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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1922
Page
7
Norfolk and Western timetable shows train No 13 9 07 am to Bristol and intermediates with Pullman parlor car. Train No 1 2 45 am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton intermediates with Pullman sleepers to Williamson and Winston Salem Cafe car, connections with Memphis special to the south. Train No 27 5 53 pm to Bienandoa and intermediate stations.
Railway notice lists No 28 for Hagerstown and intermediate stations with connections to Shenandoah Junction and Washington. No 14 evening express to Philadelphia with Parlor car and Hagerstown sleeper. No 2 late night sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. For fares and reservations contact H H Burks Berryville VA or W C Saunders Roanoke VA.
The Clerk of Frederick County Circuit Court on July 5 1922 orders Matthew Zach Miller Charlotte James Robert Miller and others to appear within ten days to protect their interests in a will probate suit. Publication required weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester Virginia and posting at the courthouse by July 17 1922.
The article explains how foreign materials and dockage affect wheat value during grading. It notes that pure seed, clean handling, and good cultivation reduce impurities, while dockage influences milling cost and flour quality. Farmers' Bulletin 1118 details these grading effects and is available from the U S Department of Agriculture.
A 20 foot lumber load was moved when no wagon or truck of sufficient length was available. An automobile and a hand truck borrowed from a grocer were used, with a rope from the car’s rear axle to the hand truck pulling the load while another rope kept the truck off the ground. The setup is illustrated in Popular Mechanics by Edwin L. Camp of Huntington Park California.
USDA notes that while plant proteins are nitrogenous like animal proteins, they differ in egg-making. Hens require some animal protein, with high vegetable-protein feeds replacing only part of meat feed. Cottonseed meal tops vegetable options for eggs, followed by peanut meal soybean meal and velvet bean meal. Do not exceed one tenth cottonseed in mash to avoid reduced yield and yolk quality. Other helpful feeds include gluten and linseed meal.
The article warns against grazing alfalfa when young shoots first appear to avoid permanent crown injury. Do not pasture very closely during the season. allow growth to permit at least one hay cutting each season for better yields.
Samuel Samsell marine radio operator, recently returning from a lengthy Atlantic and Pacific voyage, is spending a vacation at his father Rev W H Sampsell’s home on East Piccadilly Street. He crews merchant ships on both sides of the U S and passed through the Panama Canal Zone where shade temperatures topped 100 degrees. He traveled to British Columbia aboard a sugar cargo ship en route to Canada, then returned with lumber bound for New York.
Mr and Mrs N P Larsen of Round Hill Loudoun county have returned home after a several week trip visiting friends including Joseph Hill and daughter Mrs A L Turner of South Market street They traveled from Norfolk to Boston by steamer spent time in New England then returned to Norfolk by the same route to Baltimore by steamer and passed through Hagerstown Mr Larsen said he could not think of returning home without visiting Brother Hill
In Dallas a primary returns show Charles Culberson trailing by over 16000 votes while James Ferguson a former governor appears set for an August runoff with Carl Mayfield. Mayfield is believed to have Ku Klux Klan backing while Culberson opposed by the Klan. Governor Pat Neff backed by the Klan is renominated for governor. Thomas L. Blanton seems assured renomination to the U.S. House.
The Associated Press reports Judge A. N. Hand appointed Peter B. Olney referee in the Allan A. Ryan bankruptcy case. Ryan, a stock financier, recently filed a petition listing more than 32 million dollars in liabilities, with over 4 million unsecured claims. Attorneys say liabilities could be reduced to about 18 million dollars.
Albin Virginia July 25. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Zimmerman of Florida visit with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crim. H B Yeakley and Mrs. Yeakley spend Sunday with village friends. Mrs. Harry Sibert of Martinsburg is visiting. James Lamp and family from Winchester call on friends. J. D. Hartman hosts a gathering. Thomas Parlett and family from Winchester spent time with relatives locally.
Stop itching eczema with Zemo from any druggist for 35c. extra large bottle $1.00. Healing begins at once and soon all traces of eczema, tetter, pimples, rash, and similar skin diseases fade. Zemo is advertised as the penetrating antiseptic liquid for clearing and strengthening the skin.
Public notice states that the undersigned will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his son, Howard Rosenberger, dated July 22, 1931. The signer identifies as Jas. H. Rosenberger.
The article notes sneezing as a feared omen in early world lore until Jacob allegedly altered its fate by praying for benedictions. It adds a claim about sneezing being lucky between noon and midnight and mentions legal restrictions on adoption and child freedom in England.
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