Bridge Grafting Promises Save Girdled Trees, Buyers Urged
Wigginton promotes a bridge grafting method claimed to revive trees girdled by mice rabbits borers and collar blight. Demonstrations cite three years of success with apple trees yielding merchantable fruit, backed by a large guarantee and a regional sales network in Winchester Virginia and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View Nursery Co
Williamsport
Maryland
Winchester
Wigginton
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Lime-Sulphur Machine Co
N. J. Wigginton
Gen
L. M’g’r. Winchester
Foley Kidney Pills Restore Health Says Solomon Bequette
Solomon Bequette of Flat River Missouri credits Foley Kidney Pills with lifting him from a long illness two years ago. The ad claims the pills relieve rheumatic pains aching joints and swollen muscles by addressing deranged kidneys and are sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Bequette
Flat River
Foley
Table to Inoculate Seeds
Inoculating seeds is easy with a purpose built table. The design from Farm Progress helps keep seed from scattering, tilts to drain surplus water, and angles to move seed into a sack box. It also serves for sorting seed corn or fruit and can be stored compactly when not in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Matthews
Farm Progress
Caring for Tomato Plants
The article advises severe but careful pruning of tomato vines to prevent excessive growth and blossom drop. By cutting branches to near severance and allowing the plant to drop to the ground while still attached, the plant’s vitality is redirected toward fruit production, leading to a heavy later harvest.
Horseradish Crop: Planting and Winter Storage Notes
Horseradish is grown from sets not seed. Best after early cabbage or beets as a second crop. Fall harvest yields small roots cut into four to six inch sets. Tops squared, bottoms slanted. bundles placed in sand over winter. In spring, plant between cabbage rows with holes and cover two to three inches, emerging by July 1.
Neglect of Small Fruits Hurts Profits on Half Acre
Grapes raspberries and currants are often neglected leading to lost profits. Proper culture pruning and fertilizing on a half acre can yield about $200 worth of fresh table supplies. With consistent care these fruits are profitable home additions.
Memorial Service at Bethel Church in TRONE Virginia
Memorial service at Bethel Church is set for Sunday July 15 with no afternoon service and no ground lunch. Graves will be tended after the morning service. Mr B M Lockhart remains ill at home as his son helps care for him. Mrs Charles Richard improves from erysipelas. Mrs Edgar Good and twins Richard and Robert Good visit relatives in the area.
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Trone
Bethel Church
Linner
Revere
B.M. Lockhart
Ais Home
Mr. Lockhart
C. Fenton Giffin
Mary Gooper
Edgar LaFollette
Keyser
W. Va
Charles Richard
Edgar Good
Richard
Robert Good
Winchester
Charles Giffin
Injured man improves in Martinsburg hospital
John Mills of this city, injured in an automobile accident near Martinsburg on July 4, is reported to be much improved at Martinsburg City Hospital. Friends have visited him, noting he rests well. Several other residents are listed as visiting relatives and traveling home after visits to Philadelphia Baltimore Staunton and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mills
Martinsburg
Martinsburg Cty Hospital
Nature Works Backward In Nature Chain Disaster
An English watercress grower loses three quarters of his crop as caddis worms devastate the beds. Normally trout keep worms in check but a flock of hungry herons has predated the trout, reversing the food chain and ruined the crop.
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Washington Star
Winchesters Praise Doan's Kidney Pills For Back Pain
Winchester resident Miss Lou C. Jones reports severe back pain and irregular kidneys improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says one box brought relief and better overall health. Sold for 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. تبلی
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Winchester
Lou C. Jones
E. Cort
Doan
Hair Care Note Warns Against Soap Harshness
The article advises avoiding soap for washing hair and recommends using mollified coconut oil as a pure greaseless alternative. It claims soap dries and brittles hair, while coconut oil leaves the scalp soft and hair silky. Coconut oil is described as cheap and sufficient for a household.
