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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1922
Page
2
The commentator AB argues there is not a single lovers kiss in Austen’s novels noting only one kiss is mentioned in letters but doubts the kiss was given by a gentleman and finds no evidence of a kiss in the fiction.
Kiwanis Club president J. L. Maphis receives a polished maple gavel with a silver band engraved K as a gift from member Richard R. Brown. The gesture honors his duties and upholding the club’s dignity in future deliberations.
The Order of Mules formed by farmers in West Virginia and Kentucky soon after the Civil War to halt horse theft and other lawlessness. The group acted as a local secret society aimed at restoring order in rural communities.
A Fort Hays Branch Station study shows sowing wheat in stubble yields higher than late plowing and near the early plowed method. Between harvest and seeding, 90 days offer the key to boosting yields, with potential 50 percent gains through timely, efficient operations.
Eight years after its first major publicity Sudan grass remains popular as a summer pasture for work stock dairy cows and other farm animals. New evidence shows minimal prussic acid risk when pastures are properly managed, especially east of the 98th meridian. westward risk increases mainly with drought. In New Mexico irrigated pastures yield two cows per acre with $75 net butterfat per acre after grain costs, while a Kansas farmer reports dairy butter from Sudan grass is smoother and easier to churn compared with alfalfa fed cows.
In a letter dated September 20 1922 Richmond Virginia H G Shirley chairman of the State Highway Commission explains Clarke county turnpikes will be maintained as oil and tar materials are delivered by railroads. He notes rail strikes delayed shipments and macadam roads need upkeep until an oil surface can be laid.
Harrisonburg News reports tentative football schedules with Staunton Waynesboro Luray and Front Royal and a definite game set with Handley High at Winchester. Additional teams may join. schedule to be finalized next week while baseball plans await the 1923 season league meeting called by E C Yost of Winchester.
On Tuesday of last week Byard Bockey married Miss Nannie Morris in Hagerstown Maryland by Rev. Ryder of the Methodist Church. The groom has many Strasburg friends and worked at the New Central Restaurant about eight months. The bride is a Strasburg girl, daughter of Mrs. Mary Morris, with many local friends. They plan to reside in Strasburg.
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