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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1921
Page
4
The Evening Star and Morning News edition details a staff and wire service credit policy. It notes Associated Press dispatches are exclusive to republication and requests notices and communications to The Star Publishing Company.
Strasburg Va News reports debate over a statewide road bond issue and who benefits. Advocates claim bonds push a primary highway system linking cities with other roads, while opponents urge even distribution across counties and rural areas.
The proposal supports a main highway system while ensuring equitable allocation of bond funds to secondary roads serving farm areas. It aims to boost rural faith in the good roads movement and reduce future agitation by evenly distributing any bond money among all citizens of the state.
The funeral for T. Monroe Snapp, who died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness, will be at 2 PM Monday from his sisters Emma Snapp and M. B. Bryant’s home. Rev. Clarence Woods will officiate. interment is in Mount Hebron Cemetery. His son Fred T. Snapp, Kansas City, Kans., expects to arrive tomorrow. Snapp had lived with his son for 15 years and wished to return to his old home and friends.
A telegram from George Livingston, USDA Bureau of Markets director, reports barreled apple cold storage on January 1 this year reached 3 956 000 barrels versus 2 693 000 on the same date a year earlier. Boxed apple holdings are not included.
Marlboro Virginia reports include John W. Omps of Good West Virginia on business, Mrs W H Shanholte visiting Glen Echo Maryland, John Herrel of Detroit visiting E W Kine, and H E Shull couple spending Thursday in Winchester.
Opequon Va Jan 22. Mr and Mrs N H Burkhart and Miss Katie Burkhart hosted guests at Sunday visit with Mr and Mrs Elmer Bucher near Fawcett Gap. Several locals like Miss Pearl Headley, Miss Opal Kidwell and Mr Arthur Miller visited relatives. Mrs Ida Carpenter recovering from cold. Clifford Orndorff bought a Ford touring car. Samuel Carpenter hosted siblings near Winchester.
In Oranda Virginia Mr Frank Hottle and wife visited his daughter Mrs Raymond Pickeral. Many farmers plan to buy farms in Pennsylvania and move there. The Modern Woodmen of America will host an oyster supper in their hall tonight. Mr M M Orndorff visited Harrisonburg on Friday and Saturday. He has the sun operating this lime plant after a ten day closure. Mrs Emma Calahan spent two weeks with daughter Mrs Lizzie Williams at Capon Road.
The newborn giraft stands six feet from hoof to head top at birth. The vivid note records its height and expert assessment, with early caretaking plans noted for the rare creature observed by observers and staff.
In Covington Tennessee eight Tipton county banks imported ten purebred Hampshire gilts from Illinois for each of eighty pig club members. Boys draw numbers to select pigs, commit to care and feed, and repay banks with two pigs from the first litter. The program links banking, agriculture, and financial literacy, giving farm boys a concrete early business education.
The bulletin explains how to identify hog parasites mainly lice and mange mites and describes effective economical remedies. It stresses sanitary quarters clean wallows and proper feeding to prevent losses and outlines building hog pens and salting vats for sanitation.
Skunks yielded $1,000,000 worth of hides to New York state farmers and trappers in one year. The USDA circular on the fur industry offers suggestions to turn this pest into a profitable ally for farmers.
Grain fed to pigs on blue grass pasture promises higher profits and less labor, with greater dollar returns in the end.
Community League at Greenwood school house holds a largely attended debate on whether alcoholic drinks are more destructive than war. Negative side wins after judges' decision. Activities include spelling bee planned for February 1 and preaching at Greenwood Church.
The French cooks could not satisfy American soldiers in France who demanded eggs and bacon alongside coffee and rolls. This account notes the preference for a hearty American breakfast over the lighter French fare during the war era.
Special commissioners announce a public auction on February 5, 1921 at 11 a.m. in Winchester Va for a two acre country parcel near the Middle Road in Frederick County with a two story dwelling, improvements and an apple and peach orchard. Terms require one third cash day of sale and the rest by two notes due one and two years from sale date, secured by trust deed and insurance. The property had been deeded to George W Graves by Faje Marie Che En 1908 and is described in Deed Book 129 page 21.
A short verse records a death in the home as a sister laments a parting and grieves that she remains remembered. The speaker, Elda, notes the pain of loss and the enduring memory of a sister despite absence.
Public notice from C M Burt agent at 143 Liberty Street New York NY with reference 1 19 eow 2t. This filing appears as an official agent address listing for administrative purposes.
For sale bearing Apple Orchard of about 30 acres with a 7 room dwelling and a 5 room tenant house. Includes two large barns a silo and other outbuildings. Also 150 acres limestone land on a hard road with 6 acres bearing orchard. Suitable for cereal crops or dairy farming near rail and storage. City dwellings listed from $1200 up large city lots from $300.
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