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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
2
Winchester resident Mrs. D H Anderson reports back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Ad claims thousands endorse the remedy for weak kidneys and notes a price of 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. promotes the product from Buffalo.
Classified notice for a five year old trotting runabout pony with a thoroughbred dam and standard bred sire. Listed as for sale by A H Byrd in Berryville Virginia with references to a light vehicle or harness use.
USDA specialists warn that surface disinfection with formaldehyde or corrosive sublimate only addresses surface infections and cannot prevent deep or nonparasitic diseases. Clean, disease-free seed and field inspection remain essential, with chemical treatment as a supplementary precaution.
For scours in horses, feed a mix of whole oats and one ninth part wheat bran by weight at a daily ration of one and a fifth pounds per hundred pounds of body weight. Provide one pound of hay per hundred pounds. Increase hay and reduce grain when idle. Exercise daily, muzzle between meals if bedding is eaten, ensure salt, offer water before meals, and have teeth checked by a vet. If bolting, add hard peas or a large box or cobblestones in the feed.
The text argues against buying cheap seeds citing time, labor, and yield data. It asserts quality seeds pay off despite higher upfront cost and prices for scarce seeds. The message emphasizes that cheap seeds never paid and never will, based on historical records.
Ohio State University expert J. S. Coffey urges clean sanitary stalls for mares and foals and a disinfected stable to prevent navel disease. Old bedding or scraps spread infection. use new straw and iodine for navel baths. Colostrum from the mare is essential. avoid milking around foaling. After a few days mare and foal may exercise in the pasture.
The article recommends using a sharp hoe to slice off large spinach plants once edible, leaving smaller plants to regrow for a week or two. This method can extend the season and reduce the risk of seed stalks forming at the first hint of warm weather.
Pigs fed at an Iowa station received a free choice of 14 minerals with corn and by products. Results were negative as minerals did not improve stock. Available minerals included rock salt charcoal limestone bone ash cinders stack coal wood ashes glauber's salts epsom salts calcium est taté and baking soda.
Public auction in Winchester Va for a 100 acre farm on Front Royal Road with a brick dwelling and outbuildings. One third cash due at sale, balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed, interest six percent, homestead exemption, insurance policy required.
The Fort Loudoun Seminary announces a new boys primary school for children under 10 opening September 14. The facility will be separate in building and grounds with experienced primary teachers. Apply early. May 25-1m
Trustees announce a public auction in Winchester Virginia at noon on June 24 1916 for 124 W Leicester Street a 24 by 111 foot lot with house. Sale requires one third cash and balance due in one and two years with interest secured by deed of trust and insurance. M M Lynch trustee and Wm M Bowen auctioneer.
Washington reports outline a presidential race expected to hinge on speaking tours. President Wilson may tour the nation this fall with up to a dozen speeches from late September to mid October, followed by opponent Hughes in similar fashion. Both candidates are described as strong speakers with clear aims to persuade voters.
Frank S. Tavenner Jr. of Woodstock Virginia son of Judge and Mrs F S Tavenner won the orator's medal in Roanoke College annual inter society contest He also excelled in athletics and was a leading student The speech proposed an international court embodying a pact modeled after the US Constitution and titled The Americanization of the World The speaker argued the nineteenth century Men national development while the twentieth will be a period of international development.
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