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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
3
An general guidance on regular elimination and timing of laxatives notes that harsh cathartics disturb the system. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a dependable, mild laxative available for fifty cents a bottle and offers a free trial bottle by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello, Illinois.
The article lists methods to control cutworms and earworms in sweet corn and notes practices like bran mash or by hand, using seed left after damage, fall or winter soil turning to reduce moths, and planting early to mature crops before severe worm damage. It also mentions that many other garden insects affect onions, celery, asparagus, and other vegetables.
Pennsylvania dairy and food commissioner James Foust urges farmers to adopt modern farming, raise more grain and feed per acre, and bolster dairy herds. He notes low milk prices vs costs and cites foreign fertilizer use boosting yields, arguing domestic production could keep money at home and reduce milk outflow.
The text explains making ordinary whitewash by mixing about ten pounds of quicklime with two gallons of water. Lime is placed in a pail and water poured over, then covered with cloth for an hour. Too little water scorches the lime, while too much water delays slacking and cools the reaction. A proper amount yields a brushable hydrate.
A simple home carpentry guide describes making a seed corn tester from a two inch by four foot plank. Drill ten one inch holes across the length, each a quarter inch deep, creating an inexpensive, convenient tester.
Prop guidelines by George Gross advise filling a tester with four grains from each ear, covering with cloth and sawdust, moistening, and keeping four or five Gays. Nail four inch boards around the edge to secure the cloth, enabling about three bushels capacity.
Lice are a major nuisance to young chicks. Dust the hen with lice powder before nesting and weekly during sitting. Keep nesting material clean and wash dirty eggs in lukewarm water.
Prices for hay butter eggs and potatoes listed amid a Virginia court filing. The suit by Eudora Keyser against Elmer Els worth Keyser seeks collection of 2130 88 with interest and a lien on Elmer Keyser s undivided farm share in 165 acres at Beartoneville Frederick County Virginia with unknown heirs to appear and a Four week publication in The Winchester Evening Star.
The Baltimore market report lists spot and May corn at 4.20 dollars a bushel, live poultry prices for various weights, butter at 33 and 32 cents, hay No 1 timothy at 25 dollars, sheep and lamb prices by weight and grade, hog prices by size, and related dairy products as of the prior close. The item records numerous commodity quotes including Virginia and nearby oats, creamery butter, and assorted livestock values.
Special Commissioner announces a public auction in Winchester at 11 o clock A M on Wednesday May 24 1916 under a Frederick County Circuit Court decree. The property at 601 Braddock St corner with Monmouth St 58 ft 10 in by 182 ft 3 in fronts Braddock St with large brick dwelling. One third cash and rest in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and bonds. Signed Herbert S Larrick Special Commissioner J J W Baker Jr Deputy Clerk.
Advice urges using permanganate or potash in poultry drinking water at signs of colds or bowel disease. At standard strength it colors water light wine and is said to prevent infection by destroying germs in the water supply.
Five deeds of trust from C. W. Rogers and wife dated 1913 to 1916 authorize a public auction at 11 a.m. June 10 1916 in Winchester Va for a new double frame dwelling and store on East Lane and Piccadilly street with five trustees listing terms requiring one third cash and two annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust. The sale is in front of the County Court House. Auctioneer R Y P Duval. May 9 1916
The lowest earth temperature was measured at Werchojansk in Siberia on January 15, 1885, reaching 90 degrees and a fraction below zero. The town lies near the pole of cold where ground remains frozen about 100 feet deep even in warm weather.
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