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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
7
An advertisement touts Kellogg’s Bran as a permanent remedy for constipation when eaten regularly. It promotes two tablefuls daily, highlights health benefits, and suggests serving Bran hot or with other cereals, including bran muffins and bread.
Government survey notes winter wheat deteriorated since mid month with drought in some areas and heavy rains in others. Pests such as Hessian flies and green bugs harm crops while harvest begins in the Southwest. Several states report varying conditions with rain needed in Kentucky and West Virginia and crop heading in Virginia Washington Oregon and Idaho.
A nostalgic medicinal advertisement claims 8.8.8 builds red blood cells and fighting blood, improving endurance and skin health. It cites Mrs. Lizzie Felmer of Crowell Texas who reports weight loss and pimples improved after using S.S.8. The copy urges readers to buy at drug stores and notes large sizes are economical.
U S farmers face varied prospects with improving wheat in some regions and poor conditions in others. Crops such as corn planting delayed by rain, cotton backward in the South, and livestock generally in good shape despite labor shortages. Pastures short and grasses slow to grow with drought damage in California.
University of Virginia sets off graduation events with a dance at Fayerweather gym tomorrow and a schedule through Sunday Alumni day Monday and Final day Tuesday. Saturday features an Alumni ball game vs Virginia varsity on Lambeth Field and another Fayetweather dance. The baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W W Moore marks the opening formal events for the class of 1923. Twenty seven graduates from the medicine department complete the session, from six southern states.
The successful candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine are Vin cent William Archer Black Mountain N. C Walter Weyman Benton Winder Ga Launcelot Minor Black ford University Va Louis Christian Brand Staunton Va Edgar Parmele Cardwell Wilmington N. C Silas Eldridge Chambers Basic Va Albert Augustine Creecy Norfolk Va Samuel Wesley Eason Norfolk Va Monroe Jacob Epting Its Savannah Ga Richard Taylor Ergenbright Charlottesville Va Richard Dulany Gill Leesburg Va William Henry Glass Gainesville Va Robert Battaile Hiden Pungo League Va Clack Dickenson Hopkins Richmond Va William Barrington Hubbard Broadway Va Charles Isaac Johnson Montgomery Ala Thomas Duckett Jones Peters burg Va Eugene Leslie Lowenberg Norfolk Va Ray Jackson Neff celhowie Va Herbert Lasmont Pugh Crozet Va Willard Greensberry Rainey Greensboro N. C Samuel Harvey Rivers Dryden Va Charles William Soott Port Republic Va Caldwell Jackson Stuart Washington Va Richard Green Waterhouse Jr Emory Va William Weston Jr Columbia Dc and John Powell Williams Richmond Va Last examinations in most of the other departments were held yesterday and today and until these papers are graded the graduates in the college in law engineering education and in the department of graduate studies will not be known.
Senator Capper notes wheat crop shrinkage and warns Europe may rely less on American food within a decade. He cites European upheaval and Russia’s recovery as factors, while urging U.S. diversification and noting growing Middle West interest in varied farming.
In Neodesha Kansas officials advocate building a dairy industry to boost hog and cow production. They urge expanding clover alfalfa and forage crops to silo storage, improve soil fertility and counter decline in plant food affecting yields and profits, aiming to balance agriculture and reduce grain surpluses.
The article argues America will gain in manufacturing and trade, boosting home demand as 650000 farmers move to cities for higher wages. It notes farming restructuring reduces surplus production and highlights cooperative marketing by California farmers and tobacco and cotton growers as progress toward a peace-time agricultural economy.
Transcribed text hints at congressional consideration of government seizure of surplus crops. The fragment notes possible official action and inquiry into whether such a move will occur, signaling legislative scrutiny of agricultural stockpiling and market intervention.
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