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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
3
The Farmer describes a wooden lever device to tighten a barbed wire gate. When raised it loosens three inches allowing easy looping over the prong, then hoist tension repeats with a sixfold gain. A bored lever hole provides a snug past center pull.
Retail and wholesale prices listed for winter and spring wheat flour oats corn and middlings. Hay butter eggs poultry and hams are cited with regional notes and Baltimore market corrections as of the prior day.
The notice warns against planting diseased seed potatoes due to high prices and explains potato scab as a serious disease that can spread through seed. It advises treating seed with formaldehyde before planting, soaking two hours in a solution of one pint formaldehyde to 30 gallons water, noting the treatment does not harm germination and protects fields.
D. E. Wiseman of Kansas Station explains that using ample lubricating oil or hard oil on farm machinery reduces draft by at least twenty percent and extends machine life. Proper lubrication, including dust proof boxes on axles, lowers repair costs and protects against costly downtime.
Proper feeding and housing drive final size of breeding heifers, with time of breeding exerting the strongest influence. Early breeding often harms future herd growth, so breedings should be timed to the heifers' size rather than their age, aiming for a large bodied cow capable of digesting plenty of feed.
The article stresses testing garden seeds before planting, noting higher seed vitality importance for gardens due to labor and crop value. It advises securing, grading, and performing germination tests on all seeds prior to field work.
A pet bear cub from Mexico wandered loose in Winchester last week causing near panic. A newlywed couple fled after the bear climbed the groom’s back, while another man climbed a tree to escape. The bear was later admitted to a house and found harmless, seeking friendship.
The passage muses on how a heart’s youth versus a name’s status shapes taste in literature and people. It weighs preferences among titles and characters, contrasting classics like The Last of the Mohicans and Martin Chuzzlewit with modern or comic options, and ends with a playful parade of named choices.
A quotation attributed to Epictetus emphasizes wisdom as rejoicing in what one has rather than grieving for what is lacking. The line frames a Stoic virtue of contentment and perspective.
Jeanne Judson argues bread must come before intoxicants as Europe faces bread famine. She notes prewar bread costs, U S shortages, and calls for conservation and personal sacrifice at home while urging increased grain production for Allies and domestic needs.
A wartime essay warns on drink among soldiers and calls for dry policy to conserve grain and fuel the war effort. It contrasts prohibition in the ranks with the need to spare food, urging saving and production over intoxication. The piece also explains the origin of sabotage or sabotage term from Sabot-age in French.
A fragment condemns using bread for a political victory, saying a bread famine harms workers and children while the rich suffer less. It argues the nation must unite, rejecting partisan slogans and urging a focus on feeding Americans rather than taxing for liquor or tribute.
Caroline Herschel, daughter of a Hanover musician, began with musical aims before turning to astronomy with her brother William. In 1798 she published a Catalogue of Stars and after 1822 pursued independent research, focusing on comet discoveries and claiming priority for at least five comets.
The record notes that before leaving Pennsylvania for England in 1684, William Penn made friendship and alliance treaties with nineteen tribes. After his death in 1718, Native peoples across Pennsylvania and western New Jersey revered him as a trusted friend and benefactor.
In a sensational courtroom moment Bill Brown, charged with unprovoked assault, dramatically demonstrated his injurious intended force by simulating the blow and roughly handling the prosecutor. He claimed the impact was “about one-tenth that hard” as spectators watched the display.
A Washington Star notice explains how caddis worms ravaged watercress crops while an unexpected surge of herons ate the trout that would normally curb the worms, reversing a natural protection and causing losses to a market gardener.
An etymological note explains how the term bank derives from the old bench used for money exchange. It traces language influences from German French Italian and English. The piece defines the word bankrupt as a person whose money business fails, rendering them unable to meet obligations.
A damaged poetic fragment contemplates memory and perception. It mentions sight, listening, and steps that echo through time. The piece evokes inner voice and nature shaping experience while hinting at restrained emotion and fleeting insight.
An excerpt describes how imperial presence and the court in Tokyo slow traffic while provinces appear more modern. Officials ease ceremonies as districts in urban Japan halt activity for the emperor’s path, contrasting with patterns seen at Nikko’s summer palace.
A fragmented passage discusses pollination and nectar guidance with references to a circular hive central to a garden theme. It presents a mix of unclear terms and broken names, failing to form a coherent article or identifiable event.
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