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Newspaper
Middletown Weekly
Location
Middletown, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
2
The Richmond Times Dispatch note urges Virginia counties to halt local quail hunting due to extreme scarcity. It warns that extending the season risks extermination, harming insect-eating birds crucial to crops, and calls for stronger wardens and stricter limits to protect game and farmers alike.
The text surveys methods to shield fruit trees from rabbit bark damage. Straw wrappings and corn stalk coverings risk heat and pest damage. poultry netting is effective but costly and encourages grass growth. A liver treatment, rubbing beef liver on trunks, is praised as the cheapest, safest, and most lasting, repelling rabbits through autumn into winter.
The article notes farmers and hunters would be repaid for their trouble and wardens’ maintenance costs during bitter blasts as grain is scattered on the ai sides and in cedar groves.
Humorous snippets poke at thoughts on pensions flirtation memory and marriage. Witty lines question sincerity self reflection and social mores while poking fun at ministers suitors and consumer fashion items like jabots. The tone is light and observational.
A Baltimore Southern Methodist writer recalls Belle Grove, the 1790s Major Isaac Hite home once part of a 12 000 acre Fairfax grant. He notes its colonial pageantry, later ruin, and lingering legends of murders and ghosts, while discussing eerie atmospheres and spectral tales tied to the mansion’s storied past.
Postmaster General Hitchcock announced new parcels post regulations effective after January 1 1913. Farm and factory products seeds roots plants may be mailed but pay 1 cent for two ounces. third class matter excluded. return cards required. size limits set. money on delivery not solved. system to be refined in coming months.
Opinion lines reflect on marriage, fidelity to ideals, and the rest cure. It notes the trouble lies in curing people after they have been cured and ironizes rewards for lost opportunities.
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