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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
3
Practical calf rearing tips emphasize early dam contact, colostrum, and frequent small milk feeds. Begin with 2 to 4 days with dam, then 3 feeds daily of 2 to 5 pounds of milk, using skim milk gradually, with clean utensils and comfortable pens. Introduce hay and grain at ten days, add silage later if available, ensure fresh water and salt, guard against lice and pests, and favor good quality alfalfa and clover hay.
A newspaper ad targets readers with low confidence and ambition. It promotes Lifetone Tablets from Carey Medical Corp Elmira NY, priced at $1 for 72 tablets, claiming to restore confidence, energy, and ambition in 21 days with eight tablets daily, backed by a money back guarantee.
Clarke county yearlings sold at Saratoga Springs through Thoroughbred Record details the Grayson Riley and Ross consignments. Prices range from 450 to 50 500 dollars with Mr Riley and Dr Randolph sales highlighting select colts and fillies amid totals of 166 700 dollars for 37 yearlings at Lexington Ky consignments. Captain Walker led with six thousand and more while Ross and Drake posted lower averages for their shares.
Norfolk August 18 AP report states the Virginia Motor Bus Association may approve a resolution condemning state motor vehicle commissioner James M Hayes and seeking abolition of his office and transfer of bus law duties to the Corporation Commission. The group also offered to aid the Bus Association Inc in Norfolk in opposing City Council plans for bus operation by Virginia Railway and Power Co. Allegations of favoritism to political supporters are cited as likely to surface on the floor during the Monticello Hotel session.
Mount Williams Virginia notices weekend visitors from Maryland including Miss Isabelle Sager and Mr Downs. Opequon guests Mrs Charles White and Virginia White visited J M Orndorff. Mrs Arthur Sager hosted Sager family at Ashwood home. John Fisher becomes traveling agent for W T Raleigh Co.
Charles Grim admitted owning the quart of liquor found by police after a Sunday arrest at Sheep Hill. He and four companions faced a shared charge of illegal possession. Grim’s admission spared the others from joint penalties. the group was otherwise facing 30 days in jail and $68 fines each. Dunn fined $25 and costs. Ad Seabright, Herbert Henry, and Reddy Kendall went free.
In Harrisonburg on August 18 a $1 million merger began as four electric plants Weyers Cave Light and Power Valley Light and Power Woodstock F A Shank Timberville and T A Andrick New Market transfer their tithe to Shenandoah River Power Company Inc. The merged plants serve Northern Augusta Rockingham Shenandoah counties. The setup aims to form a single unit under New York engineers and Davidson, with Philadelphia bankers aiding financing.
Shipping freights are in a bad way with rates falling to below pre war days and causing losses to many shipowners as British ships near completion for tramp cargoes in London.
Liner companies face a dearth of demand for space and reduce rates to absorb cargo that would normally go on transatlantic steamers. The policy aims to fill ships with remaining cargo, leading several lines to curtail sailing and lay up boats. Many steamers are returning home in ballast rather than sail out, according to various trades.
Richmond Virginia August 18 The tuberculosis menace has steadily declined in Virginia since 1913 seven year has seen a reduction in the death rate from this disease From 149.6 per 100 000 population in 1918 the rate has fallen to 110.2 in 1923 the last year for which figures are yet available Physicians claim the lowering of the tuberculosis rate has been due to higher standards of living open air exercise nourishing food and sanitary surroundings much of which has been due to educational work by public health nurses and tuberculosis clinics
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