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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
5
The USDA advises that most garden vegetables require full sun for strong growth. Lettuce onions and leafy plants tolerate shade, but beans tomatoes beets peas corn and carrots need ample sunshine, so avoid north sides of houses or high fences. For limited light, grow only partial shade crops.
Describes reasons for changing a peach tree variety after bearing begins. Explains budding as the normal method, with direct insertion in young trees or after head-back in older trees, and notes grafting as an alternative though often less reliable due to healing issues with peach wounds.
The Belgian hare is described as superior for table use because it weighs more, grows quickly, and yields high quality meat. The Flemish giant, a Belgian hare bred for large size, produces coarser meat and stronger flavor, a trait some favor though largely subjective.
A fragment urges pledging to save and to buy an unspecified amount, emphasizing frugality and planning. The text appears as a call to personal financial discipline without clear names or dates.
Mrs. D. H. Anderson of 1298 Main St Bays reports sharp back pains and near immobility, then a complete cure after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says her back and kidneys are normal with no further trouble. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Chief M A Doran reports 21 pigeons stolen from City Councilman Herman H Heble have been recovered yesterday afternoon. Police found the birds after boys observed near the loft were questioned. they claimed they were given the pigeons, no arrests made yet.
Local buyers quote prices for winter and spring wheat flour, corn, oats, barley, timothy hay, creamery butter, fresh country eggs, young chickens, potatoes, and other produce. Baltimore figures list butter, live poultry, corn, and hay rates as of the day before publication.
Hilda Doris Hawkins of Chambersville died yesterday at her parents home after a heart illness. She leaves five brothers Lyndon Roy Vincent Wesley and Marshall and three sisters Irende Gladys and Virginia Hawkins. Funeral arrangements are set for Chambersburg with Rev. E W Baker of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Burial will follow at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
A domestic health note urges slow eating and thorough mastication. It recommends taking Chamberlain's Tablets after supper if trouble arises and claims the product is sold by all dealers.
A fragment notes citizens serve by buying War Savings Stamps to support the war effort, urging purchase as civic duty while aiding ships and military missions.
Mrs Laura V O Rear and Mr Richard R Brown were married at the bride’s North Main Street home at 7 this morning. Rev H G Spence officiated with relatives and friends as witnesses. The couple left by train for Washington and other eastern cities after a decoratively staged ceremony. Both families are longstanding in Winchester and Frederick County. Mrs Brown is connected with the Winchester post office.
A vintage advertisement touts a facial lotion made from lemon juice and orchard white. It claims to fade freckles and tan while whitening skin, offering inexpensive ingredients from grocers and drug stores. The mix is massaged into face and neck daily with promises of a clear soft complexion.
In Deerfield Virginia on June 18 observers report Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bauserman spent a day in Woodstock. Mrs. J. B. Havermale and two children from Berkeley Springs have been visiting the Te rault family for several weeks. Mrs. Lee Pannett and children spent the weekend with her parents. Mr. Mary Mellinger spent Thursday with Mrs. Sarah Snapp. Mr. John Miller visited Mr. Conley Glaize. The Tevault and Havermere families together with Clara Tevault visited friends at Vaucluse last Sunday.
A five dollar war savings stamp buys one fifth of a mile of bandages enough for fifty five wounds or supplies gauze and plaster for one hundred soldiers. It can render painless forty operations and protect fourteen wounded soldiers from lockjaw, furnish first aid packets for sixteen injuries, and provide adhesive plaster and surgical gauze for hundreds of wounded.
Marguerite Willey Misa of Reliance Virginia visits Misa Gertrude Mills at Mill Street home in Winchester. Miss Bila Henry of Morgantown is visiting friends and relatives in Winchester for several weeks. An auction-like prompt offers a poke at autocracy for 25 cents.
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