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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1918
Page
4
A wartime verse proclaims friendship between Americans and Britons amid common struggle. It imagines joint victory over Kaiser Wilhelm, celebrates shared allegiance to God save the King, and praises Yankee Doodle as the nations unite and pledge solidarity through alliance and war efforts.
Registrants aged 19 to 36 who registered on September 12, 1918 will receive questionnaires starting today. About 1238 forms will be mailed daily until all are sent. Recipients have seven days to answer and return, with Legal Advisory Board in Winchester and Fredericadeck offering free help 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Corporation Court House.
A continuation listing men aged 18 to 45 who registered for the September 12 1918 selective draft. Entries include William Franklin Plank William Miller Lupton Sutton Isaac Harris James Gracanis Charles Fred Howard Pendleton Spillman George Wilton Strickler Dills Wesley Jones Howard Washington Cather Theodore H Ritter Presley Walter Pletcher George W Jenkins Godfrey Miller Clarence Howard White Benjamin Luther Anderson William David Keffer Maley Dyke Charles David Price Robert L Mitchell Walter Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Gray George William Brown John Day Sidney Whitingham Diamonds James Williams Joseph Nachman Nicholas G Tarabekos Bennett Edwin Russell Marvin Register Strode Benjamin Hiett Harper Charles Howard Rainsberger Sidney Collis Curl Charles Anderson Harry Randall Kane Charlies Eli Garber Ernest Swanson etc with multiple Winchester and nearby town entries listed.
In Win chesterr Worthington's corporation court a guard appointment was made for his daughter Miss Blizeeth Hacock Worthington under 21. He provided bond in the penalty of 800 dollars.
Mrs Kemper Moulden and Mrs Katie Snapp of Brucetown spent yesterday at Harpers Ferry West Virginia with sister Mrs Hester Rockenbaugh.
G. J. Miller of Fort Defiance reports chronic liver trouble and general rundown improved after using Dreco, claiming a four pound gain. The ad touts Dreco as inexpensive, harmless, and widely stocked, with Miller's Drug Store in Winchester selling it.
Local Food Administrator Shirley Carter urges merchants to turn in all 25 pound sugar certificates for July August and up to September 15 at once to secure the quota.
Nearly all residents observed the autoless Sunday with scarce car use on streets and county roads. Police reports show only a few vehicles outside, while a livery operator refused an urgent call until pressured, delaying a county emergency transport.
A Indianapolis News reader recalls the hunt for fashionable gowns in limited sizes. She notes high prices and scarce options, with many items offered only in smaller sizes and one georgette piece found only in a sixteen year size. She ends with buying a hair net and belt, calling the outfit comfortable for hot weather but unsuitable for a fat sixty year old.
Japan plans a six year naval expansion costing 150 million dollars and proposes broader taxation. Income tax would rise by 10 to 50 percent with a 250 dollar minimum, while a war profits tax targets business gains and higher personal incomes. Individuals earning over 1500 dollars would face a 15 percent increase and companies a 20 percent rise on profits.
A long noted town in the southwest, Laclede Missouri, hosts a celebration honoring General Pershing. The write up links the town’s French heritage to Pershing’s lineage, noting Pershing’s birth in the area and pride among residents of the former Francophone community.
William Jessop of Hull England, aged seventy two, is the only seafarer to be torpedoed seven times and remain on the active list. He often serves as cook or steward and is the oldest member of Hull's Ships Cook and Stewards union. He was torpedoed three times in the first year of the war, and the last four ships he sailed on were lost, yet he remains ready to sign on anywhere.
War-broken soldiers stitch ladies dresses in London while dressmakers churn out shells in factories. The London costumier is busier than ever as five to six weeks of work loom for clients. Munitions pay better than the needle and veterans vie to work at Woolwich and other big plants. A suburban dressmaker notes three wounded men helping and praises their output, claiming finest beadwork is produced by armed soldiers.
Quoted dialogue debates a novel revenue idea as a wartime issue. The exchange suggests taxing poets for licenses as a remedy alongside harsher measures to save wheat and manage shortages.
The document records rediscount liabilities totaling 2 921 361 93 and 118 500 00 with an affidavit from Wm. G. Hardy cashier of the bank sworn before lawful officers. Attesting signatures include John W. Rice, Lewis F. Cooper, and R. Gray Williams.
The Valley Turnpike Company seeks all stock owners to file ownership statements with Secretary D B at Middletown Va by Oct 16. Owners lacking original certificates must submit sworn statements detailing their ownership claims to be reviewed promptly after Oct 15. Notaries must witness sworn affidavits and inquiries go to the secretary.
By deed of trust dated October 31 1910 A S Bowers and wife offer in Winchester Virginia at public auction at 12 o'clock M on Saturday October 19 1918 the two acre six point six perches property in Frederick County near Rest village three quarters of a mile from Ridgeway along the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike. The two story six room limestone residence with porches cellar cistern shop and outbuildings sits amid partially improved fruit land in an excellent neighborhood. Sale terms: one third cash on day of sale and balance in two equal annual installments with interest and secured by deed of trust and fire policy. auctioneers Duvall Dunn M M Lynch Trustee.
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