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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
4
The piece muses on the sun's south to north migration and the arrival of summer. It celebrates longer days, warmth, flowers, birds, and rains while noting how constant the sun's schedule feels and how happiness and appreciation grow when summer recurs each year.
The Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church Berryville Virginia will conduct services and preach at 11 oclock tomorrow morning in Christ Church. The choir will repeat the music program from Christ morning. There will be no evening service. He served with American Expeditionary Forces during the war and is a forceful speaker with many friends in the community.
Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 11 a.m. focusing on "The Ministry of Mission" with sermon and hymn service. An adult session follows at 8:30 p.m. centered on praise and reflection.
The Staunton Leader outlines rising paper costs driven by a desperate newsprint market. It notes a previous purchase at 1,400 per carload and warns of a new quotation over 4.10 per unit, prompting delayed subscription hikes until January.
Markets column notes daily corrections and states The Star does not accept responsibility for typographical errors. Local buyers quoted the wholesale prices, with figures varying by buyer.
A detailed page lists prices for commodities including No. 1 timothy hay 33.00, clover mixed 30.50, oats 1.00, barley 1.00, eggs, creamery butter, and various meats. Local retail items show flour, middlings, bran, cracked corn, new potatoes, and butter with regional price ranges.
Mrs Julia Mason Layton of Washington DC will speak at Mt Carmel F B Church Sunday night December 28. Rev W P Fisher urges all to attend and hear this notable speaker.
Farms are well equipped to supply cooking fuel from wood lots. Many farms have timber that has received little attention and could yield firewood while improving woodlot condition. Removing dead and defective material would provide fuel and promote better future timber growth.
Instructional piece by Charles C. Wentzler explains June beetle life cycle and impact on corn. It notes three years to develop from egg, eggs laid in meadows or fields, and that plowing and cultivating destroys their food source. Chickens can aid by following the plow to eat larvae.
The second trial of William C. Hall, a Danville State Prohibition Inspector, charged with murder in the shooting of Raymond Shackelford and Lawrence Hudson near Fishers Hill, Shenandoah county, opens Monday in Manassas before Judge Samuel G. Brent. About 75 witnesses from Winchester, Frederick County and other regions have been summoned, with subpoenas served recently.
Kansas State College conducts a feeding experiment on Bossy the cow using sunflower silage to compare milk production with cows fed sorghum or corn silage. If Sunflower raises output, the plant once a weed could become a valued crop and a potential butter source.
Sweet clover known as melilotus or bee clover, long treated as a weed, proves useful. Experiments by practical farmers show its adaptability to varied climates, feeding value, and positive soil effects. It thrives in extreme temperatures and grows in poor soils where alfalfa and other grasses fail.
Readers are told of a cure for catarrh through Hall's Catarrh Medicine, claimed to work internally by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. a reward notice offers 3100 and 100 for proof.
Farm manure is a valuable waste product when saved and applied to the soil. Richer soils are needed to produce larger crops and at less cost. More harpyard manure will enrich the
Deaths from wood alcohol poison spread across multiple cities. Arrests were expected in New York for the Chicopee Falls Holyoke and Hartford cases where four men face murder charges after allegedly buying and distributing tainted liquor. Authorities report 24 victims in Cleveland and ongoing fatalities in Newark with saloonkeepers among the accused. Congress and agencies consider steps to curb poisonous alcohol sales amid the nationwide outbreak.
Extension notes compare dusting with liquid sprays for orchard pests and diseases. Dusting saves time and money but offers limited reliable control, mainly for codling moth, peach scab, curculio, blotch, and leaf spots. For apples and peaches, results vary. Bordeaux and arsenate dusts perform in some cases while brown rot and bitter rot remain inadequately controlled.
Mr and Mrs Randolph Nelson Dame announce the birth of a son Christmas morning. The child will be named William Meade Dame in honor of his grandfather the Rev Dr Dame of Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church. Mrs Dame was formerly Miss Apple t Robson of Baltimore.
The article endorses the Wigginton method as the tested standard and cautions against weaker mixtures. It stresses careful validation and strict adherence to the recommended composition for reliable results.
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