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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
7
Notice from The Va Chemical Company at Stephens City Virginia announces a complete line of hardware repairs machinery fertilizer coal rehard supplies fence and grass seed of all kinds following purchase of C I Brumback Brothers. J H Polhamus signs the notice seeking continued patronage.
Kernstown Va Aug 26 Mrs Sue Brown returns home near Staunton after two months visit with her niece Mrs T H Daf fin. Mrs John Bright and daughter Mildred from Pennsylvania stayed this week with relatives. Revival at the Presbyterian Church closed Tuesday night drawing large crowds each night with about 25 conversions reported.
The report lists several families visiting relatives and hosting guests. Mrs. A R Liehliter stays with her son in Winchester while Mrs. M A Swartz and Marguerite visit Mrs. Grubbs on Cedar Creek grade. Reverends Daffin Walthall and Metz join gatherings with local families.
The Star lists today’s wholesale prices from local markets for butter, eggs, pork, poultry, grains, and forage. Prices shown include country butter at 40 cents, creamery butter around 43 cents, young chickens 28 to 33 cents, bacon 15 cents, corn yellow 3.26, hay baled 12 to 14 dollars, straw 9 dollars, and standard middlings about 46 dollars per ton.
Corrected market report shows quotations for corn barrel not quoted and young chickens around 27 to 30 cents per unit. Butter dairy prices and fat steer figures appear incomplete with numerous garbled entries.
Do your feet like crowds, or are they crowded. If you have a corn this product removes interlopers with a liquid. Get a bottle now and use it tonight. Franck Baker & Son Drugists Winchester Virginia. Once a Trial Always Nyal.
Residents report visits and gatherings across Mount Williams area. Names include Mr and Mrs W Ty Jiams, Johnetta, Miss Katie Burkhart, Lena Orndorff, Ruth Ashwood, H W Ashwood, Arthelia Giese, Elsie Giese, Ruth Ashwood, Marie Clowser, Lena Orndorff, and others. Camp meeting at Wardensville noted with many attendees.
United States Department of Agriculture researchers report at Belleville Maryland that Holstein cows on official test received liberal rations including 12 pounds alfalfa 20 pounds corn silage and up to 20 pounds grain daily. Test cows produced 15000 to 20000 pounds of milk yearly far above the general herd.
Whitacre Va August 26. Borders Watson and Stickley hold pro tracted meetings at Ebinezer this week continuing over Sunday. Miss Carrie Watson leads singing. John Hawse visits Augusta W Va. Old Baptist graveyard to be cleaned Friday September 2 weather permitting. Mrs E H Whitacre visiting McClung Va. Shipper bought about 40 cattle driven to Martinsburg. R L Whitacre is much worse. All day meeting at Pleasant Grove U B Church on Sunday.
The community service committee announces the Harris donated playground is now open with large daily attendance. Volunteers from the Tuesday Night Club Camp Fire Girls Blue Birds Elks and several private donors have funded equipment and supervision by Miss Virginia Henkle Miss Nancy Crisman Miss Bessie Rush and Miss Louise Coper. The grounds close after 8 pm and a drinking fountain is still sought for next season.
Cross Roads Va August 26 Rev D W Files will preach at Fairview next Sunday at 11 am and in the afternoon. Other community notes record visits and local gatherings including camp meeting attendees, property improvements, and services at Pleasant Grove led by Rev Sampsell with assistance from Rev Tinsman.
Specialists of the bureau of markets in the United States Department of Agriculture emphasize better financial systems for farmer groups. The bureau offers accounting systems for co operative grain companies creameries and other associations, short courses in market accounting, and installation assistance via correspondence and targeted bulletins.
American farmers often overlook liquid manure and its value for gardens. Weekly applications can revive weak plants by supplying readily assimilated nutrients, reviving dying plants and boosting growth across the garden.
Lime may be applied in fall or spring and the method matters for economy. Scattering with a shovel wastes lime and yields uneven spread. A tested technique uses a manure spreader beater turned backward across the drive chains with a canvas apron to trap fine stone for uniform distribution.
A vintage advertisement urges prompt treatment for kidney and bladder issues. It promotes Marshroot No 777 as a guaranteed remedy and claims Dr Carey links kidney health to life itself. Buyers can return the first two bottles if no benefit is seen.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Dunlap of Winchester visited the Pitcock family in Mount Pleasant. Mrs J H Perry and daughter Mary and son Edward joined relatives for a weekend picnic at Mount Williams with locals attending the gathering.
The Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company announces its annual stockholders meeting in Winchester Virginia on Friday September 2 1921 at 12 15 p m at the office of counsel R Gray Williams. The meeting will elect a President and directors and transact other business.
From this vicinity attendees report Mrs. J B Pitcock is slowly improving from a cold and Mrs. Isabelle Perry remains indisposed. The Sunday School plans a picnic in the grove by the spring on the first Saturday in September with all invited.
Eds C. F. Crim and Son clarify they did not buy F. M. Reynolds and Co but have rente d the Winchester Gas Range repair shop formerly run by Reynolds. They pledge good work at reasonable prices and urge customers to give a trial. Mr N K Larrick is visiting friends in Indiana.
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