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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1918
Page
3
A gas torch that cannot be blown out heats a new rocking stove for campers. A hollow washer maps cars for washing with water fed by hose. A safety razor blade holder aids tailors or dressmakers in ripping seams. A Hen egg counter device and parasite research for pest control are noted. Government backing spurs flax revival experiments in Scotland.
A compilation of pithy lines from Albany Journal Chicago News Birmingham Press Toledo Blade Milwaukee News and Binghamton reflecting on temptation, charity, and ambition. The snippets frame moral quips and wry humor about luck, effort, and naval slang.
Mr. W. E. Cooper of Thomas J. Cooper and Sons is in New York on business pertaining to the firm.
The Potomac Division outlines comprehensive care for new soldiers from selection to deployment. It covers transport, clothing or an arm band, sanitation under General Gorgas, medical and dental exams, foot care, and the strict standards ensuring a high health record.
The War Industries Board warns all Star subscribers to renew and pay in advance or risk discontinuation after expiration. Payments must be current for carrier deliveries monthly and for mail motor truck or train deliveries, with the effective date October 1, 1918.
Rockingham County supervisors reversed a prior move to remove tollgates on county roads and signaled tolls would be reestablished. Last week they allowed districts to decide toll maintenance, but the plan excludes the Valley turnpike, now state controlled and toll free.
German socialists adopted a peace principle demanding restoration of Belgium Serbia and Montenegro, per Amsterdam dispatches to the London Express. The proposal reflects stance reported by The Star based on wire dispatches from London dated September 25.
Preaching is set at Paynes Chapel Sunday September 29 at 11 a.m. Darkesville and Rest Church will hold services that evening at 8 p.m. W. R. Hardesty is the pastor.
Miss Julia Steere returns to Wheaton College Norton Massachusetts as the institution begins its new term with the largest freshman class in history.
The Red Cross conducts its second nation wide clothing drive for Belgians and French in need. Mrs W A Baker coordinates local donations at 407 South Washington Street with pickup by mail or phone. The deadline is September 30 and all strong garments blankets sheets and other textiles are welcome to aid victims of occupation regions.
Emmanuel Bourcier recounts gas warfare used for the first time on the Yser front. Soldiers panic as greenish clouds drift through trenches, masks failing, oxygen and ether failing to save victims, many collapsing in convulsions and death amid a toxic, choking atmosphere.
Mrs M Lehan and her daughter Miss Flora of Boyd avenue have returned from a visit to Winchester and Knoxville Maryland Martinsburg area.
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