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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
4
The poem humorously laments a gardener's failing crops and pest trouble. Weeds thrive while onions, cabbage, beans, and tomatoes struggle, and the speaker imagines silly fates for plants if only conditions changed. The verse blends playful whimsy with farmyard frustration.
The page fragment lists market items including butter fat creamery butter and country butter and notes about chicken and potatoes. It references prices and quantities in a dated local market section with unreadable OCR.
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It claims the spoonful cleans the liver and bowels, stops sour stomach, nausea, and constipation, and guarantees full refund if not effective. It stresses suitability for the whole family and no strong side effects.
Mrs. Angie Hummer of 222 South Market Street reports her husband Private Charles Hummer has arrived in Hoboken on April 25 after service in Company F of the 166th Infantry in World War I. He traveled from France aboard the Leviathan, then to Camp Merritt New Jersey, and is expected to reach Winchester soon.
The owner Amanda L. Cox through attorney James P Reardon offers 125 acre Shawnee district farm in Frederick county Va for public auction at 12 o clock on Saturday May 10 1919 in front of the County House Winchester. Property includes timber and farm buildings with immediate possession. One third cash and balance in one and two years at six percent interest secured by deed of trust.
The Baker and Company supply a fertilizer bag for each canning club girl. Girls must sign when receiving it, and Beck's Bakery owner Mr Beck provides the sack. The club plans to show appreciation for the assistance and kindness shown to their work.
Kernstown Virginia residents report visitors from Norfolk Hagerstown and Winchester over Easter season. Cary Barton returns home from brief Norfolk trip. Eugene Campbell from Alexandria visits with Rosser Campbell family. Maud Golliday a Winchester guest. Presbytery sessions held at Presbyterian Church with large attendance. Neil Cooper travels to Harrisonburg for business.
A Vienna dispatch reports martial law declared in Budapest as Romanian forces push into Hungary. Since Thursday night the Romanians have occupied four more towns. Commissioner Pogany warns he will execute bourgeois hostages if the city is entered.
A newspaper notice lists candidates for local offices in the Northern District and surrounding areas. Robert Shade and others announce for Commissioner of Revenue and county posts, subject to Democratic primary action, mentioning prior service, education, and pledges to discharge duties faithfully.
A candidate declares for the office of Treasurer of Frederick County subject to the Democratic Primary on August 5, 1919. The declaration aims to secure nomination and compete in the county election.
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