Bridge Grafting Promises Life to Girdled Apple Trees
N. J. Wigginton of Winchester Virginia promotes aBridge Grafting method claimed to save trees damaged by mice borers collar blight and girdling. The ad cites three years of successful use on orchards and offers demonstrations guarantees and references to growers including Harry F Byrd and several Virginia contacts. It markets orchard farm rights and promises substantial fruit returns from girdled trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigginton
Harry F. Byrd
Winchester
Byrd
Lime-Sulphur Machine CO
War Relief Fund Receives Generous Contributions
Editor pledges continued use of his paper for advertising to aid war relief. Donations totaling numerous names and sums support the surgical dressing fund and Navy League with names including Harris, Cather, Richardson, Lup ton, Sartellé, Ward, McGuire, Byrd, and Madison Lodge among others. Contributions are acknowledged in The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Peyton Page
Surgical
T. Russell Cather
Navy League
Star
S.L. Harris
Cather
Mr. Richardson
Lucien Lupton
R. Gray Williams
Harry Sartellé
Robert Ward
Hunter McGuire
Arthur Wright
Harry Byrd
Madison Lodge
R.T. Barton
Lulu Baker Janney
Julian Baker
Emma Schofi
William Ryan
Harry
Homer
Lice Grim
Hollie McCormack
Mary Grey
Ann Carson
E. Virginia Smith
Hush Green
Crystal
W. D. Myers
Literary Club
Howard Cather
Vernon Eddy
Isaac Russell
Miss Gibson
Mitchell Knight
John Cather
A. H. Guard
T. B. Patton
George Whitehead
W. A. ‘Baker
B. M. Roszey
O Tilford
A. le Barrie
Potter
Mary. McFadden
St Tag-bay
Delmar Robinson Leaves for Poughkeepsie Course
Mr. Delmar Robinson departed this morning for Poughkeepsie New York to spend several months in a special business course. Mr. James McIntosh, who arrived here due to his brother’s death, the late Mr John McIntosh, returned to Philadelphia yesterday. Mrs Ernest S Ely of Ohio who had been visiting her sisters the Misses Wood left yesterday afternoon for Baltimore.
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Poughkeepsie, M. Y
James McIntosh
John McIntosh
Philadelphia
Ernest S. Ely
Ohio
Misses Wood
Baltimore
Death Rate Debate Stirs Winchester Public Health
The Star reports 87 deaths with 10 stillbirths and five violent deaths, most involving people born in the county but living in Winchester briefly. Nearly half of the decedents were over 60, with many in hospitals, suggesting a true rate near 12 per 1000 rather than 25. The piece urges harsher health safeguards, sewer connections, and sanitary privies overseen by the Board of Health to lower mortality.
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Star
Winchester
Board of Health
Bunker Hill Updates and Local Visits in West Virginia
Bunker Hill West Virginia notes show Mrs. E. R. Henson and her son visiting a daughter on Dry Run. Harry White of Shepherdstown visits J. T. Stewart. Georgie Tutwilder of Romney visits the Henson sisters. James Strider of Leetown visits E. F. Gardner. Marion Rogers attends Shepherdstown Normal School. Gray-Silver of Martinsburg visit L. C. Hoffman. J. M. Coyle and M. L. Payne return from Washington after Confederate reunion. George Henson adds a wing to his Main building and reports his driving horse suffered acute indigestion.
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Harry White
Shepherdstown
J. T. Stewart
Georgie Tutwilder
Romney
Henson
James Strider
Leetown
E. F. Gardner
Marion Rogers
M. L. Payne
Washington
George Henson
Brucetown Area Social Notes Highlight Juneteenth Weekend
Local residents attend gatherings and visits across Brucetown and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Wright retire from Washington duties. Martinsburg visitors join Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wright for a weekend. The Christian Workers plan lawn parties July 6 and 7 on the streetthouse lawn. The pink tea at the town hall drew a large crowd and funds. The Hunt show performed in the village Monday. Mrs. Hodgson and her sister plan a visit to Mainertown, Va. for relatives.
