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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1917
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe mercury free liver remedy. It attacks calomel’s dangers, promising quick relief from sluggish bowels and sour stomach for whole families with a pleasant tasting vegetable formula.
Winchester hosts a community week starting with an 8 PM community dinner at the Winchester Inn. Dr Frank Crane and Edward F Trefz headline talks to recruit members for the upcoming director and officer slate. Thursday party captains map outreach. civic rally Friday and Civic Sunday on the 29th urges broad public support.
During the Chapin versus Hackling trial in Loudoun Circuit Court, Judge Fletcher halted proceedings after a juror was found sleeping. The juror was fined $10 and the trial paused as a new jury was to be empaneled.
Mrs. Bertie Sheets widow of J W Sheets died after a long illness at her Staunton area home last Thursday. The funeral was held Saturday at Spring Hill Methodist Church with Rev. William White officiating. A lifelong Christian and longtime Methodist member, she formerly hailed from Winchester as Ber tie Smoke. She leaves two daughters Adria Irma Martin of Washington DC and Carrie Sheets of Spring Hill plus a sister Mrs Mattie Morrison of Winchester.
After a Cox Columbus Ohio meeting with hotel owners it was announced hotels will save the eyes of potatoes used for distribution to backyard and vacant lot gardeners as seed. Hotel men estimate 150 bushels are used daily. Miss Ida Shimp is confined at home 312 South Kent Street with grip.
A guard on duty at the Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge across the Potomac at Powell's Bend was fired upon one night. Corporal Gallup led a search but no shooter was found. .38 caliber shells were later found on the canal towpath. Soldiers from Company L Fourth Regiment Baltimore have orders to double patrols at night.
Elizabeth J Roberts died April 15 in Gainesboro Virginia funeral services were held April 24 at 10 AM at the Methodist Episcopal Church South conducted by Rev W Van Der Linden. She had been a member of the Southern Methodist Church nearly sixty years and is survived by four brothers Nathan Cedar Grove William Apple Ridge Edwards and James Roberts Greenspring and two sisters Mrs Bertie Triplett St Paul Minn and Mrs Julia Payne Kansas.
The Martinsburg Journal reports Mr and Mrs W W Westphall with Mr and Mrs W W Downey Mr and Mrs C E Thompson and Grace Westphall took a pleasant trip to the Shenandoah Valley in Westphall s Packard touring car They visited Winchester Kernstown Middletown Strasburg Fishers Hill and Tom s Brook returning to Wayside Inn near Middletown for supper The car performed well on the Valley pike and the outing was enjoyed by all.
A pragmatic guide outlines pig and sheep care practices. It advises keeping a spare blanket for workers, monitoring lambing with nighttime visits, and using proper straw bedding. It cautions that pigs have short legs and poor endurance and stresses prepare work teams early to avoid spring delays. If a ewe loses her lamb treat her as a foster mother and maintain milking.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes no gravel difficulties block domestic high quality sugar beet seed production. Since World War I, European seed import reliance diminished, but American seed remains superior. expansion hinges on higher planting investment and two season growth requirements for beet seed with careful silage and curing processes.
The text notes no distinct sugar beet types in the country with six to twenty types found in fields. It states beets grown side by side show varied external traits and root quality in sugar and purity. It argues for a permanent seed industry development focusing on sugar beets and seed stalk production. It highlights a domestic beet sugar industry investment of over 1,000,000 dollars and the need to prioritize seed supply.
The text warns that infertile eggs do not become heated or incubated but their contents evaporate and turn watery. In damp musty cellars or near vegetables or ripe fruit they absorb odors, gaining a bad flavor and becoming prone to mold and bacterial contamination like other eggs.
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In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County on March 23 1917 Jno Anderson et als against Minerva Renner et al Defendants The suit seeks partition of the real estate of Preston I Anderson late of Frederick Co Va or sale and division of proceeds if partition is impractical An affidavit shows defendants Minerva Renner Jerry Grady Stella Grady and Dennis Grady not Virginia residents They must appear within fifteen days after publication to protect their interests The notice to be published weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester and posted at the courthouse front door by March 26 1917 J W Baker Clerk Ward Warrick Attorneys 3 24 4w
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