Canning Clubs Notes and Social Visitor Reports
A list of names notes ongoing canning club activities with Lydia Smith Edna Hughes Emma Tomblin Fréderica Buyck Lillie Massey and others. Social visits include Mrs H M Taylor and Annie Moss Taylor in Richmond guests of the Misses Shepherd and Mrs T M Reynolds Jr and Mrs Thomas Stillman in Hoboken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Smith, Edna Hughes
Emma Tomblin
Fréderica Buyck and
Lillie Massey
8. M. Taylor
Annie Moss Taylor
Richmond
Airlie
These Classes Exempt Status Must Be Proved
Washington July 10 draft exemptions listed include indispensable workers in military related industries and those supporting dependents. Also religious sect members, divinity students, ordained ministers, high officials, soldiers, certain aliens, postal workers, mariners, pilots and felons faced denial under the rule.
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Washington
Eradication of Plant Lice
The spray must contact pests directly to kill them. Lime sulphur is recommended for plant lice and scale. For tender insects, a strong tobacco solution will kill them.
Grow Sorghum for Forage for Hogs in Summer
Sorghum can provide forage for hogs during hot dry months when other crops fail. If sown in late May or early June it should be ready to pasture in six to eight weeks. Mr. Alson S. Hott left Roanoke Virginia yesterday to spend most of his visit.
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Alson S. Hott
Roanoke
Maem
Unfurl Old Glory At Hedeck Mansion
THAYFIELD VA July 10 Old Glory has again been unfurled at Burcroft the summer home of the Hedricks. Mrs Hannah F M Hedrick and daughters Anna and Eleanor Hedrick of New Haven Conn have arrived for their summer vacation. Prof Henry B Hedrick of New Haven Conn has arrived for his summer vacation. Prof Hedrick a Yale astronomer was detained in Washington but arrival is expected soon. Their son Benjamin Hedrick a Yale sophomore recently graduated and has entered West Point, so he will not have a vacation at the farm this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayfield
Washington
Benjamin Hedrick
Yale University
West Point Military Academy
Bright student Hedrick to enter Vassar after Yale High grad
Benjamin Hedrick, a June Yale High School graduate, will enter Vassar College in September. Friends express pride and look forward to his future achievements as they hear the familiar bugle call. Julian Rosenberger succeeds Jonathan Boxwell as Hayfield Bloom mail postman, a courteous longtime worker. Colonel Foreman returns home to Cambridge, Massachusetts after a brief visit.
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Benjamin Hedrick
Anna
Hedrick
Yale High School
Vassar College
Julian Rosenberger
Jonathan Boxwell
Hayfield-Bloom
Colonel Foreman
Cumbert
Oklahoma City businessman returns home for vacation
Mr. M. B. Larrick, long active in Oklahoma City business circles, has returned home for a short vacation following his recent activities. The note mentions his association with Mr. M. Hy Rosenberger in relation to a coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hy Rosenberger
M. B. Larrick
Oklahoma City
Outing for Hagerstown's Poor Children
Lieut N D Garcelon of the Salvation Army seeks clothing for 200 poor Hagerstown children for a day outing. Those wishing to donate should notify at the Fairfax Hotel. he will call to collect gifts. Call Bell Phone No 30 W.
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N. D. Garcelon
Salvation Army
Hagerstown
Lieut. Garcelon
Fairfax Hotel
Bell Phope No
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Knight
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Turkey Knob Orchard Company
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E. W. Grant
Clearbrook
H. T. Snapp
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Thomas & Messer CO
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Frank Reardon
P. H. Reardon
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P. Taylor Spence
Virginia Speacer
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Katharine Phillips
Rocky Mount
N. C
J. W. Philips
Misses Warren
Hunter Residence
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F. B. Whiting
Judge Whiting
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Jane C. Moore
James Coby
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Marshall McCormick, Jr
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Ellen Bakes
Anne Schley
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Hugh M. Taylor
Springberry
Annie Stribling
United States
States of the Union
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Ke Green & Bro
Moling & Seal
Woo Wawayo
H. D. Albin
E. Piccadilly St
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People's Bargain Store
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