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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
3
A period advert extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless substitute for calomel, claiming it cleans the liver and bowels without salivation. It promises a 60 cent bottle and a money back guarantee if it fails to improve health.
A Martinsburg record notes Miss Ruth Buncutter of Frederick County Virginia wed Second Lieutenant Ambrose L. Anderson of Company F First West Virginia Regiment. The ceremony occurred at the First Lutheran Church parsonage with a small gathering, and two and half hours later Anderson left for Kanawha City with his unit. Mrs. Anderson plans to visit Martinsburg briefly before joining him in Winchester upon his return home.
A ladies committee met at Mrs. R. T. Barton’s residence to aid wives and children of men from Company I Second Virginia Regiment in Richmond. Mrs. Barton was elected treasurer. Doctors offered free services, and residents are urged to donate eggs butter vegetables and other necessities. Supplies will be collected at Mrs L. Carver’s home and hauled by Drayman Bowers at no charge.
In Baltimore this afternoon at 8 o clock the grain markets opened with No 2 red wheat trading around 1.01 and 3 eighths per bushel and corn at about 85 1 2 cents per bushel reflecting early price activity in the wholesale market.
Additional contributions were received by The Star today for the benefit of the wives and families of soldiers called to the colors and who may be sent to the Mexican border. Contributors include Marshall Baker ten dollars and Shirley Carter twenty five. The Star will acknowledge further contributions to this cause.
Mrs. Jenkins, wife of Private Thomas Jenkins of Company I, Second Virginia Regiment, reports from Richmond that her husband failed the United States Army medical examination yesterday. He will return with the 16 others in his company who also did not pass.
Season chops with salt pepper and powdered sage then bread them with breadcrumbs and fry about twenty minutes. Transfer gravy to a pan then fry two inch thick apple slices around the core and brown both sides. Serve apples as a garnish for the chops with the gravy. Free complete copy of 209 apple recipes available from the Virginia State Horticultural Society Winchester Va.
Recipe for apple dumplings using flour lard butter baking powder salt sugar water with eight apples filled and baked forty five minutes served with lemon or molasses sauce. Cited flavors include cinnamon and nutmeg.
The article notes the season for smut treatments in oats across Illinois, urging farmers to treat seeds as essential. It highlights statewide progress in eradicating oats smut and frames this success as encouragement for other agricultural campaigns.
Plain cake batter baked in shallow tins then split. Fill with apples cut into eighths simmered with minimal water, strained, and sweetened with sugar and egg whites. Fold apples with sugar and egg whites until stiff, layer between cakes, and top with the filling. Pipe decorative edging if desired.
Poultry owners face high grain prices making profitable duck and chicken raising tough. Many farmers push economical feeding and early marketing to survive, suggesting ducks be sold at two months when they weigh around two to four pounds. A light grain diet is best early, with wheat bran mash, stale bread, skimmilk, and small potato portions.
The article argues ducks are most profitable when sold at two to four pounds rather than raised to maturity. It outlines cheap feeds including skim milk bread bran and vegetables, plus occasional malt for rationing. Marketing should occur around two months old with prices near 60 to 75 cents, while keeping feeding costs at 20 to 30 percent of market value.
Baltimore markets report prices as of the day before publication. Butter prices range from 8 to 31 cents per pound with variations for creamery and Virginia entries. Live poultry lists chickens at 11 2 and spring at 11 2 pounds, while corn shows spot and June around 82. Hay prices span No 1 timothy to clover mixes, and sheep and lambs show per pound ranges for fat and fair grades with spring lambs at 10 in fat. Pigs list a per head range from 7 to 16 depending on size and condition.
An old style advertisement extols Gets It as a simple corn remover that works like peeling a banana. It contrasts with salves tapes bandages and razors and claims two seconds to remove or cure corns calluses warts and corns. It lists BE Lawrence Co Chicago as distributor at 25 cents per bottle.
An OCR fragment from The Star shows an advertisement notice brief promoting local public notices and classified items. No clear names, dates, or places are readable beyond generic references to advertisements.
Mrs. T. T. Lines of New York, staying at the Winchester Inn, left this afternoon for a brief visit with relatives in Wood-Istock, Virginia.
Public sale in front of the Chester Court House under the 1916 Frederick county decree in the Bank of Winchester case T M et al. The offering follows a court order entered on the 21st day of 1916.
At 12 o clock the Model 1913 car is offered in first class condition for inspection at Derminer's Garage on ck street. A fine gold watch with seventeen jewel hunting case is on display at Robert Denny Jewelry Store in Winchester Virginia. Cash terms. Special Committee Luther Pannett 6-27-4078.
In Frederick County Virginia 1916 court papers long form begin with Eudora Orissa Keyser filing against Elmer Ellsworth Keyser and unknown heirs of Elizabeth H Keyser. The suit seeks a lien on Elmer Keyser s one half undivided interest in a 165 acre Bartonsville farm to satisfy a judgment of 88 pounds plus interest from 1915 and costs. The order requires unknown heirs to appear within 15 days after publication and directs publication in The Winchester Star for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse by May 15 1916.
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