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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
5
Property near Shenandoah river offers 47 acres with loamy tillage and woodland. Includes a two story six room house, large barn, wire fences, shaded porch, and marketing facilities. Quick sale advertised with terms and down payment details. J W Steele listed contact in Middlebury.
Report from a Winchester camp on the Shenandoah River in Clarke County notes regular catches of black bass weighing one to four pounds. Camp members include D. W. Ritenour and family, W. Smith Clark and family, and John and William Brown. Sunday visitors were served fried and baked bass with plenty left for another meal.
Miss Helena M. Knight daughter of Dr and Mrs B M Knight returned from New York where she attended the summer session at Columbia University. The session drew about 14000 students from all states and many foreign lands with 310 Virginians registered.
The Corporation Court of Winchester directs Lloyd C. Grady to appear within fifteen days to protect his interest in Alice B. Grady’s suit for absolute divorce on grounds of desertion for three years. A copy will be published weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star and posted at the court house.
An ad touts Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a vegetable blend that aids stomach liver bowels and kidneys to restore digestive harmony. It promises mild action with no griping and claims improved nourishment blood vitality and overall strength with once daily use during indigestion bilious attacks and constipation.
Practical guidance on preventing borers in apple, cherry, peach trees and currant and raspberry plants. Details include non spray washes with carbolic acid, timing for fall and spring checks, and removal of infested wood to stop larval tunneling.
Orchard grass favors well drained rich loam and will not thrive on infertile sandy soil. It grows on soils too sour for timothy and withstands drought better, but is vulnerable to severe northern winters. It thrives in partial shade, suited for orchard and woodland pastures.
Discussion warns that using sticky grease bands to deter insects risks harming trees, especially those with thin bark. It suggests removing the material each autumn and applying it to another part of the tree if used at all to avoid killing the tree.
The article explains scale insect control mainly by spraying at two periods. Dormant sprays are applied when trees are bare in late autumn or early spring to target dormant pests.
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