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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
5
In winter storage, ensure good ventilation, proper temperature, and a moderately dry atmosphere. Use well drained cellars with double walls, outer access, and two sided windows to regulate heat. Keep temperatures near freezing, monitor with a thermometer, and store in barrels or hanging bins to maximize air flow and prevent dampness. Pears store similarly but less well.
Farm and Fire side asserts that increases in yield per acre will yield bigger profit gains than expanding cultivated area, arguing efficiency trumps scale in farming returns.
This article urges proper winter orchard and garden practices to protect trees and plants. It emphasizes trimming new growth and removing old wood where possible, covering strawberry beds with straw or strawy manure to prevent soil freeze thaw damage, maintain moisture, and delay blooming to avoid late frost loss.
Rhodesia experiments with distilling alcohol from corn stalks to power automobiles and other internal combustion motors, aiming to use biofuel in practical applications.
An advertisement for Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion promotes it as a real medicine to strengthen nerves and blood, non alcohol, non habit forming, and a pleasant tasting tonic. It claims to aid tired, nervous, or undernourished individuals and offers money back if unsatisfied. Sold exclusively at Millers Drug Store in Winchester, Virginia.
The Virginia Corn Growers Association holds a show and convention in Lynchburg on January 6 and 7 with prizes totaling several hundred dollars. An attractive program features strong speakers among the nation's best posted men.
Sunday services on December 21 list Mt Pleasant Mt Zion Sunrise with shifted times for the third Sunday. Mt Pleasant now at 10.30 a.m. and Sunrise at 7.50 p.m. Endeavor at Sunrise precedes preaching. Special Christmas exercises planned Monday night at Sunrise. L A Racey pastor invites all offshore services.
An advertisement warns of kidney trouble symptoms such as backache pains and nervous dizziness and promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy. It asserts regular use cleans and strengthens the kidneys and bladder and notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
A moral vignette urges women to reduce possessions by half to gain calm. It notes many abandon elegant homes for hotels or boarding houses, suggesting they could have kept homes if they removed superfluous furnishings rather than the houses themselves.
Excellent dwelling and out buildings on property worth 4500 dollars. 60 acres timber, productive soil, well watered, and fenced. Located in a splendid neighborhood near church, school, and store. Reasonable terms. For particulars on farms in Albemarle Orange and Culpeper counties contact Edward S. Wilder & Co., Charlottesville, Virginia.
Public sale to be held December 20 1918 at Rosenberger near Winchester Virginia of a Peerless Traction engine TT15638 with saw mill No 6925 50 ft belt 652 inch inserted tooth Diston saw and tools. Trustee A H Deardorff via J C Recher powers of attorney notes sale follows deed to Geiser Manufacturing Company and requires cash payment at eleven o clock.
Public sale conducted by trustees on the John Cochran farm west of Winchester. Items include wagons, mules, cows, hay, and household goods with payment terms cash under $10 and four month credit on larger sums. Sale at ten o'clock a.m. with James Ty. R. Cather and Warren Rice listed as trustees.
Fragmented timetable lists multiple train numbers and routes. It notes connections between Roanoke, Memphis special, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Shenandoah, and intermediate stations, with times in the late night and evening. Names W C Bevill and W Samp are shown as general agents.
A fragmented notice from New York lists items like linens furs suits gowns and various merchandise offered at a street charge for services. The address appears as Mrs KF West 180 first Street New York City.
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