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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1916
Page
3
The market page lists corn at 3.55 per bushel, hay at 15.00, and barley retail. reflects varied pricing for dairy and eggs with creamery butter wholesale at .32 and country butter, seed potatoes, and other staples shown with retail or wholesale notations. includes miscellaneous figures and notes on stock levels.
Market notes list prices for butter creamery and dairy prints, eggs, live poultry, hay, sheep and lambs, calves and pigs as of the day before publication. Entries include Virginia meat and feed prices with ranges for milk products, poultry, hay grades, lamb quality, calf weights, and piglet values.
Journal notes recount a colt owned by Carroll Solenburger being killed after injuring a leg in a mishap with another horse. The Fries family, including Mrs. Fries and her sister Mrs. road-exwit, visited Winchester. J S Haldeman and family drove to town on Sunday and enjoyed a day there.
Capon Bridge residents Mr and Mrs John Ebert and son Isaac Webert with Miss Mary Ebert and Messrs T B Sencindiver and Fred Cothran of Welltown spent Monday in Cedarville visiting Mrs Irwin Bierer.
The Germans resume a vigorous offensive in Verdun’s hills area while Paris reports heavy bombardment near Hill 304 and trench evacuations. German claims say naval actions northwest of Verdun succeed. French balloons suffer mass capture after a storm. Eastern front quiets with Russians driven from woods near Olyka. Austro Italian front sees Italian trenches near Luserna expelled. Darfour uprising against the British reported from Constantinople, with Darfour Imam marching with 8000 camels. Italian air raid on Durazzo confirmed with Austrian attacks on Aviona and Brindisi. Marco Polo battles with machine gun fire as crews edge warship deck.
Local testimonial from Myrtle H. Bunn lauds Vindl as a restorative for the elderly claiming it strengthens the aged by supplying tonic iron and medicinal extracts. The ad asserts improved appetite digestion and blood enrichment, noting availability at Geo. F. Miller's Sons, druggists, Winchester Virginia.
The lowest Earth temperature was recorded at Werchojansk in Siberia on January 15, 1885. It reached 90 degrees below zero, and the town lies near the pole of cold where the ground remains unfrozen despite warm weather.
A brief note explains using small fabric bags to protect hands when removing hot potatoes from the oven. It also mentions a claim by Professor Henkey that Earth's greatest diameter is measured from Mount Chimborazo to a point in Sumatra, totaling 7,929 miles.
The piece notes that singing in the United States lags behind other countries like Germany, which boast many choral societies that sing national songs and foster national spirit. It suggests more emphasis on popular singing could boost national morale.
The article contrasts old shallow trenching with the modern flat cultivation of celery. It explains digging depth, manure placement, and trenching timing to protect soil bacteria, prevent heart rot, and improve root development. It also covers seed starting in flats, transplant timing, and maintaining soil exposure to light and air.
A simple drawings shows a 2 by 4 inch strip with sharpened wood plugs set in holes to space rows evenly. Plugs on one side are placed farther apart than the other for uniform gaps. The piece urges every farmer to maintain a fruit garden at home.
Roadster in good condition offered by Roussia. B-1p.cod.3t. Interested buyers fast, price negotiable. Local inquiry welcomed.
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