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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1922
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Weekly and Associated Press credits. It references a monetary amount and a vague note about republication rights. Other details are illegible, leaving no identifiable event, people, or location to frame a concrete news item.
A Baltimore Sun column blasts Fordneys House tirade against Wilson as vulgar and coarse and condemns indecent remarks by Blanton of Texas. The piece laments lower U.S. House decor and mocks the Hillbilly and Roughneck stereotypes tied to Michigan political currents.
Walt Mason narrates the fate of Grimshaw Grimes once jailed for petty theft who, now seeking public office, finds his past used against him. The poem mocks political campaigns and media opinion as Grimes struggles to escape a blemished record that haunts his renown.
The Associated Press reports Dempsey boarded the liner Aquitania at Southampton for the United States. He sailed on May 13 as part of his return, traveling with the Godspeed toward America.
A university of Kansas styled guide lists ten questions for evaluating a town. It covers atmosphere health education people recreation living accessibility business and employment progressiveness. It advises would be buyers to ensure a town meets standards before moving and to actively improve any shortcomings.
Ad claims Calotabs cleans bile tubes with a single nightly tablet. No taste or griping, morning relief with purer system and appetite restored. Warns against imitations and lists prices and refund offer.
Instructions describe a cheap rag doll tester to assess corn seed health. Use glazed paper and muslin, roll damp cloth with kernels, warm 80 to 85 degrees, germinate to reveal weak ears, discard affected ears, and replace paper and cloth between tests.
The report warns cucumber mosaic spreads via striped cucumber beetle and melon aphid from wild hosts like wild cucumber vines and common milkweed. Eradication of these wild hosts is urged as the most effective control, delaying disease onset by two to four weeks during peak yield.
Guidance on using formaldehyde to protect oats from smut describes two methods. One dissolves a pint of formalin in 40 gallons of water and soaks oats for 20 minutes then dries. The alternative sprays 10 gallons of water with a pint of formalin over the oats, covers with a blanket for two hours, then dries. The precaution is claimed to raise yield by about 10 percent and quality by about 20 percent.
The guide stresses careful bitting for young horses as their tender mouths require gentler bits. It warns against forcing improper bits on older animals and urges full mouth inspection including tongue and interior.
The article extols vegetable gardens as essential for year round nourishment. A 100 by 100 foot plot, if properly planned and cared for, should yield ample produce for the table winter storage and camping.
For silage, plant well matured corn early with a longer season variety to reach the proper stage around the same time as northern grain crops. Silage-minded growers can gain an edge over less fortunate neighbors by selecting crops that maximize silage production rather than grain yield.
A Rhode Island experiment warns against long term lime and fertilizer use with 15 years of truck crop trials. Continuous cropping without green manures depletes soil acidity and yields decline after initial gains. Doctor Hartwell cautions that excess lime harms future crops and advises green manuring and balanced rotation.
J M Evvard of Iowa Station notes alfalfa pasture worth 25 to 35 dollars per acre and capable of feeding 20 pigs per acre with a 200 pound gain per pig in the season. He compares pasture grazing to feeding with corn and tankage and mentions possible hay harvest from game land as an improvement.
In Chicago on May 13 gun battles erupted across the city as police, acting under Chief Fitzmorris's orders to shoot on sight, killed two bandits and wounded a third while four others died and four were wounded. A barber shop incident ended with a bystander killed during a sudden attack by two bandits.
Mrs C Weeden Cochran left Winchester after a month with friends and will join Major Cochran in Los Angeles California. Major Cochran, a former U S Army officer, works for the United States Railroad Administration and is engaged in claims liquidations tied to the postwar railroad return to private management.
Markets page lists wholesale and retail prices for creamery butter country butter spring chickens and other staples with figures. The column notes Miss Florence Weems arrival from Baltimore and the departure of Miss Ethel E. Hicks, a New York City bookkeeper, after a week's visit.
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