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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
4
A compact notice notes a publication collaboration among Morning News Weekly News, Weekly Times, and Mirror. It highlights distribution timelines and regional readership reach without listing specifics.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason about a boy named Willie who amid constant praise from parents and neighbors becomes the center of jokes and pride. The piece contrasts gleeful admiration with the gossipy commentary of bystanders and the idea that praise can tilt toward vanity.
Local notes report visitors from Shepherds Ford and neighboring towns spending a month with Mrs Alder and relatives. Household injuries include Robert Conner healing after a stove burn. The text notes icy roads causing horse falls and several residents recovering from illness and sore throats.
iE Virginia January 4. Events include Evendale hosting Sunday gatherings. Mrs B F Solenberger and her sister and friend visited. Bennet Russell from Winchester spent holidays with local friends in Penn.
Mrs. Albert Slonaker and her son Hugh spent Christmas day with Mrs. John Armel at Silver Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. John Myers visited Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Fries. Mrs. George Grim of Winchester stays with cousin Mies Carrie Crosen. Mrs. J. B. Haldeman visited Mrs. John Myers. Mr. and Mrs. John Foster and Joy Foster saw relatives near Laws Virginia. Dora Boyce and two children visited sister Mrs. T. G. Fries. Rural Hook moved from Winchester to the Anderson place on Millwood pike.
Frank Hamilton Spearman, renowned for Western railroading tales, writes Now of Massé Mountain a vivid love and adventure story set in high desert lands. Real men, both heroes and villains, fill the action in a brisk serial available now.
Kidney disease warning urges prompt care with a reliable tonic. Doan's Kidney Pills, widely recommended, praised by Miss Julia Jenkins of Winchester for relief from backache. Price 60 cents at dealers. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo N.Y.
A Columbus Journal item notes a husband feeling the sting of his wife's freewheeling shopping at the dry goods store. He quips that her running account may be aiming for a sprinting record and, worse, seems to be succeeding.
The fragment reflects a juxtaposition praising women’s influence and urging to consider life value, citing Mrs. Symes guidance on liver toning as a remedy to sadness. It frames credit to women as central to greatness and life’s meaning through a vintage literary lens.
A fragmented editorial tone praises quality over quantity in poetic effort. The brief reads as a philosophical motto about measurement and value, contrasting restraint with excess in literary work.
A discussion among neighbors at Lovatt's house centers on whether kissing and romantic conduct ahead of marriage is proper. Opinions were mixed when Mrs Lovatt overhears her husband approaching and voices from the group reflect cautious verdicts about premarital affection.
Practical guidance for midwinter orchard work. Remove dead limbs and prune lightly to avoid sun scald. Clear debris to reduce pest harbors and attract natural predators. Scrape rough bark to deter codling moth and apple worm. Consider lime sulfur spray prep and sourcing. High heat with moisture harms alfalfa.
Correcting soil acidity shows lime equivalencies. One ton of burned lime equals about one and a half tons of slaked lime or two tons of ground limestone, assuming all three forms share the same purity.
The notes cover poisoned bran bait and Criddle mixture for grasshopper control. Crude petroleum inside poultry houses can eradicate red mites. A new hot water treatment aids preventing loose smut in wheat and barley. Crown galls on plants resemble human cancer in several features. Farmers are urged to study markets and tailor production to demand.
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