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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
2
The annual stockholders meeting of Farmers & Merchants National Bank Winchester Virginia will be held at the bank house on Tuesday January 9 1917 at 12 m for the election. H D Fuller Cashier.
By virtue of an execution in the matter of Luther Pan Trustee in Bankruptcy in Te S Brill against Robert Lantz Ross and Lewis Whetzell will for public sale in front of the House at Winchester Virginia on January 20, 1917 at 12 oclock. Fine black horse four years terms cash. Constable Cc B. Manuels Auctioneer I A Bowen 12-30-80t.
In Harrisonburg Virginia Mark Edgar Lokey a Rockingham county native is dead in Youngstown Ohio and his wife Dora A Smith Lokey is jailed on suspicion of murder Police say she gave conflicting stories while Lokey reportedly committed suicide after an argument over a late supper Lokey was a telephone lineman and son of Andrew Lokey with several brothers in Elkton and Pittsburgh.
The Edinburg Virginia Sentinel thanks Miss Mollic E. Osinger for a Christmas gift a large lemon grown at her home near Quickeburg Virginia The lemon weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in circumference and is noted as a unique fruit for the area with snow on the ground and subzero temperatures.
Western Union issues a 24 page booklet with suggested wording for telegrams on New Year Easter Thanksgiving Christmas births weddings school graduates and public figures. Messages are just suggestions open to modification and copies are available at local offices.
Nettie Richardson pursues a tournament win to boost her chances at marriage with Jack. She meets Katharine Hilton on the course, learns Hilton is her rival, and a pivotal moment over a lost ball tests the contenders as Jack weighs whom to marry.
A brief apothegm notes there is only one real failure in life and that is not to be true to the best one knows. The quote attributed to Canon Furran is presented as a maxim on personal integrity and aspiration.
Trustees and special commissioners announce a public auction of parcels in Frederick County Virginia as decreed by the Circuit Court on June 20 1916. Sale days January 20 1917 at 11 a m in Winchester with four tracts totaling about 206 acres plus improvements and reserved crops. Terms require one third cash and rest in two annual installments with deed of trust and insurance as security.
State entomologist W E Britton explains gypsy moth caterpillars strip leaves from trees and shrubs. Early instars feed on deciduous foliage, suggesting pine stands with minor protection could escape damage while tanglefoot traps protect margins. In outbreaks they attack many hosts beyond fruit trees including willow oak poplar and rose.
Lime-sulphur solution applied during dormancy in November or December overcomes peach-leaf curl. Cornell experiments show this treatment, used against San Jose scale, also prevents curl. Without scale, a weaker mix suffices. standard San Jose scale mix is 1:8, curl control uses 1:15 water.
When an orchard is heavily infected with San Jose scale spray it during November with concentrated lime sulfur solution. Find the spray materials and formulas or contact your State experiment station. Start preparing for next year’s crop now. delaying past the proper time risks loss.
New plants of the red raspberry and blackberry are obtained by digging the larger, vigorous roots and cutting in pieces about four inches long, and sowing in drills in the fall or early spring. Keep well hoed and they are ready to set the following year. Suckers or sprouts coming up between rows are fairly good if carefully pitted and a portion of the cross root secured with them. Many plants are spoiled in digging.
A Dayton woman reports relief from chronic constipation after using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The advertisement touts a safe, non opiate laxative containing pepsin and herbal ingredients. It promises easy action even on stubborn bowels and offers a trial bottle by mail.
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