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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
4
The Evening Star lists subscription prices for one year, six months, and three months in advance. Rates include 3.00, 1.50, and 0.75 in various terms with mailing details for Winchester Virginia.
A fragmentary verse by Walt Mason ponders eating apples daily and staying warm as winter approaches. The quirky piece blends weather imagery with humorous lines about heat, cold, and seasonal comfort.
Tentative notes indicate the Treasury aims at least six billion dollars for the Fourth Liberty Loan. References to the third loan and a person named Joan appear in fragmented plans.
Fragmentary text mentions Edna Phil from Millboro Springs Virginia and names like Mrs Eugene Campbell and Strader of Richmond. Appears to reference a wedding or social event at Ingleside and mentions Mr Ent L. Fultz and a person suffering, but details are incomplete.
Handley Board of Trustees chair Mr Williams told Winchester Common Council that the General Education Board in America will report in September on plans for Handley schools. A team has gathered data in Winchester and Richmond while Dr. Flexner recovers from a serious leg injury. The final plan will be kept confidential until completion and then shared with the council, Handley Board, and public discussion will follow.
Lieut Edwin R Cooper of Atlantic City receives a bravery citation for taking moving pictures of German positions from an airplane under heavy fire on the western front. Attached to the Twenty Sixth Division, his two years in aerial war photography aided Allied forces.
In view of the patriotic celebration, the acting mayor Alexander T. Jones requests all stores in the city be closed on Thursday July 4 in keeping with the usual custom. This guidance follows Mayor Ward's absence.
A Science magazine discussion suggests aircraft builders add wall pockets to hold heated vacuum bottles so passengers can receive hot drinks and foods during flight, though concerns about safety and practicality are noted. The article contrasts ideas with the view that corrections rarely fix underlying flaws and may create new problems.
Mrs A J Robinson 84, mother of Charleste I Robinson of Winchester, died after a long illness in West Virginia. She leaves sons Charles L Robinson Clarence Robinson Harry Robinson and daughter Mrs A W Sterling, all of Fairmont, with burial in Fairmont Cemetery beside her husband. The funeral is set for 3 pm tomorrow in Fairmont.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges careful harvesting to reduce grain loss in wartime. Emphasizes well shocked grain, proper stacking of gleanings, careful shocking and stacking, and covered storage in humid areas. Advises farmers to check threshers for prompt, clean threshing and post threshing cleanup to protect market quality.
A discourse on aging and vitality urges upright posture and active living at eighty. It promotes Finarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy for backache kidney and bladder complaints and excess uric acid, claiming medical endorsement and global use.
The 1910 census counted about 879 million acres of U S farm land. Roughly one third is in crops one third in pasture and just under one third in other farm lands. Improved pasture accounts for nearly one tenth of total farm land and is rotated with crops. Much pasture remains unimproved with 99 million acres in wood land pasture and 108 million acres in other unimproved pasture.
The European cornstalk borer, detected in eastern Massachusetts last summer, is spreading in New England. Farmers and gardeners must act with county agents and entomologists to eradicate or control it. Infested sweet corn ears were shipped to many states. watch corn stalks and vegetables for signs and report findings to the state agricultural college or the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Destroy winter residue by burning to prevent overwintering pests.
A reflective line urges perseverance by recalling the hardship endured in wartime trenches. The terse reminder links mundane tasks to larger struggles, inspiring endurance and resilience.
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