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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
4
The General Manager stated the letter from The Star promised schedule revival after revival of service, citing a past agreement with Galloway and local business men. The row notes prosperity and contends B and O cannot delay the promised passenger service improvement.
New Virginia senator Harry Flood Byrd argues the state and counties duplicate overhead under current road laws and lack flexible provisions for local needs. He calls for informed discussion to craft a plan that improves maintenance inspection and uses varied materials while avoiding overbuilding.
The Charlottesville Progress praises Mr Byrd for proposing a plan to give the State Highway Commission full authority to fix local road issues and improve overall policy. It argues outsiders can offer perspective free of local bias and stresses the need for careful, wide ranging legislation.
A narrator recounts a dinner where strong appetite returns briefly but is crushed by a back ailment. The meal features beef, spud, turnips, peas, and raisin pie, yet taste fades as the speaker longs for prior hunger and zest for food.
Whitacre area reports Glen Gardner dug forty bushels of fine potatoes. A local farmer has his crop in the ground. John Long returned to Ganotown for a week visit with daughter Mrs Maurice DeHaven. Mrs George Clark confined at home due to throat illness. Mrs Ethel Gordon staying with her parents Whitacre home and is ill. Mrs Carrie Mullen sick in Port Orford Ga with husband in U S Army. her mother will join her.
An article argues autumn leaves act as nature’s fertilizer and mulch. It warns burning leaves destroys soil humus and fertilizer, urging composting and mulching to conserve nutrients and protect trees. It also notes farm implement profitability ties to usage rather than lifespan, citing sulky and walking plows.
Bunker Hill items note visits by Mrs J Fred Laise and Gou to Gloversville New York. Gardners spend weekend with Leetown resident J H Gardner. R M Clendening of Washington visiting his father here. C W Boyer improving at home. Village public school reopened with full attendance after holidays. H Bowen in Martinsburg Tuesday. Tabb family from Tablers attended relatives here. Doran of Maryland visiting Charles Cross. Bessie Lamon of Washington stayed with relatives. Rev Jo W Fleming begins revival Sunday night with evening services all week. Adolph Kogelschutze and wife drove from Martinsburg to visit Miss Kate McVicar.
Trustee Warren Rice will sell at 11 a m in front of Winchester Court House several Highland Avenue properties including 5138 515 and 527 and the Ashie Flats with eleven apartments. Terms: one third cash on day of sale, balance in two annual payments with 6 percent interest, bonds of purchaser and deed of trust required.
The article advises ventilating cellars during mild days to avoid freezing apples, inspecting for sawdust piles at root zones to locate borers and removing them with knife and wire. It recommends cutting scions for grafting from vigorous last summer growth and storing them in sand or moist cool cellar. It also suggests lining packaging with paper to insulate apples during shipping and withdrawing fruit from cold storage while firm to extend market life.
Sunday services announced for Lamps Memorial 10 30 a m Paxton Chapel 7 p m Round Hill 7 30 p m Preacher Brubaker invites worshipers to attend at each location and time to be held January 9 in the schedule of church services.
Mr and Mrs Preston Sands and Miss Sands of Washington stay with Miss Mary S Buchanan on North Brad dock street for the rest of the winter season. Mr Sands is a brother of Admiral Sands of the United States Navy.
Mr. Duvall Bromley has returned to Martinsburg West Virginia after spending the Christmas holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James B Hodg.
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