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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1929
Page
2
Threshing in the lower Shenandoah Valley reported yields of 8 to 12 bushels per acre, far below the 20 to 30 bushels forecast earlier. Some reports came from prime wheat lands while straw growth was exceptional and binder twine demand was unusually high.
Reports cite several causes for the heads’ shortness and grain shrivel. May frosts are named as a key factor hindering development. Local dealers offer about $1.10 for new crop, with farmers pressing for higher prices to counter the shrinkage in the crop’s quality and quantity.
Marvin Costello 19 is dead after an automobile traveling with his family slid from a state road four miles west of Martinsburg West Virginia during a heavy rain. Costello’s father Scott 49 suffered a concussion while his wife and three daughters Elsie Catherine and Esther were injured but not seriously hurt.
Mrs Oscar Portner of 2141 Wyoming avenue Washington died in Aix les Bains France after a pneumonia attack Saturday night at Beaustte Hotel. She was visiting with her two sons Robert Portner III and John A D Portner and was in France since June 8 sailing from New York. Survived by sisters in law Mrs Henry D Flood Mrs Palmer Derby and others. Relatives expect the body to be taken to Manassas Virginia where her husband is buried.
Agricultural tips emphasize seed quality, barn protection, and market focus. Notes urge timely cow calving in late summer and early fall, prompt chick feeding, and machinery maintenance with spare parts on hand.
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