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Newspaper
Middletown Weekly
Location
Middletown, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
3
A Kansas law bans public drinking cups after a case linked to an ulcer infection on a traveler. The newspaper notes a reunion tradition where cups spread germs, urges using personal collapsible cups, and cites precautionary measures and other varied tips on health and daily living.
Tulip items list visits among residents including Lizzie Ewing and Sarah White near Refuge and Stephens City. Several families visit relatives, with July through August social notes. Ridings Chapel Sunday School plans a picnic on August 24 at an undecided site. Roosevelt calls Taft re nomination a moral issue tied to Lorimer election.
Mrs Fontaine Davidson and son visit Mrs F E Kline. Several locals and visitors from Chevy Chase Kernstown Middletown Washington share visits and rests with Kline Dinges and Lichliter families. Odds and ends of calling hours, journeys, and minor injuries amuse the community.
The locust beetles again attack local foliage causing leaf drop on locust trees. An hog illness spreads near Fawcetts Gap as farmers lose valuable porkers. Blacksburg is urged to help and an expert is expected soon.
The Weekly offers 200 copies of the Original History of the Valley by Samuel Kercheval. Cloth bound, 400 pages, authentic local history read like a novel. Price two dollars plus fifteen cents postage.
The voters do not vote directly for President and Vice President. States choose electors equal to their congressional representation plus two electors at large. electors are voted for by state citizens. No law requires electors to vote for the ticket. Gov. Wilson delivered a 6,000 word acceptance speech on a yacht.
A brief column notes that most cultures hold a version of the Golden Rule. Examples include Grecian do not that to a neighbor, Chinese do unto others, Buddhist seek others happiness, and Egyptian let him pass on. The Weekly price is six months for 50c.
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