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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
4
Pathologist Jeschnbeiderhan notes last week's favorable temperatures and high humidity boosted bitter rot risk. He recommends 4 5-50 Bordeaux mixture as the best summer spray for infection control, warning lime sulfur may cause spray injury under such conditions.
The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for news dispatches in this paper. Dated Tuesday June 13 1922.
A Washington dispatch quotes President Harding decrying excessive space for sensational crime and the underworld in big city papers. The Publishers' Auxiliary argues newspapers favor empty celebrity over constructive, everyday workers and calls for less sensationalism and more focus on real achievements.
A verse about John Jackenson of Boulderside who built a posthole business from hand made work to a large factory. Demand grows, workers multiply, and the quality is praised while rivals undercut. The poem extols his pride in perfect holes and steady orders. Copyright notes appear at end.
A concise weather summary covers last week with daily readings. It notes temperatures highs and lows, precipitation amount, and notable patterns across days, highlighting any record highs or lows and regional variations in the observed weather.
Emmett Thompson, director of the National Radio Club in Washington, will visit Winchester on June 22 to organize a local Radio Club. The article lists club rules including dues of 1 dollar to join, 50 cents monthly, free correspondence courses, access to charts, and monthly lectures for larger clubs.
In loving remembrance of Sallie E Farmer mother of Mrs Lee Boxwell and Mrs Jack Phillips. June brings the sad anniversary of her passing two years ago. The family recalls a patient, steadfast home maker with silent heartache and enduring memory.
The 3 percent Victory notes are called for redemption next Thursday and interest will stop after that date. The 4 percent notes may be called next May and may be exchanged in December for new government treasuries maturing in three and a half years. Banks will handle redemption or exchange without charge.
A Henry Meredith style reflection on patience in character shaping. Growth comes from enduring circumstances and not from pre set outcomes. It argues that early setting of traits diminishes the sculptor’s craft and the race of personal development.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges hotels restaurants and others who buy milk wholesale to rinse and hand wash empty cans before sterilizing. Cans left dirty harbor bacteria that survive machine washings and threaten milk safety. prompt attention at the source eases plant cleaning and preserves a safe supply.
The article discusses timing for summer spraying to avoid foliar damage, noting arsenate of lead and calcium as insecticides, Bordeaux mixture for fruits, and tobacco products for plant lice. It highlights practical combinations by horticulturists to save work and improve effectiveness in potatoes, tobacco, apples, pears, grapes, and other fruits.
Seed soy beans and sudan grass together at corn planting, cut for feed when beans are in the dough stage. Use similar handling to timothy, with moist black soil as suitable. Sow about 12 pounds sudan grass per acre broadcast, then drill in three pecks per acre of beans. drilling covers grass seed. Mammoth Yellow or Hollyrock Mongol are good varieties.
Sweet clover yields best as pasture under most conditions. Move cattle onto it first and keep off other pasture for a day or two until they start eating it, then they thrive. All forms make coarse hay with few leaves. cut at blossom for best hay quality.
Mrs Christ Petroff of Cincinnati Ohio describes severe fatigue and back pain from cooking duties. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength, could perform housework, and later cared for a healthy ten month old baby. The note endorses safety and suitability for women.
A feature extols the gas man as a round the clock helper who kindles fires, carries coal, replenishes fires, removes ashes, cleans hearths, carting ashes away. The piece argues that a month's service costs less than a man’s weekly wage, framing gas service as economical.
The Winchester gas and electric light company is reported to be under operation by the American Gas Improvement Company. Details indicate the merger or management arrangement affecting local utilities.
An advertisement offers medical advice from Dr. Fahrney claiming to study and treat any disease the family doctor won’t cure. It invites readers to describe their trouble, asks for their name, and promises to send a blank and specimen case.
A drugstore ad touts Freezone as a quick cure for hard corns soft corns and corns between the toes. The tiny bottle costs a few cents and promises painless removal using a fingertip application.
A notice from B Smalts of Bell Phone 373 W at 440 Nat l Ave advertises cabbage tomato and sweet potatoes priced at 35 cents per 100 and 3 dollars per 1000. The message lists contact details and a date code 8-61.
The sale is set in Winchester Virginia on Saturday July 22 by trustee M M Lynch based on four Emma Baker deeds from 1912. The 25 acre tract includes a residence and outbuildings once home to Emma Baker, located about one mile southeast of Mt Williams. Terms require one third cash sale day and balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and a deed of trust securing payment and insurance on buildings.
Roy L. Revercomb a Washington salesman formerly of Nelson County Va and Miss Jahie S Wynkoop of Washington were married yesterday afternoon at the First Baptist Church parsonage on North Market Street by Rev Charles Adey.
The Rev. J. F. Morgan travels to Timber Ridge to assist pastor Rev. A. W. Andes in a revival at the Christian Church. The meeting is expected to close Sunday evening.
A narrator recounts Henriette Girard’s rescue from a Paris palace by a nobleman and her clandestine love with Danton, framed as a defining romantic tale. It asserts the power of a simple girl’s influence on history and the enduring truth that love shapes nations.
Marionette troupes operate in Italian cities with Genoa noted for strong shows. Christmas and carnival seasons are particularly good, and Easter brings a Venetian manager with a fine marionette company to town.
A grandmother's home remedy uses Wyeth’s Sage and Sylph Compound with added ingredients to darken gray hair naturally. Apply with a comb or brush. gray hair fades by morning and reappears after further applications, restoring color and shine. Not a disease cure.
Miss Fannie Rose Harmon of Kenbridge Virginia will graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana with a bachelor of arts degree. The university will award 1 156 degrees to bona fide resident students at the finals tomorrow.
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