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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1917
Page
4
A 1910s Indianapolis Star excerpt discusses New York's proposed universal military training requiring six months to a year of service. It covers camp life, cooking, bivouacking, marching, firing, first aid, and open camps as more effective than barracks instruction. It notes divisions over duration.
A humorous poem where a fat, bearded narrator laments being rejected from military service. He longs to fight but is told he is too fat, while slender peers enlist to guard the flag. The verse laments looks, fate, and national duty with comic self pity.
James Seabright and Mary Newcome were married on Saturday evening at the parsonage of the First Baptist Church on North Market Street by Rev. W. R. Alexander. They will reside at 607 South Market Street.
Mrs. W. H. Huber of Stephens City is reported completely recovered from a recent operation at Memorial Hospital and has returned home.
One hundred dollars reward offered for a catarrh case cured by Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. Advertises Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a long trusted remedy, claims it works through the blood to expel poison and heal mucous membranes. Mentions Toledo Ohio and sale by all druggists at 75 cents.
An advertisement warns that calomel damages the liver and can cause salivation while promoting Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute. The copy claims quick relief from bilious symptoms and guarantees a refund if not improved. It urges buyers to consult their druggist for a 50 cent bottle.
Miss Ruth Jones of Berryville Virginia visits her aunt Miss Virginia Massie on East Water Street. Mrs Henry Grubb returns from a visit to Washington. Misses Nannie McIntosh and Charlotte Folkes return from Martinsburg. Mrs T T Lines visits friends in Woodstock. R S Wright and Russell Kline of Strasburg register at Hotel Jack. Mrs Newton Grove returns from Miami and Jacksonville. W B Powell and M F E Lankford of Roanoke, new Life Insurance Agency in town, stay at Hotel Evans. Miss Clara Wood leaves for Washington.
Simon G Hollister advertises a public auction two miles northeast of Aynesboro Pennsylvania on March 20 1917 selling sixty registered Holsteins including forty cows and ten calves. The herd is tuberculin tested with notable bloodlines Alban Korndyke 2nd and De Kol Alban Butter Boy and described as second to none in Cumberland Valley. Also offers farm outfit including eight draft mules and wagons. Holsteins start at 1 PM with sale list available.
Public sale of a desirable dwelling at 128 N Washington Street Winchester Virginia in front of the county courthouse at 11 o clock on Saturday March 17 1917. The brick two and a half story house sits on a 23 foot frontage with six spacious rooms and modern conveniences including sewer gas electric lights and water plus a cellar and front porch. Terms cash preferred or one third cash with balance in equal payments over one and two years from sale day. Auctioneer A G Swanson and owner’s attorney James P Reardon.
J L Essley of Macon Illinois praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as his sisters longtime cure for lung colds. He says he has used it himself and it always relieves promptly. For sale by all druggists.
The Iowa Homestead notes frostbite risk in poultry during cold snaps. Wet headgear and sudden temperature shifts worsen exposure. healthy birds may still frostbite. Treat by gently rubbing frosted areas with cold petrolatum and a mix of sweet oil and spirits of turpentine, then apply daily. Do not warm the birds indoors.
Horse breeders advise a nourishing winter ration for mares foaling in spring. A three to one grain mix supports colt development, with oilmeal at each feeding if timothy or mixed hay is used, improving digestion and coat condition. oilmeal unnecessary with clean clover or alfalfa hay. Dr. H. H. Hayner of Penn State advocates some wheat in the feed.
A farmer proud of his breeding program raises fit mares to top draft stallions and provides good care for offspring. The piece notes that many have built successful farms in ten years through pure bred draft mares. The mare and foal shown are Percherons.
Dr Havner notes high mill feed prices push feeders to drop bran yet wheat bran can join rations if oilmeal is adequately used. Oilmeal costs more per 100 pounds than bran but provides cheaper protein. Horses fed excess hay. brood mares may receive 1 to 1.25 pounds per 100 pounds live weight daily, less for alfalfa or clover. A grain and hay mix supports cost efficiency and milk flow at foaling.
University of Missouri dairy expert notes overhead costs drop as cow productivity rises. A cow yielding 450 pounds of fat yearly uses less of total feed for body maintenance and more for milk, lowering feed cost per pound of fat or milk.
A Waupaca County dairyman switched from eleven cows earning $35 monthly to an improved herd after joining the Waupaca and Butternut Ridge Cow Testing association. By culling failing cows and improving feed and care, his monthly cream check rose from $35 with ten cows to $110, with one fewer cow to milk.
Clerk J. B. Beverley issued a marriage license to Leslie S. Finley and Lillian Brent colored of this city. She is a daughter of Philip S. Brent. SPELT National Bird. Most of the choicer turkeys New York eats at Thanksgiving time hail from Ohio Michigan or Indiana. Maryland furnishes many of luscious flavor Rhode Island birds are comparatively few and far between.
Farmers find a method to reduce waste by using a larger shallower trough for scraps. Chickens will not upset the vessel, preventing feed loss and spoilage.
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