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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1923
Page
5
Local markets quoted today show prices for wheat flour butter eggs corn meal and livestock. Figures include butter fat skirt eggs spring chickens hens roosters lambs calves steers and fat cattle with range notes and per unit values.
The Braddock Street Methodist Church holds its annual Sunday School Day at 9 45 a m with a Children Day program after Sunday School. A dress by Mr J Robert Polland of Martinsburg W Va opens the day and the church urges full attendance. Activities include Sunday School at 9 45 a m 11 a m Special program 7 p m S D League installation 8 p m sermon by the pastor.
An order from Corporation Court dismisses Horace Deahl's suit for divorce against his wife Marcia Deahl after a reconciliation. Costs were paid by the plaintiff. The case, filed years ago for abandonment, began in Winchester with no divorce decree pursued. The couple, now reunited, live together and sought dismissal.
H. F. Worsley of Winchester states in The Star that he chose to resign from the police force rather than wait to be put off after Chief Doran warned that Ben Armel’s return would cost him his job. He notes Armel appeared at the station to be sworn in by Mayor Glass and mentions an offer from Stephens City, which he declined. Dated June 8, 1923.
Centenary Reformed Church announces Sunday activities starting with Sunday school at 9 45 a m for children in primary and junior departments. Morning worship at 11 a m features a sermon for both children and adults titled What Is An Education Worth. Evening worship at 8 p m will explore The Handley Schools and the Kingdom of God.
Whitacre Va June 8 Childrens day exercises set for Ebenezer next Sunday at 10 30 a m Miss Winnie Whitacre and Georgia Dick arrived home Sunday night. Many from here attended Confederate memorial exercises at Winchester Wednesday. Mr J D Barrow and family and Miss Audrey Brannon arrived from Elkins W Va this evening by way of Staunton Va. Mrs Annie Johnson S J Adams and G C Peacemaker are painting their residences.
A series of public notices announces candidates for Frederick and Clarke counties offices in Virginia and the city of Winchester. Names include Boyd R. Richards James Massie Luther Pannett and others seeking sheriff commissioner of revenue supervisor and House of Delegates seats with Democratic primary August 7 1923. Italicized lines show deputies and district affiliations for local offices.
Bliss Virginia notes visitors and guests including Alline Stine and J B Bywaters planning gatherings. Pearl Hawkins stays with Mildred Hawkins and Snowden Lupton Belle Lupton Maude Bywaters visit Alline Stine at Star Tannery. Mildred Hawkins hosts a party for guests Hudson and Stoneberger with local social events and Paxton Chapel preaching Sunday afternoon.
A noted authority explains undigested food ferments in the stomach due to hyperacidity. He recommends four ounces of Salts jad Salts taken in water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity and aid digestion, noting its grape lemon lithia and sodium phosphate composition.
An excerpt from Farmers Bulletin 1982 describes nicotine dust as a cheaper alternative to liquid sprays for insects such as onion thrips cucumber beetles melon aphids and pea aphids. It notes dust effectiveness at higher temperatures, application methods, carriers like lime with added sulfur, and possible additives including powdered lead arsenate and powdered sulfur for broader control.
A terse reflective note contrasts reverence for the Bible with a life lived in humble, ordinary valleys rather than on grand peaks. The fragment mentions Macaulay praising the Bible’s beauty and power and includes an unclear line about “Jamgh % Anettoch.”
An eastern experiment station reports manure value from horses dairy cows other cattle sheep and hogs. Concrete or tile pits save liquid and best manure and yield about 99.80 dollars per year in equivalent fertilizer value. Over years returns cover the investment in improved storage.
A Victorian department report notes gypsum used as a fertilizer in Australian wheat areas increased yields by 11.1 bushels per acre when combined with superphosphate, versus 9.8 bushels with superphosphate alone. The 1921 season showed a 20.9 bushel total increase with gypsum, but the findings are preliminary and not yet a general recommendation.
The Kansas seed laboratory analyzed a seed sample and found 1 478 Johnson grass seeds among alfalfa and other weed seeds. Farmers who bought the seed faced a lifetime task eradicating Johnson grass.
For sale flower plants including zinnias scarlet salvia and marigolds 20c per dozen. Apply 6198 Market St. sale notice and location details provide the sale context.
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