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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
4
This column warns that careless livestock and broken fences ruin young orchards and notes caterpillar infestations. It advises renovating old trees by grafting, storing cions, and grafting tips, then discusses planning a new orchard with variety choice and shelter belts for blizzard-prone areas.
A farmer reports feeding apples to thirty cows from October to November, with two stable strategies. One group received ensilage daily and apples once, the other apples twice daily about six quarts each. Milk output rose significantly during the period.
A simple plant support uses five to six foot stakes set six feet apart. Three binder twine strands run along the tops and at one foot intervals, with diagonal crossings tied to each stake as they progress.
A reader advocates broiling steak with suet on each side and surrounding cold potato halves for browning and wholesomeness. Suggests using damse game with sweet potatoes. Also notes a National Encampment in Denver, dates Sept 4-7, with low rail rates from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. tickets on sale Aug 29–Sept 2. return by Sept 15, 1905.
Readers are informed of Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh at all stages as a constitutional treatment. The ad offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A masked Lasquera de event at Gunston Hall features Miss Lucy Meade in white silk, Lucilletie as an Italian fisher boy, and many attendees in costumes including Uncle Sam, George Washington, and John Alden. Dancing, games, and a lawn supper followed until midnight. thirty guests attended unmasked.
Wholesale prices were listed for wheat at 70 to 80 cents, rye 60 cents, corn 60 cents per bushel, butter 13 cents, eggs 14 cents, old hens 10 cents, and old roosters 5 cents. No market feature noted.
Winchester Virginia school advertises careful attention to backward pupils and a full corps of experienced teachers trained in the best schools in this and other states. For information apply to 821m c Marshall.
An advert urges vigilance against summer germs and promotes Mi O Na tablets from Franck Baker & Son. It claims a weak stomach invites disease, and a daily tablet before meals strengthens digestion, preventing indigestion and bowel trouble with a money back guarantee.
Royal photographs figures show King and Queen signing for reigning sovereigns while omitting the signoff for non rulers, with Germany fielding the largest autographs collection. A rediscovered Aztec onyx quarry near Cuernavaca Mexico is described by geologist Carl Ludloff, long unused and overgrown. Berlin tests aim for 150 mph on electric high speed rails following 130 mph results from the Marienfelde to Zossen track.
The Brooklyn Eagle criticizes Baltimore for minimal improvements to the fire department and water supply, stalled street widening, and choosing cost savings over proper school building. It argues the city favors short term savings over effective public safety and progress in urban planning.
The article notes dockyard workers in St. Petersburg preferring you over thou, warns foreigners to use you with Europeans, and cites Rousseau’s influence on thou. It also reports incorrect gun sights on the King Edward VII and plans to fix them at Portsmouth. January saw 12,551 aliens arrive in England, 5,472 en route elsewhere.
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