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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1917
Page
2
Local buyers offered prices for wheat flour spring and winter at 12.00 and 13.50 dollars retail. Cracked corn 2.00 per bush, middlings 2.00, bran 2.60, oats 1.95. No. 1 timothy hay 16.00, mixed hay 15.00. Butter 0.30 to 0.41, potatoes retail 1.60. Live young chicken 16, hams and intestines priced around 28 to 29.
Butter nearby creamery at 38 and 37 for choice creamery. Live poultry lists chickens 26, old hens heavy 22, small to medium 22, old roosters 13. Corn at 10.25 dollars per bushel. Hay No 1 timothy 21, light clover mixed 18.50, No 1 clover 16.50. Cattle price ranges include choice steers 12, good butcher 11 to 11.50, choice heifers 10 to 10.50, medium 7.50 to 8.50, cows 8 to 8.50, calves 8 to 14. Hog prices heavy to medium 17.10, pigs 15.70. Sheep and lambs range 4 to 9.50 for sheep and 10 to 14.25 for lambs.
The fall web worm constructs large tents on tree tops and feeds gregariously on enclosed leaves. They defoliate many hosts including apple and pear trees, expanding webs as leaves exhaust. Destruction can be halted by burning tents or using sprays.
Mrs John Bourneville of Brussels Wisconsin says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has long provided relief for coughing children. She recommends it and will never be without it in the house. Sold everywhere.
Frederick County Virginia circuit decree orders Master Commissioner J Horace Acy Jr to convene creditors of W R Brown and report assets, any liens, and fair attorney fees. Notice to be published weekly for four weeks in Winchester newspaper. Proceed August 10 1917 with further days as needed.
The excerpt advises pruning grapevines in late fall or early winter, not in spring to avoid sap loss and reduced vigor. It notes Fire grape uses new canes, so prune away most of last season’s canes leaving only a few buds near the base and select strong young canes for fruit bearing.
Do not leave soil bare in winter. Mulch the orchard with manure or coarse straw, or better yet grow mulch crops such as clover peas beans vetch rye oats wheat or even weeds. Mulching offers many benefits and should not be neglected.
Nebraska College of Agriculture hort iculturists urge removing grass weeds and litter from tree bases to deny mice nesting sites. Tie three or four cornstalks around young trees to deter rabbits from gnawing bark. stalks to be removed in spring.
Mrs M O Johnston of Richmond Indiana shares a testimonial after two years of severe weakness from age. She reports improved strength and ability to perform manual labor including gardening and building after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She invites publication to help other women.
A public sale of a Middletown house and lot proceeds under a 1917 Frederick County Virginia chancery decree. The lot fronts Sen. Sany Avenue, measures 43 by 184 feet, with a mortgage bonds payment plan: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance. sale set for Wednesday September 12 1917 at 2 pm in front of Middletown State Bank.
The Valley Turnpike Co announces toll reductions effective September 1 for wagon and buggy travel. Rates drop to three cents per 5 mile section for 1 horse wagons and five cents for 2 horse wagons or 5 mile sections for 1 and 2 horse spring wagons. Annual reduced-rate passes for pleasure travel are renewed. H. F. Byrd, President.
Albin Va August 13 Mr Taylor Spence and daughter Virginia Spence of Redland California visited J D Hartman and Laura Hockman in Winchester area. William Smith of Hayfield spent with his daughter Mrs W Al Orndorff. Louise Lamp of Winchester visits friends in the area. Holmes Yeakley and wife spent Friday with friends at Lew.
Power has become favored in candy factories due to ease of control and cleaner production. Manufacturers emphasize consistent heating, safer operation, and reduced contamination risks through centralized power systems.
For sale 28 and a half acres five miles from Winchester near a new railroad. Improvements include a nearly new four room house and orchard with Yorks, Grimes Golden apples peaches and pears. 14 acres in bearing orchard. Price 2200 dollars with terms to suit buyer. Apply Star Office.
By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia the undersigned special commissioner will offer for sale at public auction in front of the Court House in Winchester on Saturday August 18 1917 at 12 o'clock m three tracts of land with buildings and improvements on the Cedar Creek near Meadow Mills Frederick County adjacent to the lands of Mc and others containing about the same realty owned by the late Senotsi animal ana George W
One third cash on sale with balance in two equal annual installments. Two bonds payable in one and two years secure the deferred payments. Special Commissioner Harry H. Lynch reports bonds with approved security per the court decree. Certification by J W Baker Jr deputy clerk confirms security for the purchaser. Also an advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills with testimonial from Angela La Morgan.
A Chicago News editorial argues turkeys should devote less attention to plumage and gold feathers and more to white and dark meat in a humorous reflection on poultry and pantry choices.
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