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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1922
Page
3
The State Farmers Institute will be held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg on August 9 10 and 11. Top speakers will address practical farming topics and entertainment is planned. County Agent J R DuShane arranges transport and lodging for interested local farmers and their wives.
The M E Church schedules a 9 45 am Sunday school and a 11 am worship with War No More theme by Mr Depp. An 8 pm union service with Centenary Reformed starts a series of fifth Sunday meetings. Mr and Mrs F C DeWitt and children depart for Pittsburgh then Niagara Falls to visit relatives.
Tomorrow marks the last month of ministers at the Golden Rule Bible Class. Rev. Morgan of First Christian Church presents Something Worth Knowing with special music. Members and visitors are urged to attend and invite friends.
Sunday services at Wann Memorial Church John Mann M E Church include 10 am Sunday school 11 am sermon by the pastor 315 pm Bible class and 8 pm sacred songs recitations and choir solos REV Joseph Wheeler Pastor Mrs Kenneth W Weaver of Richmond Va visits at Mrs S H Faulkner on North Kent Street
The report outlines Swanson supporters claiming leads in multiple districts including Norfolk and the second, with assertions of narrow results in the tenth and seventh districts. Davis adherents dispute some claims as both campaigns emphasize their incumbency in Richmond and vie for votes in the first, third, and fourth districts.
Salvation Army holds Sunday services at 11 o clock, Sunday school at 2 30 p m in the auditorium, and an open air service at 7 30 p m in front of the courthouse followed by a meeting. The Army is on tour of Lower Valley. Also reports visitors from Williamsport Pa and local residents visiting relatives and vacationing at Shenandoah River cottages.
Winchester Virginia July 28 E Virginia Smith argues for more independents in U S Senate races to counter party bosses and reform leagues. She warns that two candidate races curb liberty and urges individuals to walk alone rather than follow partisan power.
Church of Christ plans Sunday services in Odd Fellows Hall with Bible school at 10 a.m. on the topic The First Return from Exile and a sermon Love's Unfailing Power at 11 a.m. Evening programs include Lapens from Great Home Missionaries led by G W Riley and The Man Who Became Angry with God at 8 p.m. Mid week service at the home of typhu Hoslbech 4024 West Waton Street.
The Star requests all precincts in Frederick county to call in the total votes for each candidate, Senator Wanson and Mr. Davis, from the August 1 primary. Returns should be the full totals per precinct, not margins, and be telephoned to The Star office as soon as counted for prompt publication.
Eugene F. Kitham of Harpers Ferry West Virginia wed Lucinda J. Poster of Hayfield after obtaining a license earlier in the week. The ceremony took place at the United Brethren Church parsonage conducted by Rev. George W Stover. Mr and Mrs Clark M Smith recently returned from Capon Lake Inn and Mr and Mrs Walter H Bosserman who stayed there are due back Monday.
Stewart Pope formerly of Clarke county and now of Ikernstown wed Miss Lelia Affleck daughter of George Affleck of Kernstown on July 26. Rev Clarence Woods of Centenary Reformed Church officiated at the ceremony.
Community notice asks women to value citizenship and register before the primary. It advocates voting for Claude A. Swanson to support a trusted public servant and aid law enforcement.
Mrs John W Lewin of Front Royal is much improved after surgery at Memorial Hospital. Her pastor Rev Harrison and wife visited her at the hospital. After dining with the Daughertys of South Braddock Street they returned to Front Royal. Misses Elta and Alice Lewin have been visiting cousins Misses Sarah and Jennie Daugherty and have returned home. Mrs Lewin is an aunt of the Lewin sisters and cousin of the Daughertys.
Everett Rierson a carpenter and Miss Peon Bidding daughter of Silas Bidding Ali of Pittsburgh obtained a marriage license at the city clerk's office. They stated ages of 23 years each.
Mr and Mrs DeLaney and their two sons toured Gere Virginia visiting the Shenandoah Valley Loray Caverns and were impressed by the scenery. They spent a week with Mr and Mrs D T DeLaney before returning to Williamsport Pennsylvania.
Agricultural officials in Knox County compare standard bred hens with mongrel flocks showing 1,087 standard bred and 1,103 mixed hens. Standard flocks produced 2,906 eggs versus 2,547 for mixed, with 314 standard and 855 mongrel culled leaving 778 standard and 738 mongrels. Post Cull week shows 2,724 eggs for standard and 2,488 for mongrels, indicating fewer culls and higher egg output for standard breds.
A historical poultry guide describes several lice types infesting chickens and recommends blue ointment applied around the vent and under wings as an effective remedy. A pea-sized amount per bird, with a second application after two weeks, plus suitable lice powders and dust walls to supplement control. Sodium fluoride is noted as another treatment using the pinch method on tail fluff, under wings, back, and neck feathers.
Regularity in feeding boosts value and profit in fowl keeping. Separate sexes at eight weeks, prepare fresh ground before turning out chicks, and use incubators where early hatching is desired. The hen and caretaker are partners. laziness reduces profits. Do not expect over 75 percent hatch. blame lies with operator, not the machine.
The Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Virginia as trustee of Walter T Gore's estate will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester at 10 AM on Saturday August 26 1922 three farm tracts contiguous and as a whole. Tracts include the Gore home farm about three miles east of Winchester with 100 plus acres two orchards and a nine room house, a first tract of 52 acres with a farmhouse and outbuildings, and a third 71 acre tract north of the Northwestern Turnpike. Purchases require one third cash and two bonds over two years with interest six percent and a trust deed. Possession after March 1 1923 with crops reserved.
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