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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
3
Prices offered today by local buyers include White corn 49 to 1 ton and Timothy hay, mixed hay, and straw in bales. Retail flour at 6.50, creamery butter wholesale 25, fresh country butter 23, store packed butter a range, live spring chickens and old fowl, potatoes per peck 20, and bacon 33.80.
The Star reports daily market telegraph prices as of publication day end. Wheat No. 2 red spot at 1.12 dollars. Corn spot priced at 87 1 2 cents with Cob corn at 4.40 to 4.45 dollars.
Daily market quotes show butter eggs poultry hay and produce holding steady from the prior day. Beef and lamb values vary by grade with lambs strong at higher end and cattle prices not listed.
A compiled text contemplates sorrow as a teacher in exile and quotes Carlyle about learning from sorrow. It then shifts to practical notes on using wax paper and cheesecloth for sugar boil cleaning to prevent crystal formation on saucepan interiors.
In Bartonville Virginia on August 20 Mr M B Hook and family attended a Christian Church conference in Hampshire County to Timber Ridge Wa. Va. Kathaleen Hock visits Baltimore. Margaret Funk returns to Mrs Walter Stickley in Strasburg. Cephas Reid and Walter with J L Carper and families visit Reid home. Katharine Pifer returns from Kernstown Grandmother Crisman. Virginia Beaver visits Rus Russell Robinson in Relief. Sunday school picnic planned September 4 at Lime Glen Park. Katharine Jolliffe returns to Clarke county after visit with R E Reid family. Rosa Rogers visits Charles Kitchen family in Clarke county. R E Reid and John Siler visit Boyce relatives. Funk family and three daughters visit F W Shenk. Grace Pifer visits Genevieve Massie near Relief.
New Rochelle resident Charles Formage introduces a collar button with a central screw hole and taper peg. The peg passes through the buttonhole without damage to nails and can be removed after the collar is worn, leaving the button in place.
An exchange features a father learning his daughter's engagement to another and a diplomat's quip about two hands. Henrietta is praised for an appealing speech as Mr Meekton notes the audience enjoyed the talk and its respectful tone. A line about riding the water wagon adds a light dig at saloons.
A dialogue contrasts women voting with two aging parties fading, predicting the rise of the tea party and the bridge whist party as new political forces.
A verse excerpt reflects on the difficulty of choosing a winner among talents and the blurred line between virtue and vice. The speaker compares discernment to separating a saint from a sinner, noting the tension in evaluating character and skill.
A gorgeously dressed man remarks on an earlier partner's start as he watches a former collaborator dig a ditch under intense sun. The reply questions the use of that start while both characters remain stoic.
A thrift minded song notes a woman should cook and manage a home. A father counters that before marrying a girl, one should decide if she can work with a servant who will do the labor.
The boy asks about a doctor placing a thermometer in the mouth and is told that the mouth is the source of warm air. The exchange frames a simple, early medical testing idea in a child’s perspective.
Sam Ah has been married twice and both wives never took washil since the day they were wed.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a beggar asks for money despite the rain, explaining he needs funds to cover a payment on his automobile next week. The scene features Mr. Krusty remarking on the circumstance and the beggar's persistence.
A lyric note describes a pretty girl shifting from singing with a low sweet voice to clinging to a tune machine and warbling with her feet, illustrating a shift to mechanized music performance.
A witty exchange questions what striking bakers declare and answer that they want bread before they knead it, illustrating a satirical take on labor action and demands.
A court dispute centers on custody of the family dog amid a divorce. The case highlights tensions over guardianship and daily care arrangements.
A brief aphorism notes that recognizing a fault is a key step toward its cure. The saying attributes this truth to Grillparzer and frames self awareness as essential in personal reform.
Reports from Washington claimed the White Star liner Baltic had been sunk in mid ocean after sailing from New York to Liverpool on Wednesday. Officials offered no confirmation and several press groups had no news. The Baltic carried a large cargo of Allied munitions and is owned by British interests sailing under the British flag.
The Arabic faced possible submarine attack as it carried 105 cabin passengers and 80 steerage on the Liverpool voyage after a July 27 dynamite find. Investigators weigh whether warnings were given and if Americans were among possible casualties, with tensions rising over potential diplomatic rupture.
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