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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
3
In forty years of business we never offered such values on shirt waists. A retiring dealer clears entire stock at deep discounts, with Crepe de Chine at 3.19, Voile waists from 98c to 1.69, Jap Silk 1.75, Tricolette 3.19, all well below manufacture costs. Limited to 10 days.
In April 1919 a tractor demonstration in Rockingham County Va tested twelve tractor types on 30 acres gentle to steep and orchard land with about 10 000 spectators. By January 1920 roughly 90 tractors were in use locally, with 50 60 purchased since the demonstration and 44 farms reporting an average 156 cultivated acres and a shift from 257 to 169 work horses.
A survey records 32 youths claiming work for neighbors with a tractor, average plowing five acres per day, and 454 acres of orchard cultivated with multiple passes. Owners report tractors save labor, enable timely work, and fit more ground, while repair bills average about 21.40 per unit for those reporting costs.
The page lists wholesale market quotes for butter, eggs, turkeys, hams, shoulders, hay, clover, straw, flour, corn meal, middlings, screenings, bran, cracked corn, butter, scratch feed, dry mash, molasses horse feed, dairy feed, and pig feed with varied prices and annotations, reflecting general market conditions and item availability. The scattered figures show butter at .25 to .45, live turkeys at 40, hay around 25 to 20, flour about 10.90 per barrel or 68 per 12 pounds, and feed prices spanning 2.26 to 4.70 in assorted local listings.
Fragmented market prices show various farm goods with scattered figures such as hay $31.00, clover mix $28.50, barrel corn $4.30, young chickens $0.26, butter prices and dairy items, plus hogs and weaving notes. Names and places are repeated with unclear entries and missing context.
Blacksburg Virginia December 14 1921 announces a winter short course in agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from February 1 to 16. The two week program invites farmers and farm women with a $2 matriculation fee and no tuition. Previous attendees say the course pays off and an illustrated announcement will be sent to interested readers.
Buenos Aires December 14 The Argentine government will not notify withdrawal from the League of Nations under article one of the pact, arguing that Argentina has never been a member, the Associated Press was informed by officials.
The university informs applicants to Julian A. Burruss that H. L. Price of Blacksburg Virginia cannot provide rooms for short course students. Rooms and board are available at private houses in town or at the town hotel at reasonable rates. Table board is offered at the college hall.
Geneva December 1 The powers are urged to reach an immediate end to armament growth under the League of Nations plan. The disarmament committee presents it at today’s assembly session and the council is asked to work toward a binding agreement.
Paris dispatch says two Greek men with passports for Lucerne and bombs were arrested in Milan. They are believed to have plotted to assassinate former King Constantine of Greece. West Frederick Charge. Divine service scheduled next Sunday at Mt Hebron 16.50. Mass at Pleasant Grove 3 p.m. and Laurel Hill at 8 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. Rev. W. H. Sampsell, Pastor.
A U S Department of Agriculture entomology team led by Mr. O Irwin Snapp arrived in Fort Valley Georgia to coordinate a statewide effort against the curculio and related peach tree pests. They plan a general growers meeting and survey the peach belt with talks by Prof A L Quaintance and others to gain farmer cooperation.
President elect Harding is named an honorary life member of Marion Typographical Union No. 657 after a vote at a local meeting in Marion Ohio. He received the honor during a December 13 gathering.
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