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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1920
Page
7
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge Arkansas laments high tobacco prices and rising costs that threaten his family’s welfare and hints at social unrest. A farm couple discusses a hired man teaching acrobatics to their son, weighing work versus his dream of becoming a motion picture star.
A man with an oil can notes unrest comes from misplaced repose. The man and woman discuss whether marrying one’s opposite matters, concluding couples often become opposites after marriage and patience is needed to light a match.
A guest asks how the show was while the Petunia tavern landlord proclaims it first rate. A judge reflects on plain duty as a caller advises Aunt Martha to ignore troubles, while Martha cites tribulation as a test from the Lord.
A father warns his son that avoiding work leads to the poorhouse. The son recalls a movie scene where the poorhouse looked worse or different from the father’s grim portrayal. The exchange highlights differing views on poverty and employment.
A secretary notes the speech will reveal intentions, prompting Senator Sorghum to agree a rewrite is needed and to begin work at once. The exchange underscores a push to clarify and correct the message.
A dialogue fragment notes Terrible Teddy quitting in the fifth round after Powerful Pete. an exchange follows about Teddy giving an outline of his new play with characters described as sketchy.
In a scene from a domestic interlude Edith and Charlie discuss danger as Edith plans to strike a match. Mrs. Edith’s mother warns about the gas while Sam contemplates volumes of fiery oratory and a lighter reading.
Summer pruning renders young trees balanced and productive. Severely prune succulent growth to reduce density and improve sunlight, while pinching back shoots to maintain a low spread. Benefits include less winter pruning, easier form retention, and improved fruitfulness and vigor.
Late summer sowing of rye hairy vetch crimson clover or oats in orchards yields heavy growth that is plowed under in spring. Cover crops absorb excess moisture helping trees endure winter and add nitrogen to soil for better fruit production next season.
The article advises spring cleaning and spraying chicken houses to kill lice and mites. It suggests lime sulfur for fruit trees as a stronger disinfectant for poultry housing, or kerosene and stock dip as alternatives. Sodium fluoride dusted into feathers can destroy many lice and is inexpensive.
Bordeaux mixture is a spray that controls fungal diseases. To prepare a small amount, dissolve one tablespoon copper sulfate in a half gallon of water, mix with another half gallon water plus one and a half tablespoons slaked lime, strain, and spray. Rinse the sprayer after use.
An ad promotes Zemo the clean antiseptic liquid from the E. W. Rose Co Cleveland offering quick relief for itching and skin torture. The rest of the text shifts to a humorous dialogue about replacing a baby with renting one and a man considering cold water baths.
Nearly two centuries ago a Spanish colonist in the viceroyalty of Buenos Aires discovered the skeleton of a huge animal later sent to Madrid where it was mounted as the first fossil skeleton ever displayed.
A steel blue flash lasts a fraction of a second while the eye retains the image about one eighth of a second. This lingering impression equals roughly 124000 times the flash duration, extending perception beyond the actual spark.
A fragment cites Lockhart on melancholy as a hysterical passion that brings sighs and tears. The image compares low spirits to ink dropped on calm life, though it may carry no explicit meaning.
A mournful philosopher recalls the original cross examination as a third degree procedure Eve used on Adam. He notes her husband remained away and a large part of the night was spent with a sick friend.
A fragment notes a man recently obtained a divorce from his first wife and mutters a biblical line. The text references the orange blossom episode and the saying And the first shall be last.
Dundee ranks as a leading industrial hub in northeastern and central Scotland. The district is the heart of the jute industry in the United Kingdom, receiving most raw jute imported, about 1,200,000 bales annually, and supporting local industry and employment. The piece also notes a connection to beads and a long standing superstition about amber beads in England.
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