotional gratitude passage by Richard Garnett.
A roundup of innovations from a Chill plant smelting Bolivian tin ore to a voice clock, water cooled ovens, electric voting in Argentina, feather cloth, umbrella folding lamps, electric incubation, concrete sea vessels, copper phonograph peaches and watch springs, a cotton picker with pneumatic nozzles, and the vast length of submarine cable wire reaching toward the moon.
About three hundred homing pigeons were released in the city for a race to Washington. Half the birds launched at 8 am and the rest at 10 am, returning home after circling the town. The tests aim to assess homing instinct for potential battlefield use in France.
Mrs Marshall H Trenary announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Bessie Richards Trenary to Mr Samuel Botelar Grim. The ceremony was held at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on Wednesday September 18, performed by Rev F M Richardson. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Grim of this city and is noted as a popular young man.
A reflective essay condemns violence and hypocritical fame. The author laments society’s sins, cites champion pugilists, and questions old values as humanity’s moral glare widens. The piece contrasts brutality with nostalgic songs of home and brotherhood.
The exchange suggests a lighthearted warning about handling potatoes to avoid bruising them. It mentions a conservationist who would rather entertain with mashed potatoes.
A collection of aphorisms on self knowledge, wartime aims, prosperity through words, and the media's role in shaping heroism. The lines juxtapose personal insight with public rhetoric and suggest the press can sustain national spirit.
A strong paper made in India uses pulp from a ginger species grown there. A Pennsylvanian patented a nail puller with serrated jaws for various nail sizes. A Swedish scientist proposes bearded grains draw electricity from the air to aid growth.
E. O. Larrick M. H. Rhodes and E. R. Sperry were named directors of the company in a recent corporate filing. The board appointments expand governance as the firm moves toward new initiatives.
A roundup highlights horizon blue as a favored military uniform color. It notes a whitewash derived from acetylene sludge, an X-ray image can reveal tin fillings in silk hosiery, and X-ray checks on bivalves suspected of pearl production to avoid harm to shells.
A fragmentary line reads Drive the kaleor to a teat suggesting a wordplay or garbled OCR from a local page. No clear persons places or dates are identifiable in readable text.
Miss Sara Westen of Belvidere Illinois describes severe kidney trouble that left her unable to stoop or stand. She credits Foley Kidney Pills with restoring her strength and mobility, urging others to try the remedy.
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