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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
5
An Ohio orchard trial compared fertilized and unfertilized rows. Fertilized trees produced 46 barrels versus 9 barrels without fertilizer, with fertilizers five pounds nitrate of soda five phosphate and two and a half potash per row. The 37 extra barrels cost about .37 total, under twelve cents per barrel.
This ad describes Chamberlains tablets intended for indigestion and constipation. They tone the stomach and enable natural function, act gently on the liver, and restore stomach and bowel activity.
Virginia schoolchildren across grades are embracing thrift education, joining more than five hundred savings societies and thrift clubs. They earn money doing chores and invest in Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps earning 4 percent interest compounded quarterly.
A wartime advert emphasizes War Savings Stamps as safe, high interest savings bought every pay day to defend against profiteers. The piece argues money kept under stamp cover cannot be knocked down and promises full repayment when matured.
The text cites Proverbs emphasizing diligence in business leads to respect and likely advancement before kings, while slothfulness aligns with wastage and negative outcomes. It presents moral guidance on work ethic and waste, urging prudent conduct and denouncing idleness as harmful.
Judge Tavenner attacked witness Joe Williams as the sole eye witness to a fatal shooting while Williams denied key accusations. Prosecutor Grijling pressed earlier testimony by Sweet and Dunleavy as defense witnesses took the stand amid courtroom tension in Richmond.
Miss Frances Larrick directs a festive program at Valley School featuring songs recitations and a short play. Students including Goldie Snyder Marshall Stine and Hugo Milburn perform in a one room school setting noted for growing enrollment and strong community effort.
A list of school stage pieces and songs for Christmas season, including Rec. A Boy's Letter to Santa Claus by Stanley Clevenger, Elsie's Christmas Eve, White Shepherds Watch by Walter Whitacre, Under the Stars One Night by Ruth Sheetz, Sixth grade children song, Waiting Up For Santa, Greetings to Santa by Goldie Play, The Sunshine Society, Bells Are Ringing by Dorothy Hardy, Santa and the Mouse by Elizabeth Malone, Santa by Hilda Williams, Santa Claus Is Troubled by Joseph Williams, and a Christmas Good Night song by the school.
Derwent Mich Jan 1 Jewelry valued at more than 25000 was stolen from the home of Griffith O Ellis in Ivins village last night. The haul included a necklace valued at 20000 and other pieces during the family's New Year’s party.
Several hundred harbor and river tug workers including masters mates pilots cooks stewards and deck hands went on strike at Philadelphia port today following threats to strike last Friday over higher pay and shorter hours.
AP dispatch reports 300000 barrels of whiskey bound for export arrived in Louisville for shipment. A 30 car train carried 3000 barrels on the Baltimore and Ohio line. The note mentions travel to Savannah Georgia and a Paweett Gap visit, with family ties and a daughter in a government department.
A fragmented line reads like guidance on mutual aid and staying calm in trouble. The garbled wording mentions helping others and facing difficulties together, though specifics are unclear.
Police search for a red automobile after a party of soldiers fired on five women on West Baltimore street at 1 am. Lillian Bratman 17, bullet wound. Fannie Rosenthal 19, bullet wound. Elsie Smokier 17, bullet wound. Freda Moanberg 17, bullet wound. Joseph Crocker 16, lacerations. Women returning from masquerade party near Howard heard the roar of the attack.
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