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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1924
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Sage Tea as a natural gray hair darkener. It claims the product gives an even color, restores youth, and offers convenience with ready-to-use Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur preparation. The text highlights ease of use and lasting shine.
At Myron Stratton Home Farms in Colorado Springs two fed steers, one from a pure bred Hereford sire and one scrub, were weighed and carcass compared. The Hereford yielded 715 pounds and 61 percent dressing, selling wholesale at 19 cents per pound, more than double the scrub at 12 cents and 42 percent dressing. Superintendent Gould noted demand for better-grade steers and the economic gains they provide.
Train list shows schedules from Berryville to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton with parlor car service to Bristol and dining/shenandoah connections at Roanoke. multiple daily No. numbers, stop-on for connections, Pullman sleepers to Williamsons Philadelphia and New York. agent contacts H H Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanoke for fares and reservations.
Calves infested with lice do not thrive and may be treated by washing or dipping, with coal tar dip preferred. Dry calves after washing and repeat treatment in ten to fourteen days to target a second brood. If washing is impractical, use powders such as sodium fluoride or a mix of sulphur sabadilla and pyrethrum, reapplied ten to fourteen days later. Linseed oil is another winter remedy.
The article advises applying fertilizer in spring before growth starts and warns against fall fertilization. It states that fruit trees mainly benefit from nitrogen, discourages mixed fertilizers, and endorses nitrate of soda or nitrogen from manure or leguminous cover crops to supply nitrogen and humus.
A hog house aligned east west gains more sunlight per square foot of glass than a north south setup. Window placement should follow the approximate spring farrowing date to maximize pen light and overall hog house success.
From the moment a plant appears above ground the gardener must wage war on pests. Beginning control early makes the task simpler and more effective.
An advertisement claims Tanlac can correct upset stomachs by soothing the system, reducing inflammation, and removing toxins so the digestive organs function properly and aid food assimilation. Distributed by druggists as a remedy for digestive troubles.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism remedy for joint pain stiffness and soreness. It urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from any drug store claiming instant relief and freedom from rheumatic symptoms.
Public sale by decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court in Winchester Virginia in front of the courthouse at 12 oclock on Saturday May 3 1924. The 84 acre Back Creek District farm near Mt Williams with residence barn and wells to be sold with one third cash and two equal annual payments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Postponed to May 17 same hour and place.
Frederick E. Clerk files suit against Charles C Burgner and Elizabeth Imogene Burgner to compel specific performance of a 1923 land purchase agreement near Winchester Virginia. Defendants must appear within ten days and are to be served by publication in the Evening Star with notices posted at the Frederick county courthouse and mailed to the defendants.
The Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on April 26 1924 orders the defendants Albert M Ewell Charlotte Ewell Jennie Ewell E Tyler Ewell and Fannie Ewell Wilson to appear within ten days to protect their interests in a suit by Charlotte Ewell Mullen Complainant and Adam Forney Committee Admr of Mildred B Ewell decd to quiet title to lots 136 and 138 on North Washington Street and to validate a copied will and distribute fiduciary accounts with publication in The Evening Star four weeks and a copy to be posted by May 5 1924.
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