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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1920
Page
3
Washington says about 8,000 American troops in Siberia will start heading home toward the middle of February. The American railway commission, directing the Siberian railway, will depart before then as Czech and Slovak troops are repatriated early next week, leaving the area with reduced Allied forces.
Kernstown Virginia January 12 local brief mentions guests visiting from Winchester Martinsburg and Hagerstown include Smith and family and the Muncett Roberts household. Several relatives and friends share New Year visits with Mrs Laura Robertson and Mrs A R Lichliter aunt Myrtle Carbern Heegerstown guest reports.
The Fordson Tractor is described as high, durable, efficient and economical with a 2700 pound weight. It offers 20 to 22 horsepower at the pulley, handles two 12 or 14 inch bottoms in various soils, and powers grain separators balers and ensilage cutters, appealing to some 25 000 owners.
Winchester Virginia December 12 1919 notice announces the regular annual meeting of shareholders on January 13 1920 at the banking house to consider increasing the bank’s capital stock.
An advertisement touts Tri umph Pills as irregular or delayed relief, claiming safety and dependability unlike drugstore products. It invites readers to write for free information from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin, and mentions the Star Bank of Star as a reference.
Local buyers report wholesale price quotes for staples including wheat corn rye oats flour middlings and creamery butter. The listing mentions peer entries like country butter and cornmeal with per sack and per peck measurements, reflecting daily market corrections.
Farmers in Florida join USDA Better Sires Better Stock drive by offering Holstein and Hampshire boars as free community sires to improve cow quality. Duroc boar services will be free when old enough and cows must be tick-free though a service fee applies to registered Holstein cows.
The page lists market items and prices for Fay Young chickens hay and Timothy hay with weights and ranges, plus steers priced from 29.00 to 42.00 and various dairy and feed products. Names and place details are limited, but it reflects stores and commodities traded locally.
Los Angeles report says Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey Carpentier fight, doubts Tiajuana in Baja as proper site. He notes tentative talks with San Diego fell through after personal inspection, favoring a U.S. venue for the world title bout.
The order records a partial divorce granted to the husband on 1 February 1917 on statutory grounds. Since no reconciliation has occurred, the present decree is made absolute. The parties have rights as named in the decree, and further details specify the relief granted to the husband.
Democratic senators received telegrams from William J. Bryan urging quick ratification of the peace treaty so the United States can join the League of Nations by the League Council’s first meeting next Friday.
The Frederick County Clerk records conveyances of county realty including Paul R. Pierce et al to Grover Kiteell for 6 acres at $1,000 and Dr A Aries et al to H Ray Butler for 7 acres in Stonewall district at $1,500. Rantie E Brent to J S Brent for 2 172 Marlboro at $4,500. B Pierce to John D Marker for 50 acres in Shawnee district at $200.
An old advertisement extols Foley’s Honey and Tar as a scientific combination of remedies to quickly loosen a cough. It features patient testimonials claiming relief from chest soreness and improved sleep, praising the product’s effect for the family.
An ad touts Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a quick remedy for coughing. It claims the medicine coats inflamed throats and clears phlegm with a soothing healing effect and asserts its genuineness and effectiveness.
An illustration shows Te salts in an orchard with twelve trees per row. Fertilized row gains 46 barrels versus 9 barrels without fertilizer, using five pounds of soda and two and a half pounds of acid phosphate per tree. The extra 37 barrels cost $4.87 to produce, under twelve cents per barrel.
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