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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
2
In a fragmentary Irish newspaper passage, boxing shifts and public houses are discussed with claims of change and persistence. References to Boston transcripts and Russia hint at luck and wealth themes, while notes on public attitudes and unresolved questions appear amid political commentary.
Caroline Herschel, famed discoverer of eight comets and partner in her brother’s astronomy work, reportedly never remembered the multiplication table and always carried a copy with her.
The guidance from the Department of Agriculture urges washing harness with tepid water and neutral soap, using a sponge or stiff brush. Rinse, hang to dry in a warm place, then oil while damp with neat's-foot oil or wool grease blend to prevent cracking and stretching.
Winter log evenings suggest drafting complete plans for new farm buildings before laying foundations. In barn design, first tally horses and cows plus calf pens and harness rooms, then map space and feasible driveways. Many barns waste space on cattle runways and nonessential areas, missing cheaper shed options and saving roofing.
An automatic tamper used in filling silos at Oregon Agricultural College proved successful as the state’s first. It increases capacity by about 50 percent and improves packing and keeping qualities. The device acts as a compact steam roller on top of the ensiled feed, operated by one person without raising operating costs. Overall capacity rose 83 1 3 percent over prior close packing records.
Pumpkins and squash require a dry storage place and a shelf behind the furnace is advised. Watch for dry rot and remove affected specimens promptly. Properly stored pumpkins can keep until the end of May.
The Star notes Frederick county farmers’ limited awareness of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America. It recounts Stephens City local attendance at a Lynchburg convention with leaders like National President Charles S. Barrett and National Lecturer W E Lansdon. Barrett’s influence in agriculture and politics is highlighted, along with union accomplishments and a case from Mitchell and Shawnee counties on crop prices and cooperative dividends. The piece urges unity under one banner in Frederick county.
Frederick County Kan aims for 95 percent organization with every member receiving a dividend of over one dollar per acre annually. G. L. Rothger of Stephens City Virginia notes the plan.
Mrs Molsie Massie wife of farmer Massie of Relief Frederick county died at Winchester Memorial Hospital about five this morning after a ten day admission. Cause given as complications from general breakdown though grief over daughter Edith Pannett's illness is believed to have contributed. She leaves husband three daughters and one son. burial plans to be announced.
Marriage licenses were issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick county on December 24 to Clifton A. Lewis of Winchester and Nina V. Brathwaite of Grimes Va. Glenn R. Freshour of Springfield O and Della DB. Catlett of Reynolds Store Va. Robert L. Font and Etthel S. Palmer, both of Frederick county. The former is a son of Carson Font, whose marriage was announced last week.
Uncle Ezra quips that opportunity may knock only once with a tempting proposition but will return many times with something else, reflecting a Transcrint quote carried by the Boston papers.
The piece notes many see themselves poor for lacking money while true poverty lies in unawareness of beauty, goodness, and glories around. It cites Punch origin lore from the East Indies and hints at Sanskrit meaning of five as tied to ingredients like tea, sugar, and water.
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