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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1915

Page

3

Heroic Girl Rescues from Sinking Schooner in Night

In a gale a young heroine fights fear to climb the schooner deck and escape a Chinaman. Elaine is saved by Craig and Kennedy as a cutter pursues, Elaine dives, is rescued, and a gunfire escape ends with the villain submerged. To be continued.

Chinaman Blaine Elaine Aine Gregor Cutter Thomas Carlyle

Bank Closures for Independence Day in Winchester Virginia

Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Winchester warn that due to Independence Day July 5 bank services will observe holiday hours. All maturing paper dated July 5 will be payable on Tuesday July 6, 1915. Cashiers Fuller and Grim confirm closures and payment carryover.

Shenandoah Val Nat’ Bank Winchester Mday ANG. We Hage Canleer Rmers & Mer Nat'l Bank Miday D. Fuller Bass T O Union Bank of Winchester Eerie Winchester Iy Daly Ltd R. Grim

Not Late Little Jimmy Third Day At School

Not late, little Jimmy on his third day at school. His mother asks why he was late, Jim claims truthfulness. The scene shifts to a fragment about Salt early methods for mining and evaporating salt from brine. Mentions salt rocks and mining regions in the United States.

Jimmy Jimhy United States New York Michigan Kansas

Uses of Fertilizers and Crop Rotation Techniques

The article outlines fertilizer types such as potash muriate and nitrate of soda, with dosage ranges for potatoes and corn, plus methods for applying iron sulfate and bone meal. It discusses dry and liquid applications, weed control with quack grass rotations, and two and three year crop rotation plans including ensilage corn, fall rye, barley, and clover to improve yields and soil health.

Chile

Handy Harrow with L Shaped Beams and Braces

Description of a new harrow design with triangular frames forming the nose and legs, rear handles attached to braces for lifting, and a note on utility for turning and piling cornstalks. Also mentions a USA Department of Agriculture bulletin citing blackberry yields and optimal soil, with a fleeting line on pursuing happiness.

Sawed Off Sermon Mystery in Orchard Fruits

Fragmentary notes cite a satire on Eve and fruit in an Indianapolis Star style. The text blends mock biblical parody with quirky dialect and a ship draft reference, mentioning insomnia and a distant waterline measure in feet.

Indianapolis Star

Expression of the Eye And Physiognomy By Sir Lander Brunton

The article discusses Sir Lander Brunton a famed Loné on doctor arguing that eye expression depends on eye setting rather than eyeball shape Pictures illustrate Madonna Anger and fatigue with pupil and iris used to show expression Eyelid lowering creates fatigued look while alert appears with raised eyelid Local dialect line closes the piece with Uncle Eben remark about a new wheelbarrow gear horn model

Lander Brunton Uncle Eben

Hardesty Drynker Sees Timely Visions in Newspapers

Hardesty Drynker recalls periodic newspaper articles praising a “man with a vision.” He notes his own two visions each payday and laments that his reputation has never been favorable in such publications.

Hardesty Drynker

Anxious to Please and a Comical Misdial

Maude visits a shop and asks for a number on the phone. The clerk replies with different options and distress worsens as a wrong number exchange unfolds. A London sketch quotes on value and communication.

Debt of Time Says Emer son Warns of Reckoning

A dated aphorism notes that persons and events may delay accountability but debt must eventually be paid, warning that postponement ends in consequence.

Emerson

Gold Found In Quartz Rock At Various Depths

Report notes gold occurs frequently in quartz rock at all depths from surface to deep underground. Source discusses widespread occurrence and potential for mining across ranges.

The Old Wheeze and the Old Storyteller

A fragment from Seymour Deming in Atlantic Monthly recounts the “Old Wheeze” as a hollow weapon of argument, empty of substance. It contrasts figures like Columbus and Darwin with rebels, noting the bore carries only blank cartridges. Uncle Eben adds a folksy aphorism about self-praise and envy.

Geneti Columbus Darwin Cram Giordano Bruno Seymour Deming Atlantic Monthly

Riding Horizontal Cycle at Motordrome Wall

A motorcyclist reached speeds of seventy five to eighty five miles per hour to circle the top wall of a motordrome. The stunt demonstrates centrifugal force and the driver’s skill and nerve as he travels almost horizontally.

Novel Salt Road Auto Race At Salduro Utah

A race course on natural salt beds near Salduro Utah offers the world’s most novel roadway. The beds run 65 miles along the Western Pacific line and eight miles wide, with a smooth flat surface two to twenty feet deep. The salt is 98 percent pure and white as snow, hard and dry.

Salduro Utah Western Pacific Railroad

Tomatoes Spur Oil Extraction Industry in Italy

Tomato seed oil extraction has become a significant industry in Italy, as producers develop methods to obtain oil from tomato seeds and expand processing capacity. Local firms invest in machinery and supply chains to support growing demand across food and cosmetic sectors.

Italy

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