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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
2
Community notices from Boyce Virginia report nightly preaching at Emmanuel Chapel this week. The column also notes visitors, movements, and social events including horse shows, family visits, and health updates from local residents.
The article argues alsike clover outperforms medium red clover on acidic soils, noting its hardiness under adverse conditions, need for lime, and better yield when mixed with timothy or red clover. It details seed size, ripening, and its value for permanent pastures, plus contrasts with red clover in hay, fertilizer value, and root systems.
MAGIDONTA August 20 Mrs Charles Pflug visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J R Bailey left for home in Washington Dr and Mrs Pflug will tour the west B F Solenberger plans a new residence and barn J S Haldeman and P M Funkhouser building silos near here Mrs Charles Harper and son Bryant of Opequon visiting at the Smiths Mr Henry Chrismore of Connellsville Pa visiting sister Mrs C M Jacobs Mrs J B Croson returned from Shenandoah county Mr P M Funkhouser returned from Maryland Mrs J S Haldeman and Mrs G O Crismore at Frederick Hall Miller Craig of Deerfield spent time with his uncle Hiram Craig Mrs C M Gardner and daughter Emma of White Post call at Home Beauty Elsie Kathryn and Russell Smith returned from a week with grandparents at Oakland Mrs Thomas Reardon returns to White Post after visiting Capt Ran Pifer near Vaucluse
Mr and Mrs W R Brewer hosted a Friday evening dance at their hospitable home Wiley Springs in Boyce Virginia. Guests included Miss Blanche Miller Miss Emma Early of Hagerstown Maryland and many local residents. A delightful meal followed the late hour dancing and socializing.
The passage asserts that a medicine cannot be fake after thirty years of popularity and proven cures for female illnesses across thousands of American families. It defends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as genuine, rooted in herbs, and valued for real efficacy.
By order of Col Edmund Berkeley the survivors of the Highth Virginia Regiment infantry will meet at Ludwell Hutchinson's home one mile south of Suittle River Church Loudoun county on Saturday August 28. The Eighth Virginia Regiment Chapter U D C will serve luncheon.
Snails feed mostly at night and can be hand picked with a lantern. They succumb to salt soot ashes or lime, though cold frames may resist chemical treatment. Placing large leaves boards turnip and cabbage scraps attract snails for night collection and destruction.
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