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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1922
Page
4
Advertisement touts a one year forward subscription to Morning News Weekly Mirror with advance monthly rates and a special price of 3.50 dollars for one month and 4.75 dollars for additional months.
The Richmond Times Dispatch reports severe cold harms Virginia fruit with four to five nights of frost Threatened crops include Ben and Winesap apples Decline foretold in Winchester Staunton and upper Valley areas The frost follows 1921 damage and threatens thousands of fruit growers and related industries James Craig and others pioneered Virginia horticulture Storage and transit reforms aid growers with warehouses and rate provisions to cushion losses
The Interstate Commerce Commission is urged to cancel private ad charges as bankers who visited the Valley of Virginia promised aid. The text notes orchardists and borrowers facing repeated losses, asserts the industry remains sound, bankers vow support for 1923, and calls for closer Richmond Valley ties plus revised train schedules to aid cooperation.
The piece describes a sick narrator recovering from the flu and suffering through a loud cough. He lists coughs in many tones while recalling songs and the chaos of illness, then notes slow improvement with doctors’ agreement as he sips sassafras tea and endures the lingering symptoms.
E E Hawkins of Lynchburg Virginia says his wife suffered chronic indigestion and cramps for years. After trying many remedies she drank Tanlac and recovered fully after five bottles. Advertisement notes Tanlac available from all good druggists.
Mr A S Racy has been ill for a week with friends visiting on Sunday evening. Vernier Millon Roy Lamp visited Pitcocks. Mrs Vernie Cadwallader and Mrs Pitcock ill with Measles and Chicken Pox. Mrs Milbon and Mrs Lamp visited Mrs A L Racy. Mrs O T Willis and Miss Hilda Racy visited Mrs Ben White. Rev C K Welch to preach Sunday at 3 PM with Sunday school at 2 PM.
Fruit trees girdled by rabbits and mice can be saved by bridge grafting. The method involves trimming the wound, sanitizing with a mild disinfectant, painting with oil paint, inserting bevelled scions under the bark, and sealing with grafting wax. Buds are left until union forms, then removed to prevent sprouting.
A fragment describes grafted tree practice with terms girdled tree wound cleansed scions in place and scions ready for waxing. It outlines a wax recipe using one pound of tallow two pounds of beeswax and four pounds of resin and suggests applying with a rag tied to a stick.
A grower notes the price premium for larger Rome Beauty apples sold in New York, where boxes of larger fruit fetched 5.25 dollars per box versus 3.75 for smaller sizes. He argues that industry emphasis on large sizes has declined, reducing premiums at fairs and exhibitions and affecting premiums awarded by judges.
If rebuilding a strawberry bed, set out new plants in mid July rather than spring. Spring sets form runners and create a mat, while July sets do not form runners and produce large strong plants that bear early and heavier since they avoid runner exhaustion.
To protect trees during work in an orchard use a horse tool with short single trees and cover the ends with leather or burlap to prevent damage.
Collect and burn all trimmings from winter pruning. Twigs and branches often harbor diseases and insects that threaten plants.
The guide notes that the optimal moment for fruit grafting is when the buds begin to swell signaling readiness for grafting work in the orchard.
An ad touts Dr Carey's Prescription No 777 as a natural remedy to cleanse and stimulate kidneys and bladder. It claims toxins are neutralized and daily waste removal restored, promising relief from rheumatism backache dizziness and urinary issues. Sold by Boyd Drug Co and other druggists.
By decree of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia the sale is set for May 27 1922 at noon in Winchester. Properties include three West Water street lots Nos 133 131 and 129 with residences and an adjoining 41.5 acre woodland tract in Indian Hollow seven miles NW of Winchester. Terms: one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. WM G Hardy administrator cta of Charles Hardy deceased.
A doctor advises a patient to take frequent baths, enjoy fresh air, and wear cool gowns. An hour later the husband asks what was said and learns the doctor wants a watering place, then the mountains and new light gowns.
Daily market prices from local wholesale and Baltimore wholesale markets are published. Readings cover creamery butter spring chickens flour middlings screenings cotton seed meal and hogs with reported figures for local retail and cash markets and notes on the day of correction.
All 1921 taxes remaining unpaid are past due and must be settled promptly. To vote in the fall election, all unpaid 1921 capitation taxes must be paid on or before May 7, 1922. R. S. Smith, Treasurer, Fred's County, Va. Ip-1t-3pif
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