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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
5
Local ads push spring sales and services with seasonal offers across small shops. Businesses highlight discounts on apparel home goods and outdoor equipment aiming to attract readers and boost early orders.
Cabbage growers near Laeipeten, after six years of work with the Ohio Experiment Station, report strains resistant to fusarium wilt. The All Seasons variety, especially Clyde Series Nos. 1 2 and 4, shows the least disease and suits kraut production. Seed from the strongest plants will be distributed to farmers within a year or two.
Tomato growing is a high earning field crop with yields up to 600 bushels per acre cited by expert W A Carr of Minneapolis. He details seed starting in boxes, hotbed transplanting, trench planting and careful watering, with Bordeaux spray to prevent leaf burn and disease.
The confession details a letter from Vawter asking a friend to pay a $63 bill to the Roanoke Wine Company and to refrain from harming his wife Rachel. He describes intoxication, improprieties, and a plan to outmaneuver rival Heth while maintaining his wife’s happiness.
A damaged but readable note states that peaches, pears and small fruits grow well in Chilton County. The brief suggests favorable conditions for cultivating American fruits in that region.
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone a sticky ether remedy that shrivels and lifts corn from the root after a few drops. Claiming a quarter-ounce costs little and clears all hard or soft corns, the text cautions against cutting corns as a dangerous habit.
Dr Alfred T Jones assistant superintendent of Jefferson Hospital Roanoke testified about the operation performed to save Hethy life. The procedure was done as quickly as possible after the injury but after 24 hours it was clear the man could not survive. Jones was the last prosecution witness before the weather rested its case.
Mrs. J. B. Roberts of Fort Saint Louis Illinois says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy kept her little boy’s coughing spells loose and relieved him. She trusts it above all others and notes it is the only cough medicine she keeps. The remedy helps colds and croup and is sold by all druggists.
Business leaders gather as Prof Henry A Sill of Cornell and W K Summer of Butler share municipal administration ideas. H B McCormac praises organizing teams while two more days remain in the drive to recruit 10 000 class city progress. Ernest H Rowe will lead organizing efforts after securing members.
A father tests his son by giving him a printing press steam engine xylophone paints and more to reveal his tastes. The youngster wrecks them all and the father concludes he is destined to be a furniture mover, per the Boson Transcript.
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