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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star published daily except Sundays in Winchester Virginia by The Evening Star Publishing Co. It is entered at the Winchester post office as second class matter. The paper is consolidated with Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror.
Rates for subscriptions by mail listed in brief form. Includes durations of one year six months three months and one month with mentions of advance payment. The fragmentary text also references a weekly option. No clear prices or entities are readable.
A brief notice credits the Associated Press as the exclusive source for republication of all dispatches and local news published in this paper dated Wednesday, August 5, 1925. The policy statement asserts AP's sole rights to use and distribute AP content.
The poem portrays Jasper Jinx as the town’s vilified loner with brave whiskers and a sly air. Village gossips debate his morality and mischief while the speaker oddly defends him, noting his charm and a gift of a chicken despite the town’s suspicions.
Personal items note John, son of Mrs. Berry, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Latham on the Berryville pike and returning home this morning. Mrs. J. A. Baker and her Cumberland, Md., son, guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown on the Millwood road, depart for Cumberland. Miss Helen Keating sails to Philadelphia to visit Mrs. John Casey. Mrs. Tillie Henry arrives from Baltimore to stay with Mrs. William McKenzie on West Water Street.
Mrs Eugene Cooper and her children have returned after spending two weeks in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Fred Affleck underwent an operation yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital for appendicitis and tonsils with a very successful result. Mr. Boyd Newlin has returned home after a stay in Cumberland.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bauserman and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schmidt have returned after visiting the Schmidt summer cottage along the Jersey shore. Mr. Harvey Canters and his son, who had been touring Eastern Virginia, have returned to their home.
Mrs Percy Miller has returned to her home on South Market Street after undergoing an operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital some time ago.
Mrs. Kathryn Painter has recovered enough to go out again at her West Water street home. Miss Bess Rush departed for Romney West Virginia to join a Cumberland party camping with Dr and Mrs Reed and their two young sons Dick and William. Mrs Read’s sisters Miss Mamie and Miss Lillian Rinker of Washington visit their father Mr William F Rinker at Opequon.
Mrs. R. E. Byrd entertained friends at her home after the nomination results for her son Harry F. Byrd as governor of Virginia were announced. Winchester residents have invitations for the Berryville horse show dances on August 14 and 15, with Mr. Hunter Osborne of Berryville serving on the dance committee.
Striped cucumber beetles, the most destructive pests of cucumbers, melons, squashes and other vine plants, are controlled by dusting young plants with calcium arsenate and gypsum. Apply when seedlings emerge, repeat several times weekly, and after rain. The practice, recommended by Dr. Carl J. Drake of Iowa State College, suggests ten to twelve applications.
Advice on calf feeding warns that overfeeding with whole milk early can impair digestion and cause scours. Start with two to three pounds per feeding twice daily, dilute with warm water for high-fat milk, and avoid excess. Gradually shift to skim milk by weeks four to six, then six to nine pounds daily as growth improves. Three feedings daily with midday milking helps.
The article discusses Colorado potato beetle control as routine for growers, noting arsenic sprays and dusts, plus lime mixes. It quotes Dr Frank H Lathrop on safe uses and outlines general fertilizer guidance for barley and corn soils, with recommended pounds per acre depending on soil condition.
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