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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
2
City and rural groups unite with agencies to recruit farm experienced workers for wheat harvest. Kansas City meeting forms plans to coordinate efforts and train volunteers from offices and clubs to work in the fields and meals routine for harvest labor.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article notes there are over 2500 county agents tied to the USDA and state colleges. They are supported by county and farm bureaus and better farming associations and helped place more than 100 000 men on farms last year with expected larger aid this year.
United States Department urges growers to protect beet yields by proper blocking thinning and cultivation. Careful handling reduces root breaking and loss from topping. Labor-saving machines aimed to ease labor shortage and boost beet sugar output.
The article discusses wheat can be ground at community mills enabling farmers to benefit. It frames this as a remedy to a serious problem and notes the involvement of local mills and agricultural interests.
Alma M Jones 37 wife of farmer Frederick R Jones of Stephenson died after a brief illness following an operation. A service will be held at her mother's home 567 North Market Street tomorrow at 1 PM, with burial at Little Mountain Church Cedar Grove. She leaves husband Irene, mother Mrs S J Cline, sisters Alice Kidwell Elizabeth Lows, brothers Albert Edward Lewis Alonzo Cline.
3100 reward offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Claims internal action through the blood to heal mucous surfaces and strengthen constitution. Testimonial list available from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. sold by all druggists.
A press dispatch from New York reports the Aero Club of America has offered to arrange pilots for the first transatlantic flight if government consent is granted. Volunteers include Lieut Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr of Winchester and Colonel Savary of the Royal Flying Corps. Byrd is an Annapolis Naval Academy graduate and former Rhode Island Naval Militia commodore.
Record of the Past notes J H Hillyard of 606 S Kent St suffered back and kidney pains worsened in damp weather. He found relief with Doan's Kidney Pills and, four years later, endorses them again. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Mfgs.
The many friends of Mrs Rebecca Blakemore mother of the Rev D L Blakemore presiding elder of Winchester District Methodist Episcopal Church South will regret to learn that she is seriously ill at her son's home Fairmont avenue this city.
Mrs Alice J of Marksville Louisiana reports one year of severe back and side pain kept her from sleeping. After taking Cardui she recovered enough to straighten up and resume work, praising the remedy for relief from female complaints.
Special Commissioners under a Winchester Court decree offer a lot with an eight room frame house on West Hant Street for sale by public auction on Monday July 29 1918 at 11 o clock in front of the County Court House Winchester Va One third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and purchaser bonds plus an insurance policy on the buildings. Roy P Duvall the auctioneer and I J B Beverley Clerk certify the sale terms and bond approval.
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps are now sold at numerous Winchester outlets including the Post Office, People's Drug Store, Commercial and Savings Bank, Beck's Bakery, Crystal Confectionery, Shenandoah Valley National Bank, and many others such as J. P. Haddox, Grove Brothers, Funk and Son, and Hodgson and Brown.
A fragment from a historical page lists Joritte ana Yor kc W Ramsburg Andersons Pool Room S B Curl e Barber Shop c Hunteberry Asco Drug Store Five and Ten Cent Store among street level commerce.
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