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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
4
Boyd R Richards announces his candidacy for the House of Delegates subject to the Democratic Primary. He seeks support from Frederick County and the City of Winchester ahead of the August 7 1917 primary.
The piece presents a somber wartime mood with references to Petrograd and German threat, as voices long for bright skies and optimism. It evokes dreary days, damp air, and persistent rain while a speaker named Walt Mason urges resilience and the sharing of views amid fear and hardship.
The note page from Burnt Factory Virginia on July 5 records visitors of Mrs W Moffman and family and Mrs Ada plus Mr and Mrs J M Weer at a home. Ruth and Marybelle Sawyer visited P E and family. No services at the Methodist on Sunday July 8. A harvest report notes crops and local gatherings with names including Fishpaw Duvall and Rinker. A business meeting is planned for July 6 at 8. Everyone is urged to attend.
The Maine Department of Agriculture advises applying mulch after the first severe frosts and leaving it on until soil warms in spring. Use weed free material like straw or coarse manure, about one inch thick around plants with three to four inches between rows, then remove mulch carefully in spring to avoid berry soil staining.
Instructions describe straightening young trees with crooked trunks by making parallel slits on the concave side before spring sap flow. Bark thickening creates a wedge that exerts force to straighten the trunk while still young, especially effective for Bose and other pear trees prone to deformation.
Kansas experiment station reports the spring canker worm killed more apple trees in one season than the San Jose scale since its introduction. The pest is easily controlled by spraying and should not be allowed to cause serious damage.
Neat uniform fruit and vegetables score higher in contests and help sell goods. County fairs and exhibitions should advertise good produce to create demand.
Rev. Frank Griffitth of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board led a baptism at Mount Hebron last week with six teen candidates baptized by Rev. J. H. Massey from Edinburg. Local notices note ongoing church services and community updates including visits by residents Delia Whitacre Maggie Amick and Pauline Foreman among others.
Marlboro Virginia notes feature Mr. and Mrs E D Funkhouser of Lebanon Church visiting Fawcett Gap On Sun Mr 7 Mrs. Mitchell Roux of Winchester visiting Mr and Mrs Lineburg. David Ambrose and Lewis Ambrose of Clary were here on business. S Brent returned from Memorial Hospital improved. James A Haun of Wine visited E W Knee. James McFarland of Relief visited J J Panfle. Perry Ritter and Ruth Henry of Winchester spent Sunday with Jacob Brumback.
The text explains that top budding is preferable to grafting for improving undesirable trees found early. It advises that after a tree reaches two years, it should be headed back severely in early spring and new shoots budded in August.
Mr and Mrs H E Shull were guests in Winchester on Saturday spending time at their mountain home Mountain Slope and visiting friends and family.
Editorial argues citizens must support war effort by producing and economizing resources. Farmers supply food, mechanics build ships and arms, soldiers fight, and all must cooperate with government. Karl H. Sale of Mountain Falls Virginia signs the appeal urging unity and patriotic duty.
A dairy expert recalls that a steer does not require daily milking unlike a cow. The steer is calved, raised, fattened, and marketed before milk is produced, needing one man per fifty animals versus one per fifteen for a cow.
Sound hogs resist disease by clean premises pure water and air and well balanced rations. Sanitation and wholesome feed are the best assurances against hog diseases. Hogs kept on clean premises are not likely to become sick and thrifty hogs are less susceptible than poorly nourished hogs.
In the matter of Hannah F. Evans versus Hattie B. Bell administratrix of William A. Evans deceased the court orders reference to a Master Commissioner in Chancery to inventory real and personal property, liens and shares, determine divisibility or advisability of sale, audit accounts, and publish four weekly notices in Winchester Virginia newspapers to effect service on all interested parties.
Commissioner A J Tavener of Winchester Virginia directs parties to attend on July 14 1917 with books papers vouchers and evidences to comply with a court order in a chancery case in the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia. This excerpt warns of the execution of the foregoing order.
The Commercial and Savings Bank acknowledges an additional subscription to the American Red Cross from John W. Rogenberger for $10.
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