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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
3
An agricultural column discusses fall plowing depth and soil preparation to improve garden land. It stresses deep tillage, proper manure use, drainage improvements with sand, and the benefits of rotted barnyard manure for quick soil integration. Emphasis is placed on preplant tillage to reduce later weed work and preserve moisture.
Burnt Factory notes several visitors including Miss Helen Bowen who returned to Atlanta and Miss May Keller visiting Mr. Joshua Carper. William Tewart and Ramond Duvall families are seen in town. Mrs. Bromley hosts Miss Annie Shipe and William Grubbs suffers illness. Rain boosts corn prospects and Sophia Stuff is named champion snake killer for the area.
Notes from Refuge Virginia report a Sunday night start of a protracted meeting led by Rev. William Stevens with strong attendance and growing interest. Local residents Mr and Mrs Lee Brown visited from Kernstown while Miss Evans returned home to Kernstown after the Lutheran Synod stay in Stephens City.移
Wholesale and retail dealers report grain and country produce quotations for wheat corn rye and side meat and millfeed with figures. Mr and Mrs John Rielly and daughter Virginia Rielly of Harrisonburg Va arrived in Winchester to visit the Keating family on South Market Street after visiting friends in Parkersburg W Va.
Rock Enon Springs Virginia August 31 reports Mr T A Dunlap and family returning home after months visiting friends. Prof B F Sine and wife of Rock Enon with brother Alfred Sine and wife from Oklahoma spend time at the Jamestown Exposition. Locals attended the tournament at Gore last Saturday. Mr and Mrs S B Larrick visited Mr and Mrs J F Gardener.
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