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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
2
A Grand Beach Me colonel jokes about a boy named Pat who takes an antique Civil War muzzle loader into the woods to hunt rabbits despite the gun being out of order for 20 years. Pat insists rabbits won’t know the weapon is useless.
The Hunnewell estate at Wellesley Mass hosts a famed garden of sculpted evergreen shapes. A cust of workmen yearly prune branches on a terraced hill above a small lake to preserve lions pigs and chickens formed from living green in a world renowned display.
Mike the dog, formerly owned by Mrs. Madalen Hendrickson of Creedmoor, is left a $100 maintenance legacy. The fund is in care of Howard Martin of Flushing. Philip Frank, deputy tax assessor for Queens borough, questions whether to levy inheritance tax on Mike or on the estate. The total estate is about $5,000. Friends say a $100 bequest is exempt from tax.
Advice for coaxing a stubborn canary to bathe using a week without lettuce then placing a fresh lettuce leaf in a shallow bath. Water is added and the bath placed inside the cage to entice the bird. If needed, repeat until the bird enjoys bathing.
Robert Morris arranged with Benjamin Dudley in 1783 to strike pattern pieces for Congress. On April 2 Dudley delivered tests that became the Nova Constellatio Paterus, silver pieces denominated as mark and quint. The first official U S mint coins were half dimes in 1792.
In a Shakespearean aside Hamlet muses on law delay and a lawyer's skull. A society note records Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rothwell visiting with friends and joining the dance at Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cover's home.
Benjamin Steele died January 16 1914 at age about 80 from complications of diseases of old age. Survived by widow three sons and one daughter Messrs T A Steele Richard Steele Moody Steele and Mrs Offary Derflinger all of the county. A Christian of sterling character he was a longtime United Brethren member. Funeral by Rev J C B Myers at Ridings Chapel with large attendance. Interment in Ridings Chapel cemetery.
Mrs Ander and her son John Anderson from Grimes visited C. G. Purtlebaugh in Goré. A large crowd attended Nimrod Oates' reintry at Capon Ridge West Virginia and the Methodist dipartizing near Jock Enon Springs. Miss Georgie Triplett and Moya Morrison were present. Pearl Purtlebaugh visited her parents. The Oster supper and festival hosted by Patriotic Order Sons of America Camp No. 40 drew good receipts. Mrs John Herrell has been ill and confined to her home.
Grimes Virginia residents share visits and movements. L A Anderson of Staunton attended events here. Families from Winchester Yorktown and Red Bud gather for kinship and funeral items. A Christmas shooting match at W E Burner's Snow Hill farm drew a large crowd despite poor weather.
Frank J. Cheney of J. Cheney & Co. testifies in Toledo Ohio that his firm will pay $100 for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn on December 6, 1886 before W. Gleerson Notary Public. The remedy is taken internally and aims at the blood and mucous surfaces.
A house for storing celery, built with cement outer walls or hollow blocks, plastered outside, half-pitched roof, and ventilators every 50 60 feet. Earth floor covered with black dirt and celery buried to depth, then closed. Fill spaces between beams with sawdust to prevent freezing in extreme cold.
Advice on preventing spring water contamination stresses enclosing the spring in a concrete casing with a removable cover and a discharge pipe. It notes open springs are vulnerable to surface drainage seepage and impurities from dipping and suggests terra cotta drain tiling as an effective method.
A neighbor sows clover to enrich soil prone to leaching. Clover roots bring nutrients to the surface and, with added manure, refreshes a new plot. Close cultivation suppresses weeds. The practice should be followed every second year.
W A Cochel in the Farmers Mail and Breeze says silage boosts land carrying capacity and lowers grain costs. It is the best pasture supplement, reduces winter maintenance, and keeps cattle thrifty year round.
Separate ewes into different pens by stage of pregnancy. Put young and barren ewes away from those with lambs to prevent injuries at feeding time when all crowd the trough.
When strawberries are planted in hills runners should not be allowed to grow and root. Clean tillage is advised through summer and early fall to maintain the beds and promote healthy fruiting.
Farmers can profit from stack covers, saving losses the first season and lasting five or six years when stored properly. Heavy canvas covers 12 by 24 feet or 16 feet square are sold at farm implement houses and anchor the sides to keep stacks dry. They are valuable in both eastern and western farms.
R G Whatherstone argues pasteurization does not solve milk safety. He contends traditional methods kill only lactic acid germs and leave pathogenic germs alive, ready to multiply in alkaline conditions.
The guide recommends generous grain rations for pigs on rape and other greens to achieve satisfactory gains. It praises fine wheat middlings as the base, with small additions of tankage and corn meal, limited to about 10 percent tankage at first and gradually increasing as a profitable supplement.
Farmers are advised to give pigs regular exercise during cold spells to prevent health issues. If sows are heavy milkers and piglets crowd the nest, expect signs of stress and potential injuries on hands from tight confinement.
A brief excerpt discusses horse value versus rising popularity of automobiles, noting that a quality horse will command a fair price for draft, harness, and saddle gear despite mechanized competition. The fragment hints at enduring horse trade demand across categories.
Misses Josephine and Virginia Hett and Miss Edith Ness, along with Messrs Harry Crim and Joseph Ewing, spent holidays in Torrytown while studying at Drayton Virginia. Others include Miss Mary Morgan and her brother Guinn Morgan visiting Dr. Morgan at Gerardstown. The Mount Pleasant United Brethren Ladies’ Aid met at Rose Adams’ White Hall home.
A New York remark cites thin stockings and shoes as a factor in doctor bankruptcies. The piece promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds as effective and safe. Mrs. Gardner W. Brown departs for New York after a visit with her parents Dr. James B. Russell and wife, accompanied by her daughter Katharine Vernon.
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