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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1924
Page
7
Entomologist W. B. Hough advises growers to begin sprayings July 31 to ensure fruit stays clean through August 9. Use arsenate of lead with Bordeaux mixture, add lime to prevent spray burn, and plan a possible late August spray if leaf rollers intensify in some orchards.
Berkeley county farmers reported very low wheat yields due to poor spring weather. Most crops produced five to ten bushels per acre, with only rare yields near 25. Hay crops were better, valued at 12 to 15 dollars per ton, though high farm labor costs cut profits. Rye also underperformed from Duchess Orchard to Luttrell and Rodgers, with 188 bushels from 19 acres this year versus 073 last year.
James M Adams 76 a native of Frederick County died last week at his Massillon Ohio home after a leg sore led to gangrenous poisoning. Funeral held last Saturday burial in Massillon Cemetery. Son Simon J Adams of Whitacre Va was at his side. He had lived nearby and worked in lumbering and farming. He was married three times first Mrs Genraithwaite second Misseta and third Mrs Snyder who survives him. No children by the last wife.
Bible school session continues with K L Foster presiding. Roll will be called as schools report. Three addresses scheduled including Value of Child Training by J D Jackson of Saumsville.
The program notes an address by D. H. Odes and Harry Saum of India for the evening. Bible school meets at 9 30 with a later Galilee Church service at 7 30 featuring devotional exercises led by Charles E B McVay. Communions occur on Sunday.
Hollister North Carolina July 28 a search party found the body of H L Joyner a public chauffeur robbed and killed Saturday night near Fishing Creek Joyner shot three times two in the back and once in the mouth Evens and others named in the case gave conflicting statements about the killing while officials hold suspects including Ernest Lee George Brown Elijah Lynch and Evans was arrested with Joyner s watch found on him as authorities tighten security near Nashville and Raleigh
Wholesale and local retail prices listed for flour butter and corn meal, with figures for spring chickens leghorns and white leghorns, hay and straw, standard middlings and mixed feed. Baltimore wholesale and spot corn prices noted as market corrections at close.
A reflective note urges pursuing a season without longing for worldly gains. It frames discipline as a daily exercise for inner growth and spiritual focus beyond material desires.
Reports from Lakehurst after the Shenandoah return recount curious incidents as civilians noted the skyship. A New Jersey boy toppled a fence and motorists slowed to stare skyward, while a caravaner spilled hot water in a roadside camp.
A Lisbon man named Sant Carl Fisher found five dollars in a new suit of clothes. A few days later he weighed his weight on one side and cut the operation, withdrawing a five dollar gold dime and three pennies.
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