Private sale of Winchester area four story brick dwelling and adjacent farm
For sale privately: a four story brick dwelling with outbuildings, garages, and attached land totaling about fifteen acres with orchards and grapes in Winchester Virginia. Includes electrical, water, gas, furnace, furniture optional. Also a Gaylord farm four miles north of Berryville with barn, orchard, wooded, well fenced. Terms via attorney M M Lynch Winchester. 6-25-2w. A R Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Bailey & CO
Bailey Bros
Wistheater
Winchester
Gaylord
Berryville
Charles Town
M. M. Lynch
A. R. Pendleton
For Sale Heavy Draft Horse Cheap to Quick Buyer
Advert reads a heavy draft horse offered for sale with a quick buyer preferred. Contact Star Off B-3t-a for details.
Citizens mobilize against sanitary closet tax at council vote
Citizens present in large numbers plan to protest a $480 appropriation to enforce a sanitary closet ordinance. Renters say the tax raises rents while health officer Dr. P W Boyd defends the measure as a sanitary necessity. The special session aims for a final council vote after a failed previous attempt.
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Common Council
New City
Wagas
Winchester
P. W. Boyd
California Syrup of Figs Promoted for Constipation Relief
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to constipated children showing signs like crossness feverishness poor appetite and stomach discomfort. It claims a teaspoonful relieves constipation within hours with no griping and promotes a safe, pleasant-tasting laxative for all ages. The notice warns to avoid counterfeit syrups and to ask for a 60-cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Why a Bank Became a Bankrupt Through Old Bench Origins
A brief etymology traces bank as a bench used for money changing. The term bankrupt arises when a man running such a bench could not meet obligations, his bank ruptured, a transformation from the French banque and Italian banca to the English bankrupt.
Much Smaller Comparatively in Miser’s Soul
A compact reflection contrasts a miser’s soul with a boarding-house gas burner, using a sharp simile to probe abundance and restraint. The playful line hints at frugality and scale, inviting readers to measure value against comfort.
Interest in Fruit Gardens: Growing Unadapted Varieties
The article discusses increasing fruit garden interest by growing varieties not native to the region, using figs as an example in Philadelphia latitude. It explains protecting immature fruits over winter with matting, straw, or temporary thatched sheds, and bending or tipping semi hardy varieties to protect roots and branches.
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Philadelphia
Protecting Peach and Other Fruit Crops in Cold Climates
The article explains covering methods using earth matting straw or pine boughs to protect fruit crops. It notes earth cover is best at extreme northern limits, while southern regions favor bending and thatching. Sheltered sites can delay blooming of apricots and plums, aiding crops. commercial growers avoid costly protections, but home gardeners may invest modestly for novelty and variety.
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South Dakota
Missouri River
Protecting Fruit Trees From Rabbits
F S Merrill of Kansas State Agricultural College cites wrapping fruit trees with materials like cornstalks and tar paper to guard against rabbits but notes labor and cost of removing wrappings each spring. He endorses using poisoned alfalfa near runways, caustic paints, or banding with galvanized screen wire as better protections.
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F. S. Merrill
Kansas State Agricultural College
Merrill
Need of Strawberry Patch
Plan a strawberry patch by securing plants from the neighbor or contacting a reliable nurseryman who sells strawberry plants. If the neighbor has berries, arrange to obtain plants from him. otherwise seek a trusted nursery. Do not rely on the nervous man with false teeth to dote on currant pie.
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Union Bank of
Winchester
Joseph W. Bowles
Scott Grant
T. Russell Cather
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Etta
Anna Grim
Kesmodel’s
Kutlery
Baltimore
Corporation Court of Winchester
Ardent Spirits
North Main Street
Franck Baker & Sor Pharmacists
H.& W. Seabright
Corporation Court
South Main Street
Woodward’s
BABY
Langshang
A. T. Ritter, JR
Cork St
Chapmans
Havana Brown Colonial Pump
Boston
Oxford
Huntsberry’s
Wideawake
Miller’s Drug Store
Union Bank of Winchester
John M. Miller
People’s Bargain Store
Bell Phone
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
CG. A. Heller & CO
United States
United States Treasury
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank
America
Lusitania
Europe
High Seas
New World
Brill & Bitter
Daylight Store
Thornhill
Swimley
Just
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
W. L. Fultz
Bage
Co. B. Smalts
National Avenue
M. E. Daugherty
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