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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
5
In Sweetwater Texas on August 12 two elderly men aged about 70 and 65 who family and kinship tensions led to a duel with high powered rifles. After a quarrel they exchanged shots at close range, both dying. The men were buried in the yard.
Virginia growers received a letter from John R. Hutcheson of Virginia Tech urging equal handling with western growers to protect European export markets. The federal advisory warns seizures for apples with visible arsenic spray residue and recommends cleaning fruit before marketing and chemical testing to ensure residue safety.
A compromise between the state military board and Virginia Beach real estate interests adds 1200 feet of oceanfront to the Virginia Beach Rifle range, ensuring the range remains at its current site rather than moving to another part of the state.
Special to The Star from Richmond Virginia reports the state harvest set a record with an average yield of 17 bushels per acre since 1866, with some farms hitting 40 to 60 and one grower claiming 3314 bushels from half an acre. Total production exceeds 11.5 million bushels as all counties show strong results. Major gains credited to favorable weather, improved seed, soil prep, and fertilizer use.
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