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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1922
Page
3
Richmond prepares for Pageant Week May 22 through 28 with daily Pageant Drama at the Amphitheatre and Historical Street Processions through the city. Four costume balls and a tournament at the State Fair Grounds are planned with ticket sales at the Pageant Office in Mutual Building.
A local tale from Science and Invention recounts Bossworth’s young sprout driving home along the south road when the engine died near a graveyard. The driver panicked, causing the old car to shake so violently that it appeared running and rolled into town before realizing the error.
A report notes that suicides exceed two to one in favor of men over women. Men most often use firearms, while a majority of women act during personal crises.
The Department of Agriculture outlines the guinea fowl market, noting best demand in city markets for young birds weighing about one and a half pounds during late summer and fall. It covers feather-on vs feather-off preparation, dressing for hotels and restaurants, and how to handle plucking or feather retention through neck vessel severing and special processing.
The fragment discusses early chick rearing and notes that winter care, dry conditions, and cold damp weather affect poultry. It recommends using wheat bran to feather chicks and promote growth, emphasizing dry storage and proper feeding to speed feathering.
A jumble of small ads lists FOR SALE items including a 5 room house with three lots near Handley Schools, a McCormick binder, a John Deere implement, a purebred Poland China boar, baby chicks, and a Holstein bull. RENT notices cover furnished rooms, an apartment at Ft Loudoun Seminary, and rooms on Main St. LOST notices seek an open-face Wattham Gold Watch with initials. WANTED ads seek a salesman for tires and an insurance agent. a grade teacher. a nurse.
A fragment echoes a pastoral line by Douglas Jerrold about a garden brook and a garden brimming with buds. The text conveys outdoor happiness as days and months unfold with nature’s bloom and life along the water.
In the Frederick County Virginia court the Exor Giles J Smith estate is referred to a Master Commissioner to report on the estate value liens and priority. The commissioner will convene creditors and settle accounts of executor Harry Hiett and determine who shares receive what. A June 10 1922 execution date is set at Winchester Virginia to proceed with the order and continue if needed.
Schedule in effect April 80 1922 lists routes from Berryville via Bristol to Roanoke and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers to Williamson Winston-Salem Roanoke and Philadelphia connections. Northbound details include service to Washington and Philadelphia with parlor car service and Pullman sleepers, along with agent notes for Roanoke Virginia.
The fragment references a distributor BLOF ARTHUR with a Bell phone, a note on personal crisis reports, and an assertion that the month with the largest rate of such reports occurs in July. It reads as a garbled ad and data line from a newspaper page.
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