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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
3
Braddock Street Methodist Church holds Sunday services led by Pastor V Switzer. The Epworth in Im The Golden Rule Bible study and cordial welcome start at 9 45 a m with a subsequent 10 o clock session and 8 m meeting noted.
The county agent advises cost saving farming measures. Plant legume crops such as sweet clover to improve yields and soil. use acid phosphate fertilizer as a soil amendment. Tiling and cleaning tile drain outlets now saves money later. Feeding legume hay lowers feed costs compared with timothy. Rye sown with sweet clover allows direct pasturing after rye removal.
The executor under a Virginia chancery decree schedules a public auction of Dr. J Lawrence Whitlock's residence property in Winchester. The parcel fronts the Turnpike, contains ten rooms with improvements, and includes adjacent land. Sale set for September 20 with terms one third cash and two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust.
The bulletin explains how brown rot attacks apples and cherries in many regions, with sporadic epidemics. It covers the disease life cycle, spore-bearing apothecia, and spray methods, recommending plowing and harrowing before blossom, and spraying three to five weeks before harvest and just before/after blooming for effective control.
California counties test deferred or rotation grazing to improve pasturage. Shasta County reports a pasture fed early in spring yielded 1.5 tons per acre in 1928, versus 0.5 ton per acre from continuously grazed range.
In the January to March 1924 period agricultural efforts to replace scrub sires with pure bred stock recruited 806 new livestock owners who signed agreements to use pure bred sires for all livestock. The campaign totals over 13 500 cooperating owners across states and with the USDA.
W. E. Stahler will occupy the pulpit at both morning and evening services on September 7. The evening sermon is titled Sins Going Before and After and The Holy Jorn. He will teach the men’s Bible class at 9:30 a.m.
An American syndicate led by Joseph C. Stahlin of Brooklyn announced the purchase of the Sultana diamond, weighing about 183 004 earers, said to be the world’s fourth largest. The buyer declined to name the purchaser or reveal the seller, Hafid, former Sultan of Morocco, with shipment to begin under bond from Europe within a fortnight.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Arabian women in Bagdad with dark nails and eyelashes and red lips. The text hints at tattoos and adornments but is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
The fragment rails at improper language and mockery, noting that poor taxta displays ignorance. It laments sarcasm and misused words as a reflection of limited understanding.
Readers discuss regional speech and linguistic quirks as a local earthquake legacy near Reelfoot Lake shapes daily life. Residents report substantial fishing yields averaging about 2,000 pounds per day from the lake, reflecting how the ground movement altered the waterway and community routines.
The Redbone Eagle quotes praise for the newest writer whose book is described as a great hit. They note his descent and show of fame, mentioning friends who have seen him in a restaurant window observing his reflection.
Chester Memorial Fie Bert Penn, aged forty, died at his home near Zinn farm Clea after two operations and a hospitals stay. He leaves a wife and seven children, with Irvin Penn and Mrs Bessie Springs among relatives. Penn was a laborer, fell ill from stomach trouble, and died four weeks after his condition worsened. Relatives are being notified.
A guardianship petition is filed by Adaline M. for Lola M. Lynch, an infant living in Hampshire County West Virginia. The document names Love Sirbaugh as clerk and alleges an infancy under state law and acts from 1919.
Burmese authorities report a female leader directing a major business council. She aims to sustain wealth, oversee lordly status, and fund ventures including cooking facilities and competitive racing amid growing regional influence.
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