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Newspaper
Middletown Weekly
Location
Middletown, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
3
A faded verse laments homesickness and love in a rural spring setting, pairing two lovers beside a cradle with a fading sunset and red firelight. A local note praises Catherine Culloch and a French astronomer appointment while noting thoughtful memorials and a Quaker tea-plea on dental care and novel cucumber sandwiches.
Meadow Mills Letter reports Thomas Hanson returning to work in New Hope Valley after visiting his parents. Local notes mention births and visitors including Mrs J M Hummer and children from Middletown, William Painter and Holt Hottel guests, and Paul Racey improving after illness. A Branchville preacher will speak Sept 1. Reports dispute Virginia population decline. A Middletown soap-pole incident is recounted with mother’s quip. The weekly price is listed and a closing proverb reflects on reputations and minds.
Don’t sow alfalfa seed on wet or undrained land or on acid or sour soil. Apply lime or ground limestone, supply stable manure, and thoroughly prepare the seed bed. Use only good seed free of weeds and inoculate the soil. Avoid sowing in late fall to optimize land credit.
Captain Borum reports an enrollment of 64 men for Company K, a surplus over the required number. The Strasburg crowd also joined a large Woodmans picnic near Middletown with many local attendees and visitors from surrounding towns.
Readers can buy the original History of the Valley by Dr Samuel Kercheval. 200 copies are offered in well bound cloth, 400 pages, famous authentic local history. Price 2.00 net with 15c postage. Subscribe to The Weekly for 25c for three months.
A Skeena River steamer, battling swift currents from mountain snowmelt, was felled by a large tree washed from banks by a three foot river rise. The tree crashed onto the vessel, breaking lifeboats and disabling engines and steering as the steamer drifted downstream.
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