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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
3
An old advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury and口 causes salivation, touting Liver Tone as gentler for adults and safe for children, with health benefits and a money back claim.
Trustees offer for sale at public auction in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia on May 22 1915 a 154 acre limestone farm called the William Pannett Home Place four and a half miles from Winchester between Welltown and Apple Pie Ridge with a nine room residence a large bank barn and outbuildings about 18 acres in apple orchard Terms: one third cash day of sale and balance in two equal annual installments secured by two bonds and a deed of trust with insurance on buildings Auctioneered by Roy P Duvall Trustees M M Lynch and Warren Rice sworn to by deed records dated 1909 and 1914.
Pursuant to a decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester entered March 26 1915 a public auction will be held in front of the court house at 11 o'clock a.m. on the West side of Main Street a lot with a dwelling and store room along Monmouth Street fronting 52 feet on Main Street and conveyed to Luther C Kremer by deed dated Sept 18 recorded in Deed Book 28 Page 61. One third cash with the balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds. The sale overseen by special commissioners Robt M Ward John M Steck Jas P Reardon and Harry R Kern. Bonds posted and decree entered in clerk’s office.
A reflection on moral judgment arguing against personal standards and urging adherence to the Bible as the only perfect guide while recognizing the need to allow others to have different views.
The corn root aphis damages crops annually by sucking roots while remaining underground making insecticide control difficult. A three to four year rotation with corn only once, plus proper soil fertilization, reduces losses. Plow fields intended for corn late in fall to aid future crops.
Local church notices list services at eight congregations. AM and evening worship, Sunday school, and midweek prayers are slated across First Christian Grace Lutheran Protestant Episcopal and Methodist churches with specifics on times and leaders.
Purdue experts urge thorough April tillage to disrupt ant nests and weeds that entice aphids. Trials with khamit show protection when drilled at planting, though availability may vary due to wartime supply. Mixing seed corn with oil of lemon and wood alcohol reduced lice but harmed germination, making this unsuitable.
The text lists worship times for three churches: Methodist Episcopal South on South Braddock Street with Rev. W. O. Talbert, services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m and Sunday school at 9 45 a m and 7 30 p m. Presbyterian South Main Street led by Rev. J H Lacy with services 11 a m and 7 30 p m, Sunday school 9 30 a m, W B White as superintendent, prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m. Highlands Avenue Presbyterian with 7 30 p m services, Sunday school 3 30 p m, and Thursday prayer meeting 7 30 p m.
The United Brethren church on North Brad dock street announces Rev. G. W. Stover as pastor. Preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Sunday school at 9 45 a m with T Hanchor as superintendent. Young People's Society Christian Endeavor at 7 45 p m led by L W Fries president. Wednesday events follow.
Wisconsin growers launch a campaign to plant only clean potato seed and to prevent diseases like black wart and powdery scab from entering the state. Officials urge careful field selection roguing and sorting to meet current standards while promoting barnyard manure as an inexpensive soil enhancer.
Decree of sale in Mary Pangle et als vs O V Ritterer through special commissioner, sale May 7 1915 at 2 pm in front of Middletown State Bank Middletown Va. Property described as a one story frame house on Main Street front 49 ft 10 in, depth about 199 ft. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust with interest. Bond details to be approved. sale recorded by Phil H Gold Clerk.
A reader notes advances in communication with telegraphing photographs and sending wired flower gifts, highlighting progress from traditional methods. The remark underscores quicker, more versatile ways to exchange items and imagery.
Apply glycerin and flour, the latter heaped on the affected part to keep G2 the air. On this pat a good pad of rotten wood and bandage.
The notice lists daily local market prices for farm products including Wheat at Stephenson Yellow corn Mock retail Cracked corn Mixed hay Straw Rye Flour Bran Millfeed Middlings Butter Eggs Chickens Potatoes Seed potatoes Onion sets and Bacon with per unit figures and ranges. It notes the Star does not guarantee accuracy and prices reflect today’s reported figures by local buyers.
The Star lists closing market prices for wheat spot and May at 1.63 dollars, corn spot at 0.84 dollars, and cob corn at 4.20 dollars per barrel, reflecting daily telegraph updates for the Baltimore markets.
Market notes show steady prices for butter creamery eggs and various prints with slight gains in creamery butter. Cattle calves sheep and lambs softer, hogs and pigs steady. poultry quiet. hay values steady. calves and calves top prices listed. no major shifts in regional grain or feed items.
Latest quotations show BALDWIN and WINESAP barrels with firsts and seconds prices. Baldwin ranges from 4.00 to 3.75 for firsts and 2.50 for seconds, Wine sap firsts at 3.50 and seconds at an unspecified price.
An eighteenth century experiment used bulls and cows as racing mounts. In the early nineteenth century a farmer drove into St Albans with a four hog cart, drawing cheers at the market. After training for six months he refused $250 cash for the vehicle and team.
Visual note on how people misname places as they recall familiar locales. Mentions Halicz origin for Galicia, Rex Galatiae by a Hungarian king, England named from a distant Callaict region, and nearby Carpathian mountains sharing name confusion with the Carpathian Sea.
Mrs Lucy Goss arrived today for an extended visit with relatives in Cumberland Massachusetts Mr W R Eneas of Hotel Evans came back last evening from busy trips to Washington.
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