Expert Advises To Thin Fruit Trees
OLLEGE PARK Md July 17 Apple and peach trees with light fruit will need thinning to produce standard size fruit says S B pen teeth of the University of Maryland Extension Service Mr Shaw who has toured Maryland fruit regions notes shriveling leaves due to heavy crops and dry weather The bulk yellow transparent apples will run under two inches in diameter and rains will not help Thinning on overloaded trees is the best solution Apples should be thinned to four to six inches apart or one apple per spur
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Ollege Park
S. B. Pen
University of Maryland Extension Service
Weil
Shaw
Thinning Fruit Spurs Boost Size and Future Crop
A grower recommends thinning to reduce aphid infestations and improve fruit size. Cutting badly infested fruit spurs helps nearby orchards and aids future yields by preventing overbearing trees from diverting energy.
Shenandoah Valley League Plans First Half Series
Merits arranged to decide the first half honor in the Shenandoah Valley League. Harrisonburg and Front Royal expected to participate with a Monday home game and a Tuesday Front Royal game. A possible third match would be at Winchester on Wednesday. Proceeds to be shared among six clubs. President Crawford to manage gates and receipts. By laws amended to allow substitutions for nonresidents with four home players. Crawford also to collect a $250 bond forfeited by New Market after withdrawal.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley League
Strasburg
Front Royal
New Park
Winchester
G. G. Crawford
Crawford
Summer yard party brings families together in Chambersville
Chambersville Virginia on July 18 reports a well attended yard party at the schoolhouse last Saturday. Families from near Charles Town Kernstown Gore and Round Hill attended to celebrate Mr Larrick's birthday. Local residents note Mrs Bayliss remaining weak after a two month illness and various visits from friends and relatives over the weekend.
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Chambersville
Roy Hawkins
Charles Town
Arthur Morris
Kernstown
Robert Brifl
Gore
Bud Larrick
Mr. Larrick
William Bayliss
Winchester
Edward Hichs
Fannie Marker
Elizabeth ‘Charman
Lawyer
Josephine Baker
Massanetta Springs
Eisonburg
Nas
Christian Edeavor Society
Round Hill“ Presbyterian Church
Lola Somerville
Martinsburg
Virginia Baker
Bayliss
Philip Ritter
Ray Good
Bids Wanted for Jail Furnace Installation in County
County seeks bids to install a hot water furnace at the jail. Contact Sheriff Luther Pannett or H. B. Kline in Vaucluse. Bids due at County Clerk's Office before August 6. Rights reserved to reject any or all bids. H B Kline, Chairman, Frederick County Board of Supervisors. 7-3-1m One cow, fresh and tested, plus a 2 horse wagon and bed, for sale. Apply to J C Hiser Ridgeway.
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Luther Pannett
H. B. Kline
Vaucluse
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Grimes Glimpses: Mrs Timberlake Visits Grimes Va
Grimes Virginia July 18 Mrs Joseph Timberlake of Strasburg in her eighties visiting old friends founder and organizer of Gallilee Church at this place years ago welcomed by locals. Mrs Constance Clevenger spent a day with Mr and Mrs Luther Miller in Welltown. Mr Eston Affleck lost a fine cow last Sunday.
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Grimes
Joseph Timberlake
Strasburg
Eston Affleck
Poison suspected as cause of livestock losses
Farmers report stock losses blamed on a poisonous seed or herb as pastures are short and dry this season. Master Glenwood Rodgers visits from Eatonsville while J Alvin Dick manages local farms and a road crew operates a stone crusher near the state line amid ongoing repairs and work.
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Glenwood Rodgers
Eatonsville
Ames Grimes
J. Alvin Dick
Mow Hill
H.B. McCormac
Clara Abshire
Ella Affleck
Orchard Glen
John A. Dick
State Line
O. Wright and
Noted Boy Bandit Caught in Petersburg
Benjamin Liverman the Norfolk boy bandit who escaped the State penitentiary last week was captured in Petersburg. He described his escape from the prison shop and the ladder and rope he used. He hid in a shed on penitentiary grounds for five days before fleeing to Petersburg, where a stable employee identified him leading to his arrest.
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Petersburg
Benjamin Liverman
State Penitentiary
Liverman
Penitntiary
Local Market Prices and Product Listings Feature Daily Corrections
The Star lists wholesale oil quotes and a broad mix of farm goods and staples. Prices shown include eggs at 20 cents per dozen, spring chickens around 28 to 35 cents, creamery butter and country butter, flour and middlings, bran, corn meal, and various feeds, with livestock prices for steers lambs calves and other staples.
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Aria 2
Market Corrections Noted At Day’s Close
A garbled market listing records corrections at the end of the prior day with scattered figures for hogs calves and dairy products. The text includes misprinted prices and fragmented captions, typical of a late edition trade page.
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Sample Shoe
Little Joe’s
Bertha von Hiflern
Winchester Milling Co
Gale
Atlantic and
Pacific
TRA
Huntsberry
Fred. L. Glaize
Brassieres and
THE
Betty Shoppe
Braddock and Water
Sts
Coal and Coke
Connellsville
Roy Smithing
Quemahoning Valley
Hochheimer & Company
Uniontown
L. W. McCormick
Gainesboro
W. H. Brown
Sharon
Gertrude Whitacre
Angie Larrick
Roy Newcome
Little Daugher
Crab Bottom
Lindamood
Madaline Reed
Asbury Farmer
Sadie Anderson
Walter Adams
James DeHaven
DeHaven
Helen Jerome Eddy
Harrison Ford
D Farnum
Justice
Fox
Round Trip
Atlantic City
Wildwood
Ocean City
Cape Sea Isle City
Girtvion
Peermont
Stone Harbor
Wednesddays
Delaware River Bridge
Philadelphia
Pensylvania System
the Standard Railroad of the World
J. C. Hiser
Ridgeway
Nineveh, Va
F. J. Ridgeway
Piccadilly and
Market Sts
Gleamings
Star
Baltimore
Just
Bradley
Frank
Gearing
E. Piccadilly St
Green Mountain
Maine
Winchester Seed Co. Inc
Jessie Hillyard Trenary
East Water St
Virginia Chemical Co
Stephens City, VA
C. E. Omps
Snapp Foundry, Inc
North Market St
Valley Union Chapel
Martinsburg Pike
Richoon Wy Sy
Federtrict
Pierce Oil Corporation
Fite National Petroleum Company
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