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Samuel Purcell
White Hall
Janney McKee
Mylvim
C.D
M. Hodgson
Ellsworth ‘Boxwell
Cumberland, Md
Mainertown, Va
Bill's Performance in Court Slap and Laughter Follow
In a courtroom scene, Bill Brown is cross examined for unprovoked assault. He testifies he only pushed the prosecutor. To demonstrate, he steps forward and delivers a mock assault then explains he meant about one tenth that hard. Spectators react to the dramatic demonstration.
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Bill Brown
Bill
Fragmented Poetic Reflection On Moments Of Thought
A fragmented excerpt discusses poetry as memories of joy and insight from great minds. It notes evanescent visions linking places and minds, the interpenetration of a diviner nature, and traces that fade like footprints on wrinkled sand.
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Ealm
Dorey Dysshe Shelley
Plain of Damascus Fertility Linked to Barada River
The plain around Damascus spans about 80 miles in diameter and rests on the Barada River, possibly the Abana of Scripture. Its fertility is enhanced by two tributaries, Wady Helbon to the north and the Awaj to the south, each contending to be the Pharpar of Scripture.
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Damascus
Don't Scold Mother The Cross Child Is Bilious Feverish
A parent anxious to treat a sick child is advised to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative. The ad urges checking the tongue, noting fever or stomach symptoms, and warns of counterfeits while promoting the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
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California
Morrow
California Fig Syrup Company
Names Shape Hearts and Choices in a Print Era
A New Republic reflection argues that identity guides taste from book titles to romance and ships, noting how a name can sway preference between classic works like Martin Chuzzlewit and The Last of the Mohicans, and between imagined ships and lovers.
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Paolo and
Prancesca
Peter Simple
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mohicans
Ballantrae
Eleanor
Mary Jane
Nison
Henry Simpkins
Straits of
Sunda
Brackett May
New Republic
Cardui touted as a splendid female tonic in ad copy
A Tennessee reader testifies that Cardui helped her after a decade of left side pain and weakness. She credits two bottles and states she has had no return of trouble for years. The ad urges other women to take Cardui for headaches backaches and insomnia.
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Cardus
Cardult
Marlboro Notes From Marlboro Virginia Local Chapter
Marlboro notes list visitors and residents including H H Shttl from Winchester and J L Krider from Baltimore. Mrs Ethel Rroux returns to Washington after visiting Linaburg kin. Several locals visit Winchester or travel to Pittsburgh for work, with a heavy rainstorm causing garden and crop damage.
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Marlboro
H. H. Shttl
Winchester
G. Jamison
J. L. Krider
Baltimore
Ethel Rroux
Washington
Inv Linaburg
J. J. Clagett
Hamilton
JT. S Clagett
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Atlanta
J. M. Steck
B. M. Knight
J. S. Grant
T. W. Steck
Opequon
Turkey Knob Orchard Company
Mt. Jackson
E. W. Grant
Clearbrook
H.T. Snapp
Fawcett Gap
N. J. Wigginton
Gen
L. M’g’r
War Relief Fund
Annindes
AGRE
Delmar Robinson
Susan Lauisbury
Winchester High School
Bunker Hill
W. Va
E. R. Henson and Son
Brucetown
Broudgetown
George Wright
Reunto
Jamea’ Weilian
Otis Williams
Martinsburg
Clark Wright
L. L. Dunn
Ada Hollis
Waiter Dann Land
Jack Boden
Mary Boden
Charlestown
Robert
Noland
Christian Workers
The
Young Folk’s Organization
Jilly
Strebthouse
Sadie Snapp
Mary Bradshaw
Summit Point
Hensley
Clarksburg
C. Dd. Latbert
Mank
Pete
Inge
Kerriss
KO Pan Slinders Proml
Yue Hould AN
Are
Mou Pete
Kitche
Hixson
Ryan & Orndoff
Ajsax Tires
Chapman
S. Main St
Bell Phone
United Phone
United States
Liberty Loan Committee
Tional Cartoon Service Corporation of
New Wor
Mrs. D. Ambtrose
Clary
Caroline Whitacre
Whitacre
Mrs. B. W. Knee
James Boggs
Ethel Staples
Dillon, S. Cy
EK. W. Funk
H. M. Manuel
Ruth Manuel
M. P. Smith
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