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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1920
Page
3
An ick and timeworn medical ad touts Jad Salts as a kidney health remedy. It urges Américard men and women to use four ounces of the saline product mixed in water before breakfast to ease bladder trouble, cleanse kidneys, and prevent uric acid buildup.
The Salvation Army announces Harvest Festival services on October 2, 4, and 5 with a plea for public gifts of fruit and vegetables. Major and Mrs Bale Staff Captain and Mrs Yates and Adjt Bertram- Redda will visit. A ten day campaign runs October 21 to November 1 led by Florence Worth presenting From the Stage to the Cross.
An old newspaper snippet promotes safe satisfactory eyeglass service by Hodgson and Brown Jewelers and Registered Optometrists on Market Street. It also includes a fragmentary church notice for The Home-like Church with Sunday services at 11 o'clock and 7 30, a minister Mark Dépp, a church school at 9 45, and a Wesleyan Bible class led by the minister.
Instructions describe a hand harvest system using hooked baskets, ropes, and ladders. Materials include a heavy wire hook, a two and a half foot wine-length line with a small ring, and a thirty foot line to lower filled baskets. Emphasis on safety, tree limb strength, and careful handling to protect future growth.
The text explains extending an eighteen foot ladder and placing it so the top is just under the apples. It instructs anchoring the bottom slightly back, lifting the ladder carefully to a near vertical, and noting that if it slips other branches support it. It mentions using a fine for this ladder and the possibility of two baskets carried up, with ground collection of valuable fruit.
A government guidance note asks if farmers in communities need a cooperative marketing organization. The Bureau of Markets of the U.S. Department of Agriculture notes such groups arise from lack of marketing facilities and urges local interest. Do communities need an organization.
Agricultural officials warn apple blotch will remain serious and reinfection risk persists from carryover cankers. Growers with light infection should start spraying now and maintain control for several years to eradi cate the disease.
The article argues driving more horses is an effective method to cut farm labor costs. It highlights the quarter century rise of teamwork in the field and suggests continued development in farmer cooperation and efficiency.
The fragment urges cleanliness and maintenance of premises. It presents no identifiable people or organizations but emphasizes orderly spaces and sanitary conditions for safety.
A lively fight on North Main Street drew a crowd when two county youths clashed after an insult to a young man in a car with several girl friends. One man struck first, knocking his rival to the ground. bystanders then separated them and the inebriated attacker was removed before police arrived.
Berryville notes list residents and visitors visiting or traveling this week. Mrs G W Erie and son with Miss Olga de Beck toured to Washington while Miss de Beck plans Garfield Hospital training. Lt and Mrs George Ashe stayed at Airlie. Others visited Petersburg Berkeley and Charles Town with various departures to St Hildas Hall Notre Dame Hampden-Sidney and Front Royal.
Gladys Humston attended the church wedding of Anna Smith and Rhodes Brown in Godville on September 21. The ceremony followed by a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home and a brief reception. The groom is son of Dr and Mrs Brown.
An oxygen tank exploded at the Monumental Iron and Co on South Eden street injuring five others and demolishing parts of two buildings. A fragment struck Mrs. Kaplan in the head, killing her, as debris damaged the Ritz Chaim Synagogue and shattered nearby windows.
In Baltimore on October 2, Kenneth Tucker and his wife Hattie are killed by bullet wounds. Patrolman Nydia J. Egan dies, with causes listed as heart disease or apoplexy triggered by the shooting. Tucker had gone to his wife's home to persuade a reconciliation as police responded to the scene at 1315 West Saratoga Street.
A Boy Scout meeting at 21 North Main Street featured Father Meredith and Prof. H S Duffy addressing the group about Scout work and fair play. Assistant Scout Master Gray awarded Meredith an associate scout letter and locker key, while Duffy received a membership certificate and scout key amid an ovation. Merit badges in first aid to animals and public health were earned by John Seabright and there were reports on wireless work finances and entertainment as plans for next Thursday’s cabin night and a dedication of this year’s Trail were announced.
Weather Bureau forecast shows generally fair conditions in the North Middle Atlantic States with unsettled showers expected around Wednesday. Temperatures rise briefly before turning cooler after midweek.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a $2,000,000 loan to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to finance additions and betterments to rights of way and structures to improve freight movement. Also included is a note on seamen's watches describing four and two hour segments and their names.
A man, aged 65, told a friend that a sister buried in 1819 was his older sister. The sister died in infancy as part of a family of 22 children. He was born in 1854, making him 35 years younger than his eldest sibling.
A 500 pound shark can provide ten square feet of leather from its hide and raw material from the stomach to imitate glazed kid leather. The liver yields 10 to 15 gallons of oil and the dried dorsal fin can fetch about $2.50 to curious oriental epicures.
A description notes Eskimos scattered across Greenland Canada Alaska and Siberia use single words with complex structure to convey what English would express as full sentences. The feature highlights the stem words and affixes forming dense expressions.
A vertical enlarging camera suspended overhead simplifies producing photo graphic enlargements. Light projects onto a sensitized sheet on a table, improving arrangement and handling of the paper during the process.
Freeholder Robert M. Smith told Sussex County authorities that he saw Grover C. Bergdoll, the sought draft dodger, driving rapidly in an automobile near Newton on October 2. Smith said he identified Bergdoll before the car vanished.
A compact reflection on human desire and restraint from Epictetus. The speaker notes that asking gods for what they do not grant is as absurd as demanding additional dishes at a banquet. The text contrasts mortal demands with divine provision.
The readable text includes a West Side boarding house landlady described in quirky terms and a geographic note about Smolenfield near Kristiapssand Norway noting peat bogs and peat production. The snippet lacks coherent event details or a single focal item.
A report from Admiral Knapp to the Navy Department says American marines killed the bandit chief and routed his forces in Haiti about ten days ago. Knapp, sent to Haiti by the State Department, investigated conditions there.
Fragmented OCR indicates the Treasury reduced the nation's gross debt with mentions of a Mrs. Harry A. Schmidt and a wedding in Washington on October 2. Readers see garbled references to New York, visitors, and a Treasury statement, but exact figures and details are unclear due to transcription errors.
A quip from the Los Angeles Exprags jokes that marriages fail when a man marries a woman who carries him off as feet instead of seeking one who keeps him on them.
The record salmon was weighed at 27 pounds caught in Lake Sunapee New Hampshire during recent fishing. The previous Sunapee record weighed about 15 pounds.
Trading in New York’s brief session favored long positions as rails advanced 1 to 3 points and steel and chemical groups rose 1 to 2 points. Industrials and specials showed strength with a firm bond market, though foreign exchange moved little after heavy gold imports. About 400000 shares changed hands.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital will meet at the nurses' home on Tuesday afternoon October 5 at 4 o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
The pastor Rev J C Pa will preach at 8 p m with evening and morning sermons titled The Psychological Fed y For Polluted Lips and Cry Aloud Hold Not Phy Res ee. Sunday school is at 2 p m.
The text outlines a Wesleyan Class and Episcopal Church event schedule for October. It lists meeting times and topics such as "The Meaning of the Manger" by Erik Qiebger and "Christ's Picture" with dates including October 17 24 and 31, noting worship and study sessions in Winchester.
Rev. G. G. Sydnor D.D. of Charla Town will preach at Cedar on church at Vanelage Va at noon and at Nineveh Presbyterian church at 7 40 p m Sunday No service at Stephens City Rev J H Smith pastor
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a discussion of a debtor's residence exemption in Turkey, with references to a Balze iani and a vent dapd. No clear event, date, or named organizations are readable to establish a full report.
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