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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1922
Page
3
Clarke county farmer Charles Murphy narrowly escaped serious injury after falling about forty feet from a corn silo on Carroll Clevenger’s Stephenson area farm. He landed on a concrete floor, suffering foot bruises and a severe shock.
Mrs. McCormick will speak at a local club Friday afternoon. The notes mention families returning from travels, visits with Admiral and Mrs McCormick, and a number of relatives and friends gathering at homes in town.
Secretary of Agriculture approves a $10 million plan financed largely by the forest highway fund to build forest roads. About 400 000 will come from other national forest road appropriations and $2.5 million from states and counties. The program aims to connect with federal aid highways and improve routes through mountainous national forest areas. The Bureau of Public Roads will supervise, with many projects expected to be completed this season.
In sad but loving memory of Lena Martin who departed this life one year ago September 2 2921. Gone but not forgotten. Dear sister you are not forgotten. May memory linger as long as life lasts. From Allen and family.
Local farmers report success feeding chickens with concentrated buttermilk recommended by top breeders. Luray Ice Company offers pricing and guidance for the product to area poultrymen.
The Rates experimental Med shows night travel causes more wear on highways than daytime use. Chief highway engineer Clifford Older notes day road expansion creates a convex center while night travel forms a slight hollow. Tests began late March and were delayed by floods. E J Heckle of Topeka urged Good Roads program to place Kansas among leading road states at a chambers of commerce conference.
Tennessee launches a federal aid road program with eight million dollars for 281 miles across 20 counties. The project forms part of a broader national effort to improve farm economies through infrastructure and farm product value supports.
A letter from K D Byrns asks readers to identify the sender of a postcard from Bell Grove House Cedar Creek near Winchester Virginia believed to have been mailed during August. Byrns offers a wager and requests any name and address of the sender from Pennsylvania or Philadelphia area.
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