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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
4
A Kansas tale shows how rural phones deter crime by quickly signaling neighbors. Farmers alerted authorities after a bank robbery, trapping the robber through rapid local coordination, illustrating phones’ role in rural safety and crime prevention.
Fragmentary notes show Mr Grover and family attending a spelling bee with Miss Fan and Mr Charles. The record mentions a Miss Fan of Boyd Me and an aged resident of Hen City, plus plans at a refuge and recitations during the holiday season.
F B Williams of Litchfield county demonstrates that White Wyandottes outperform other breeds for meat and eggs. He details their quick broiler age, neat carcasses, steady year round laying, and strong mothering, noting his two story incubator brood house and 1500 chick capacity.
An old Rural New York note explains a winter method for stump removal. Drill a two inch hole about three inches deep in each stump, fill with refined nitrate of potash, seal with a pin, and leave until spring. In warm weather pour oil on top and light it to burn the stump and many roots slowly.
A man contemplates paying for first class improvements while wheeling his barnyard bores a hole into the lowest corner of his safety deposit vault.
An advertisement offers a free prescription for nervous debility and weakened manhood. It claims quick, home-based restoration without drugs, asserts a physician designed the remedy, and invites readers to write Dr. A. E. Robinson at 4744 Luck Building, Detroit, Michigan to receive the plan free of charge.
In Stephens City Virginia on December 24 Mrs. Charles Frazier and children from Harrisonburg visit Mrs. Mary Peery for the holidays. Miss Hilda Miller returns home with them. Carson R. Steele comes back from Charleston where he attended Porter Military Academy. Maude Mitchell of Washington visits Col. and Mrs. J. C. Baker. Mrs. Briscoe Williams leaves for western county relatives. G F Mayers suffers head abscesses all winter. Methodist Sunday school plans a Christmas cantata for little ones. Lutheran school entertainment scheduled for Monday evening. David W. Stickley of near Vaucluse recovers from illness.
Farmers are advised to apply chemical fertilizers evenly across fields to avoid burning or injuring vegetation. Concentrated chemicals require careful, uniform distribution rather than dumping in pockets.
Precautions against frost in apples and strawberries. thawing method during freezing. Plum trees spaced sixteen to twenty feet apart require vigorous pruning later. Dooryard trees should be grouped with curved boundaries. Ideal peach orchards need high rolling land with good air drainage. avoid hollows. Gardening is as important as farming. do not bury cabbage before hard freezes.
Capudine provides quick relief from headaches including nervous headaches and menstrual pain. It eases cold symptoms and stomach trouble, relieves itching and feverishness, and restores comfort. Easy to take liquid with immediate action. 10c to 25c price range.
William H. Lewis was named Assistant Attorney General by President Taft. The appointment marks a milestone as Lewis becomes a prominent figure in the federal legal system.
Objections are being filed to the proposed appointment of William H. Lewis, a colored Boston attorney and former Harvard football star, as assistant attorney general. Taft’s intention to appoint Lewis was learned at the White House. Booker T. Washington urged approval of the nomination.
Niagara Falls N Y Dec 1 The Mitchell lifeboat used by Bobby Leach on a trial trip over Horseshoe Falls was wrecked with its nose broken and top torn away. The craft floated bottom up on boiling water as observers noted it would have killed Leach if he had been aboard. Anne Edson Taylor remains the famed Niagara queen after her 1901 feat.
Herbert Putnam told the House Appropriations Committee he cannot save on a 6000 year salary and has no other income. He urged raising pay to 7500, noting social obligations tied to his official position, but the effort failed.
John D. Elwell a broker from New York and Brooklyn plans to study agriculture at the Connecticut Agricultural College in Storrs. He hopes to run the farm he recently bought on Baker Hill in a scientific manner. Elwell is about seventy years old.
William Sindle twenty two of Bloomfield New Jersey was treated after a fall from a tree and sustained a broken back five weeks ago. He was discharged from Mountainside hospital today reporting he feels fairly well though stiff and weak.
Virginia residents and relatives are described visiting family homes across Winchester and surrounding towns. Students from University of Virginia Roanoke College and Boston return home for Christmas as others travel to Washington Baltimore Charlestown and Mount Sidney for holiday gatherings. Several locals and visitors are noted with brief itineraries and addresses.
The Turbinia, a small ~100 foot vessel, was fitted with the first steam turbine. It was constructed by Hon. C. A. Parsons at his Newcastle works and first sailed on November 4, 1894.
Reliance Virginia hosted a Christmas program with a large audience. The event featured songs, recitations by children, prayers, and a Santa gift distribution, ending with a benediction from Rev. J. C. S. Myers.
Grace Rinker daughter of Mr and Mrs 8 R Rinker slipped in the Reliance Va schoolyard and broke a leg. She is recovering well. Shenandoah College Elefence Day Night saw many attendees depart for home as holidays began. Prof and Mrs Tuberville Va and Mr Clarence Cooley and family visit relatives in Catham with plans for Christmas.
Special notice declares the fourth quarterly Frederick circuit meeting will be at the parsonage on Thursday the 29th at 2 30 p m instead of Tuesday the 27th. Official board stewards trustees and superintendents are urged to attend with full representation. L R Markwood Pastor.
Sunday preaching at St Paul A M E Church morning and night by the pastor Rev J H Ross. Rev S E Newton of the Argentine Republic South America will preach at p m. All are cordially invited.
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