Anniversary of a famous rear march remembered in Winchester
A tribute recounts the 1862 Winchester retreat and Stonewall Jackson’s movements from Kernstown to Port Republic. It recalls Banks’s advance, Jackson’s measures to delay reinforcements, and the June 6 Cross Keys era with references to Burnt Town and reflect on the era’s shock and memory through verse and local recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
Baltimore Sun
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
General Banks
Sorrél
Ewell
Berryville Pike
Bowles’ Hill
Millwood Pike
Twenty-First North Carolina
Hollingsworth Mill
Nemo
Banks
Blue
Loring
Jackson
Kernstown
McClellan
Washington
Capt Chew
Pike
Pene River
Devining
Strasburg
Cross Keyes
Blencker
Bradley T. Johnson
Maryland
Colonel Kane
Pennsylvania
G. W. Forney Announces Auto Repair Shop Back at Old Stand
Notice states G W Forney resumes business rear of Rosenberger's lumber yard offering car and truck repairs, electrical equipment, starting motors, generators, and batteries with an 18 month local guarantee. Promises savings on batteries by buying locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenberger
Teniar
G.W. Forney
Maryland Virginia estate suit seeks heirs and sale
Notice from the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia cites a case to ascertain the heirs of Lewis W. Lewis and to sell his real and personal property to pay debts. It orders nonresidents Margaret Adams Levina Lewis Howard Lewis Susan Clark and Tom L Clark to appear within ten days to protect their interests and directs publication in the Winchester Evening Star for four weeks. A commissioner in chancery will settle fiduciary accounts and convene creditors on June 22 1921 at 14 Reuss Avenue Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret ©. Adams
Levina’ Lewis
Howard Lewis
Susan Clark
Tom L. Clark
Virginia
Winchester
Aaron G. Mellinger
D. H. Mellinger
Herbert
Larrick
Susan G. Bowers
Jesse Wright
Frederick Wright
Daniel * Wright
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Daniel H. Mellinger
Esate
Commissioner's Office
Rouss Avenue
Reuss Avenue
Wanted motorcyclist representative for government surplus sale
Job ad seeks a reliable snappy young man to represent a Martinsburg West Virginia company selling 300 Indian and Harley Davidson motorcycles bought from the U S Government. Must own a motorcycle have wide acquaintances and can work spare time with a liberal proposition for the right man. Write with references selling experience promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Martinsburg
W. Va
Orchard Gleanin Bridge Grafting Tips
Bridge grafting saves girdled apple trees from rabbits or mice. Do the work early, before leafing out, using grafting stock cut from a convenient tree. Insert wounds with grafting wax and cover with earth to keep moist all summer. Use both wax and earth for best protection.
Para-dichlorobenzene Aids Peach Tree Borer Fight
U S Department of Agriculture experts hail para-dichlorobenzene as a practical method to eradicate the peach tree borer. The gas released from buried crystals suffocates grubs, reducing labor and cost. Georgia peach belt adoption surged in 1920 with growers praising it as a historic advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Standard sizes for fruit and vegetable containers
The United States Department of Agriculture urges standard sizes for three common fruit and vegetable packages the hamper round stave basket and market basket. The aim is clear distinct dimensions to prevent fraud from nearly identical containers and deceptive sizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Nitrogen Deficiency Linked to Poor Plant Growth
The piece notes nitrogen shortages causing weak growth in strawberries blackberries raspberries peaches and apples. It also mentions Mr William Elwell seriously ill at his National Avenue home with congested lungs due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Elwell
National Avenue
Virginia Firemen to Convene in Lexington August
Firemen from across Virginia plan the thirty fifth annual Virginia State Firemen's Association convention in Lexington on August 24 25 and 26 Awards totaling 1000 include 150 for top parade unit with band 75 for top parade unit without band 25 for second place and 100 for best band prize Also reel race prizes 150 for trumpet custody 75 50 150 76 50 5 15 10 5 for various race and auto events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Virginia State Firemen's Association
Lexington
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