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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
3
Mrs M A Affleck of Winchester Virginia testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieve her weak back and provide splendid results. Ad promotes the 50-cent remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and urges buyers to ask for the same product.
Under a trust deed dated October 18 196 by Lucy A Hicks and others a public auction will be held at noon on Saturday August 26 1916 in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. The property in Frederick County lies on the road to Front Royal and includes a good dwelling and improvements. The sale offers one third cash and two thirds by bonds due one and two years later with interest six percent, insured by a fire policy. Purchaser may pay all cash if desired. R Gray Williams listed as agent.
Regulations on import of orchids and tree seeds revised. nursery stock inspection rules altered. Previously permits required annual renewal. new changes are largely minor and form related.
Practical advice from a Colorado station on keeping currant and gooseberry bushes productive. Rotate canes, remove old growth, and prune to maintain strong, fruitful shoots while removing excess later growth to direct resources to fruiting canes. Also notes on sorghum smut treatment and saving clover seed as farm duties.
Farm Progress suggests a simple comb or stripper device farmers can build to collect and save seed for their own use. The note emphasizes saving seed as a core practice within a well organized farming system and hints that other seed saving methods will become apparent with time.
Practical tips on chick shade feeding and housing with early guidance on feeding frequency and food types. Also notes Florence as the site of Europe’s first fireworks use in 1360.
The page lists daily prices for farm goods including corn hay butter and poultry with readings from Baltimore markets and a detailed primer on turpentine harvesting in the Carolinas describing box setup tree care and production practices.
A brief, humorous list claims Julius Caesar Robert Bruce Queen Elizabeth Helen of Troy Dido Cleopatra Alexander the Great and others were red headed. It cites Jefferson in Albemarle county and mentions Swinburne Bunyan Lunyan Schiller as having red hair.
Guidance describes using a toothpick over the upper lid and lifting the lid to expose the inner pink surface for inspection. Magnification aids help locate the foreign body and remove it with sterile gauze if possible. Note may cause irritation for a time after removal.
The Heine tomb in Montmartre once drew German visitors leaving cards at the pedestal. This week the card heap is gone and the little basin collects rain and winter leaves while birds drink. The cooling absence suggests fewer Germans in Paris.
Grimes Virginia Aug 17 The White Hall Mite Society yard party drew large attendance and supported social ties. Local residents Mrs Joseph Rodeffer and daughter Ethel with Virginia Rodeffer from Stephenson visited relatives and friends. Others including Miss Fannie Ritter from Winchester and Mr David Leightt faced illnesses and trips to nearby towns. Local business visitors W R Latcas and J S McNeill called, while Dr McGuire attended professional matters. Mrs Laura Carter is seriously ill with typhoid fever.
Funeral services for W. A. Hockman a prominent retired county farmer were held from his South Braddock Street home after his death Tuesday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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