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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing in Winchester Virginia lists daily publication with Morning News Weekly News and other editions. Subscription rates shown in advance include 2.50 dollars per year 1.25 for six months and 65 cents for one month, with 25 cents per month for another plan.
Fragmentary editorial paragraph argues for universal military training as a democratic reform. It contrasts social classes and religious groups while claiming training would benefit health, deportment, and national life, urging Congress to adopt the policy.
A Philadelphia man, treated abroad, engaged to a wealthy London heiress but abandons her due to illness. He returns to his Philadelphia nurse, near death, and realizes her devoted care is essential to his health and happiness. The tale highlights enduring love born from care and loyalty.
Fragmentary notes describe drivers ignoring safety, barrels of liquor, and fences. The garbled text mentions speeding, reckless laps, and riders failing to stay safe, with chaotic scenes of gas and cheers amid a dangerous road.
A somber reflection on orphans fed and trained by novices who jog a mile and imagine medals. The piece laments frequent accidents and growing death tolls as reckless drivers flood roads, leaving coroner and undertaker busy and laws called quixotic.
The verse reflects on the cost of a baby beyond money, detailing constant care sleepless nights and worry, tempered by joy and affection. It credits Edgar Guest of the Detroit Free Press with authorship and presents the reader with a reflective, maternal tone about parenthood.
The National Government via the Bureau of Education issued a National Reading Circle with prescribed books for each course. Course I features The Odyssey, Dante’s Divine Comedy, and Shakespeare works including The Merchant of Venice Macbeth Hamlet and Othello. Course II includes The Aeneid Don Quixote and Paradise Lost among others. The library holds complete lists and books for all courses on request.
A historical note extols the hoe as the most effective farming implement. It describes sharpening the blade, maintaining a bright edge, and proper technique for efficient weed removal with long smooth strokes and careful blade geometry. It advises carrying a flat file and filing nicks promptly to preserve ease of use.
Advice for small farms suggests starting with ten to twenty ewes on 120 to 200 acres, with pure bred bucks and good ewes. Begin small to learn the business, selecting reputation from dealers and aiming for gradual flock growth. Estimated costs note ten ewes around $50 and a buck about $20, with ten lambs next July recouping the initial outlay.
The article urges using a good grindstone at home to sharpen implements saving hours spent traveling to town for sharpening. It notes stones are affordable and durable, offering long service on a farm.
Tulip Virginia July 22 Rev J R Collis conducts a bush meeting in Mr Lillards woods near Bunker Hill with several sessions postponed due to bad weather. Miss Clara McDermott visited Miss Katye Evans and Mrs Clinton Grim plans a several week stay with her uncle Josh ua Grim. Mr and Mrs R M Cougill visited the L family near Stephens City on Sunday. The Misses Lillard Ross and Julia Derflinger were callers.
At the home of J.E. Evans on Tuesday Guy Beatty, recently returned from Ohio, visits relatives. Mrs. Clevenger of Canterbury visits daughter Mrs. James Beatty. Miss Ross of Augusta county visits the Misses Lillard. Mollie and Maggie Hammack of Middletown stay with aunts the Misses Barrow in Tulip. Bessie Kline of Stephens City visits Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baker.
They will be gone some time and will visit other points of interest in North Carolina and lower Virginia.
The passage argues farms deserve good roads with permanent bridges and drainage funded publicly. If farmers fail to maintain decent roads after public work, they should bear community reproach. Public sentiment, not new laws, will push use of road drag and road upkeep.
Miss Virginia Athey and Miss Elizabeth Russell from the Sunday school of the Presbyterian Church of Winchester depart Friday for Reno to attend a church meeting.
Families should keep Chamberlain’s Colic remedy at hand during hot summer months. It is claimed to be worth its cost and almost certain to be needed before summer ends. The ad urges immediate purchase as it is made available everywhere.
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