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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
4
The text urges vigorous fly swatting, calling readers to rise from rest and chase flies through house and yard. It portrays a comic, rousing tone with vivid imagery of swatters armed like knights and braving pests to prevent breeding and a filthy, crowded home.
An agent urged Mr J Ferg of the Strasburg Produce Company to sell holdings at high prices. The company plans no arbitration with a corporation or syndicate. Local residents fear outsiders may acquire orchards, urging community to keep wealth and industry within nearby hands for a brighter regional future.
A reflective quote from Sir George outlines a golden rule for aging well. He describes facing a big obstacle with first an attempt to knock it over, then to go around it, then under it, and finally resting content to lie down in gratitude.
Commencement exercises at Middletown Agricultural High School in Middletown Virginia opened May 31 with the Glass play Standing By. Rev. Austin A. Kelly delivered the baccalaureate sermon. music featured performances by students and Miss Kathleen McCartney. Field day activities and a Stephens City baseball game followed, with piano recitals and declamations leading to diploma awards for Marie Mitchell, Mae Crabill, Malcolm Henretty, Howard Larrick, Clarence Pope, and Jesse Willey at the Methodist Church.
A fragmentary sketch notes Bolivian use of llama wool with Indian women spinning before huts. It mentions hand looms for blankets and shawls and hints at moralizing about reading and memory as if pruning herbs and gathering wisdom.
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