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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1932
Page
8
The USDA urged southern farmers to buy seed carefully this year to avoid losses. Early maturing northern varieties should not be chosen over regionally suited late varieties. Misbranded seed is hard to detect, so farmers should obtain suitability statements and guarantees and send samples to the state laboratory for tests.
The page combines local wholesale and retail market figures for dairy, poultry, and feeds with a closing line stating the Great Lakes total water surface area at about 95 000 square miles. Canadian side occupies 33 940 square miles and the US side 60 770 square miles.
One year ago J H Bell a Berryville farmer and insurer died after a brief illness. Easter Hero prize horse of John Hay Whitney failed to place in the British Grand National. Plans are forming to organize a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. US Immigration officers hunt for undesirable aliens in Winchester. Girls Athletic Association hosts a pajama party described as highly entertaining.
Five years ago the Winchester Ministerial Association took a religious census. W C Kline of Winchester becomes general freight agent for the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Millard J Yost dies after a long illness. Charles H Boxwell buys the Wren Trammel property on South Braddock Street. Captain Frank M Wray of Berryville speaks to the Century Club on proposed Virginia government changes.
Fifteen years ago eleven new members joined Company I of the Virginia National Guard in the past few days. Colonel House and President Wilson were in conference today on the European situation. Wheat prices rose to $2.10 per bushel due to foreign demand for bread grain. Telephone operators are being trained in long distance call handling. A large dynamite blast occurred on the Winchester and Western Railroad.
State Comptroller E. R. Combs announced that Virginia counties will get their last gasoline tax return checks in June. Under the new road bill, future tax moneys go to the state highway system, with withdrawals possible only after August 9 special elections.
A March 6 blizzard in Loudoun county traps a farmer and family without heat as a Muscovy duck is blown into the chimney and cannot be dislodged. Despite attempts with poles and a furnace fire, the duck remains unseen and an old-fashioned chimney sweep is being considered.
The Clarke County Creamery in Berryville Virginia sustained about 2500 dollars in damage from a fire of unknown origin discovered by night watchman Garfield Osler. The Berryville Fire Department saved the main building and adjacent structures. Manager Walter Rutherford said repairs will begin and operations resume soon. insurance partially covers the loss. The creamery is owned by C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation of Winchester.
Dr J S Leonhardt's Hemroid promises to end itching bleeding and protruding piles with one bottle saying it heals and restores affected parts and removes blood congestion in the lower bowel. Baker's Drug Store offers money back if it fails.
The undersigned will offer for sale in front of the County Court House in Winchester Virginia on Saturday April 2 1982 sixty shares of stock of the Rite way Cleaners and Cleansers Corp SHENANDOAH Res NATL BANK Assign 3 28 31.
The Grim family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the death of Ruth Grim their daughter and sister. Gratitude for flowers and car use expressed by 28 K C W Grim and family.
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