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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
4
Three Americans Meet Mexican Counterparts in El Paso
Three private American citizens journey to El Paso to meet three private Mexican citizens with the aim of suppressing archy and brigandage in Mexico and preserving peace between the two nations. The El Paso mayor declines Washington Park due to loose squirrels and their fondness for nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ican
el Paso
Mexico
United States
Washington Park
The Story of the Alamo and Brucetown Notes
A magazine recounts the Alamo siege with Ben Milam Davy Crockett and Remember the Alamo motto. Brucetown notes detail local visits harvests telephones absence and village life in June.
Quitting a Job in a Humorous Verse
A speaker declares leaving a low paying job after years of toil. He predicts the employer will suffer when the worker seeks better opportunities and laments the burden of the current wage. The piece hints at a dramatic turnaround and a future return if the frost reveals the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Adolphus
Thas
Resignation and a Payday Farewell Tale
A brief memoir style verse by Walt Mason shows a worker resigning after recognizing better pay outside. The boss greets the departure with unexpected happiness as the department store he runs thrives, while the narrator laments earning half his former wage elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Winchester Woman Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills
Winchester residents are urged to act and treat kidney ills with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. J W Stryker of 115 S Main St reports back pain relief and quicker recovery after using the pills, priced 50 cents at dealers, with Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, N Y listed as the makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Footer
Pananza
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
A. Heller & CO
Yes-Thur-Sat
Winchester
Union Bank
Union Bank of Winchester
The Soldier Boys
A short patriotic verse from Winchester Virginia urges young men to march to the front to defend the nation. It frames fighting as a duty despite reluctance and expresses hope for peace in heaven if they fall. Published as a want ad in The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrismore
Winchester
Weather omen from old farmer’s almanac foretelling dry spell
A weather warning notes a spider’s web as a storm index and urges early haymaking to dry conditions. It cautions against parched straw and advises cutting hay low to ensure moisture retention, predicting drier weather in the early season and less rain later.
Grape Berry Worm Control Methods in Ohio Vineyards
Ohio experiment station entomologists report in bulletin 293 that the grape berry worm, a serious pest in Lake Erie vineyards, is controllable with two timely sprays. The first spray at one-eighth inch fruit uses arsenate of lead with Bordeaux mixture and soap. a second spray six weeks later targets the second brood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station
Lake Erie
Borax Promoted to Fight Fly Larvae in Horse Manure
The Department of Agriculture recommends borax as a treatment to destroy fly larvae in manure. The commercial form called bora raises water soluble ammonia and alkalinity without harming bacteria. Apply 0.62 pounds per ten cubic feet of manure, about half a pound per eight bushels, then sift around the outer edges and spray 2 or 3 gallons of water over the treated manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Roomy nests curb dirty eggs in Kansas State Agricultural College guide
The Kansas State Agricultural College promotes roomy clean nests to keep eggs clean. It notes that dirty nests come from birds roosting at nest edges and hens waiting at edges to lay, dropping on nest sides. A sliding door can close at night to stop roosting and a removable front board aids cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Agricultural Colleg
Poultry Notes On Exercise Incubators And Lice
Hens need exercise in warm weather by uncovering runs and damp ground to encourage scratching. The incubator reduces lice transfer to chicks, unlike Old Biddy. A hen may be housed in a snug box with a four inch entrance. camphor and turpentine are suggested for gapes in drinking water.
Bunker Hill Items Tangle Church Services and Local News
Bunker Hill WV June 28. Sunday services held in Methodist and Presbyterian churches by their pastors and in Christ P E Church in the afternoon by Rev Md Durkee. Local visits include Mrs fallie Hayslett returning home from Brucetown and others visiting relatives in Lancaster and Martinsburg. Farmers begin harvesting as improvement work starts on the idealnlks. locals report farmland activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker. Hill
W. Va
Christ P. E. Church
MD. Durkee
Martinsburg
Welltown Visitors Gather at Yeakley Home
Visitors from Harrisonburg and Grimes traveled to Welltown Virginia to attend a Sunday gathering at Mr. G H Yeakley’s home. The group included D H Sencindiver John Kiger J B Fries J C Bertha Fries Gertrude Clevenger Elsie Clevenger Cath Byrd Lucille Sencindiver Statton Fries George Chertsac Yeakley Sencindiver and Mrs Logan with Mrs Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welltown
G. H. Yeakley
D. H. 3Enciadiver
Harrisonburg
John Kiger
Grimes
Ebert
John Logan
J. B. Fries
Jubilee
Gertrude
Elsie Clevenger
Bertha Fries
Joanna Higby
Cathwine Byrd
Lucille Sencindiver
Statton Fries
George ‘Cbertsca Yey
Yeakley
Sencindiver
Logan
Miss Byrd
Torrytown Brevities Reflect Local Visits and Illness
In Torrytown West Virginia on June 28 Mr and Mrs William Murphy of Green Spring visited Zeph Morgan family. Georgia Adams visited relatives near White Hall. Zeph Morgans and daughter Mary spent Saturday in Martinsburg. Ruth Noll's illness and Johnny Franklin brain fever concern the family. Henry Busey and James Legg traveled to Martinsburg and from New York respectively. Jane Evans has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Moling, Jr
Winchester
J. B. Snapp
Henry E. Jobe
Chambersburg
School House
Jack Boden
Raynon Boden
William Jobe
Emporia
Julian Snapp
Henry Moling
Rose BE. Jobe
William Brown
Martinsburg
Torrytown
W. Va
William Murphy
Greenspring
Zeph Morgan
Mary
John Walker
Ruth Noll
A. G. Bagg
A. G. Legg
Dernard Busey
Henry Busey
Jane Evans
Walker Visit Highlights Times in Gerardstown
Home life described after spending weeks in Gerardstown with Mr and Mrs Floyd Walker visiting friends Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerardstown
Mrs
Floyd Walker
Cooley Family Visits Reliance. Lincoln Principal Leaves Soon
Reliance Virginia notes report Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Cooley and children visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cooley. D. G. Cooley, Lincoln High School principal, will depart for a Columbia University summer course in New York. Also some local church events and visits are noted, including Mrs Anna Garretson’s indisposition and Bertha Gruver's visit to Martinsburg, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
D. G. Cooley
Dorothy
Donald
Lincoln
B. F.cooley
Cooley
Lincoln High School
Columbia University
New
Meeting Notice for Thursday June 29 Morning
W Cc T U announces a meeting on Thursday morning June 29 at 9 30 oclock. Attendance requested promptly and fully.
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