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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
5
A substituted trustee offers 26 acres near Winchester Virginia at public auction on Saturday September 30 at 12 o clock noon. Property includes a four room dwelling and outbuildings watered by a stream with an 11 year old apple orchard. Terms one third cash with balance in six and eighteen months. immediate possession given. Contact J W Fisher Strasburg VA for details.
The undersigned will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House at Winchester Virginia at 11 oclock A M on Saturday November 4 1916 the Minestone farm about three miles from Winchester adjoining the hands of Char Grims estate S M Chiles and others extending to Valley Pike to Middle Road and Kernstown State Road containing 147 acres more or less with a large mansion tenant house barn and outbuildings and a 20 acre orchard of standard winter varieties five years old The land near good roads and close to Winchester makes it desirable The sale terms: one third cash day of sale balance in two equal annual installments with bonds bearing date from sale payable in one and two years with interest semi annually and secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. longer time possible if desired. Ward &
Agricultural experts urge destroying underground rootstocks to wipe out quack grass. Deep fall plowing followed by harrowing and burning piles, repeated until none remain, with spring cultivations and a heed crop to finish by midsummer. If plants appear later, apply hot brine or crude carbolic acid.
A Shawnee county farmer seeks guidance on using immature corn for silage. The Kansas Farmer notes that corn with little grain but high juice can yield solid, green silage that stores well and feeds stock in winter, citing past successes and practical tips for filling silos.
Parsnips should be dug and stored before the ground freezes. They are hardy and can stay in the garden over winter, but digging after freeze is not possible.
Shallow frequent cultivation is essential for healthy crops. Improper cultivation leads to reduced yields and farming losses.
In Frederick County Circuit Court on October 11 1916 Fiora Perry files for an absolute divorce a vinculo et monii from Edward Perry with general relief. The affidavit states she cannot locate the defendant and the court orders Edward Perry to appear within 15 days after publication and to publish notice weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester and post a copy at the courthouse by October 16 1916.
Rev Duery Jones from Dallas Tex visits his Kernstown parents Rev and Mrs Alfred Jones. John Bright of Washington DC visits. Eva Cammer spends days in Hagerstown for the fair. Jennie Massie and daughter Annie Massie of Winchester stay with the Steeles and Tripletts. Asa Crisman and family move to his newly bought farm. Myrtle Carper returns to Hagerstown after summer with Aunt Annie Lichliter. A Cicero quotation on companionship closes the item.
Miss Mary Wright Plummer, principal of the Library School at the New York Public Library, died in Dixon Illinois on September 21 1816 and once led the American Library Association in 1915 41. Her presidential address urged truth in public libraries and the free exchange of ideas stressing facts over illusions.
A passage praises the public library as a conduit for truth spoken through many voices and printed words. It extols the library's grace in offering society the chance to be and to continue truth's handmaid amid a worldful of perspectives.
Stephens City Virginia residents Mr. and Mrs. William White Rev and Mrs. R H Caine and Mrs A M Smith motored to the Hagerstown fair on October 16. Mrs George Seilick, visiting her mother Mrs Albert Bush, has returned home at Towson Maryland.
Mr and Mrs W H Herrell of Winchester spent Saturday in town. Miss Kate Evans, teacher at Royal School of Specialties Front Royal Va, stayed this week at her home near town. Mr and Mrs S B Grove, Mrs Altha W Steele and Miss Mildred Lee Grove visited Mercersburg and spent the weekend with W H Grove family. Mrs Eugene Barr of Cumberland Md is guest of her mother Mrs H A Orndorff near town.
W. M. McNulty of Highland shipped eleven carloads of sheep on Saturday to a Jersey City farm, a shipment valued at about $10,000.
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