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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
5
The Frederick County Farm Bureau asks farmers to answer a detailed questionnaire sent with a prepaid return envelope. It requests farm name, ownership, acreage, crops, lime use, seeding results, planned crops, equipment, cattle hogs sheep breeds, poultry, orchard stock, and planting timing between late April and early May.
Mrs. J. L. Ford of Hagerstown Maryland surprised her father Mr. A. H. Warner on his seventy first birthday with a prepared sumptuous dinner. Grandchildren in Hagerstown sent a large bouquet of spring flowers. The Warner family enjoyed the birthday dinner and extended wishes for many more happy birthdays.
Mrs Blackburn Smith hosted a Thursday afternoon tea at The Knoll in Berryville Virginia in honor of her sister Mrs Alfred Witherspoon of Petersburg. The home featured white and purple lilac and tulips. Mrs J H M Clagett and Mrs F B Whiting presided at the tea table with tea served by Misses.
Mamie White Portia Baldwin Annie Stribling and Elizabeth Moore lead a list of attendees at a social event. The gathering includes J B Neill Harry Burks J B Harris Herbert Whiting Malcolm Taylor Archibald Orborne Joseph Moore A Moore Jr David Allen Lewis Allen and others. Mrs J H M Clagett visits relatives in New York and Virginia Elder visits Annapolis while Kitty McDonald returns from Washington with Mary Jacobs as guest. Perrine of Newark NJ visits Mr and Mrs R E Perrine.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring health tonic boosting appetite digestion and nourishment. It claims quick restoration of reserve strength and blood purification with America’s best selling spring remedy. Hood's Pills marketed as a gentle family laxative. It notes bronchitis and other diseases as leading fatal illnesses.
He who begs timidly courts a refusal. The citation attributes a moral lesson to Seneca about courage in seeking aid and the risks of hesitation in asking for help.
The Frederick County case against Miss R. Virginia Barr for failing to remove cedar blooms from her farm trees was heard by Justice Philip Williams. Barr argued 13 smallpox cases at her home and health orders prevented access. A $10 fine was suspended on condition she remove the cedar balls immediately as the smallpox quarantine had been lifted.
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