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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1920
Page
6
Washington February 17 The suffrage amendment remains unsettled with many states still to ratify. The presidential election looms as parties weigh the fate of the measure amid shifting public sentiment and the intervention of key leaders.
Debates flare as lawmakers prepare to take up the Sunday laws dispute. A General Laws committee report favors the measure 8 to 3, paving the way for a vote on preserving a state ban or allowing local option.
Public auction announced for Mineral Ridge Manganese assets in Frederic and Hampshire counties Virginia. The sale includes mining rights lands buildings equipment pipelines and related franchises totaling about 272 acres with two-year financing and 6 percent interest to be secured by a deed of trust.
A garbled string of numbers and currency symbols appears to outline multiple monetary amounts. No identifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or events are extractable to provide a meaningful summary.
Norfolk and Western timetable shows departures toward Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah and Philadelphia with Pullman sleepers and freight and passenger connections. Includes a bank balance sheet for Western Frederick Bank Gore Virginia sworn January 15 1920 listing assets liabilities and capital.
The plum curculio is a small stout snout beetle damaging pears apples peaches and cherries. Adults feed just before burrowing and lay eggs in fruit, causing punctures and scars. Control relies on thorough spraying with arsenate of lead during leaf bud break and again around the time of fruit set and fall.
Instructions advise propagating grapes from small vine cuttings during fall and winter, planting in sandy, well drained sand. At about two years old they can be planted in a vineyard. For figs, plant small pieces of limb or mound soil around old roots in winter, then lift shoots with roots to plant in an orchard.
Manure may be broadcast over strawberry rows from mid November. Prune out old raspberry canes now or in spring. Burn rubbish. Good orchard drainage is essential. avoid hilly orchards with deep weed growth. Focus on straw berry beds this winter to ensure strong next spring yields.
Fragmented text shows an oath by a cashier of a bank in Virginia with names obscured. Mentions Winchester and a State of Virginia affidavit context with solemn affirmation and attestation. Reading is partial and some words are garbled or misread.
A series of disjointed financial figures, percentages, and codes appear. Readable items include sums like 1,000.00 and 91 21,900 alongside scattered numbers and decimals, suggesting a damaged accounting snippet with no clear narrative or entities.
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