10 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1913
Page
1
Thousands of apple trees are being felled as Frederick County mobilizes against cedar rust. A Winchester meeting heard Prof. G. C. Starcher explain the cedar rust threat tied to cedar trees near orchards and urged eradicating cedars within one to two miles to save the apple industry.
The statement by Bishop John Gardner Murray of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland denounces worldly uses of Lent at Old St. Paul’s Church in Baltimore. He says Lent is being bent to worldly purposes with Lenten teas, entertainments, and Sabbath afternoon social events, calling them anti-Lenten in spirit and practice.
Mr. John Paton of Winchester lies at his home after a Sunday afternoon accident on Potter’s Pike. He suffered numerous cuts and bruises when struck or hit by an automobile near Market and Main. He was found unconscious and treated by doctors before returning home.
Tonight's program at the auditorium features six films including Po et and Peasant Power of a Hymn Ranchmen's Anniversary Saint and the Siwash The Burglar's Company and Wrongly Accused The notice calls the show one of the best ever seen locally and notes a single page of material about earning and saving money.
William Arthur Seibert age 52 died at 1:20 Sunday at his Millwood Avenue home from a complication of diseases. He worked as an engineer for Old Dominion Paper Company and Virginia Wooden Company. Funeral 2:30 Tuesday at his home with Rev. J. Duffey. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by widow Ida Seibert and four sons Percy L Seibert, Clyde Seibert, Emmart Seibert, and Walter Seibert.
A dispatch from Washington urges Associate Justice Adam Carson for governor general of the Philippines under President Wilken. Carson, a Riverton native, is a friend of Virginia figures and served in the Spanish American War and the Manila campaign before joining the Philippine Supreme Court. He is expected to visit this summer.
A barn on Prof. Hugh A Funk’s Stephens City farm burned at about 4 am destroying feed and implements. Five horses, three mules and three cows perished. two cows were later euthanized. The owner left the barn locked Sunday night and could not save stock or equipment. Estimated loss exceeds 38 000 with 1 100 to 1 200 insurance.
Miss Octavia Kline, longtime school teacher and member of the prominent Kline family, died suddenly after a surgical operation at Memorial Hospital. She passed away while plans to bring her home from the hospital were being made. She was born May 20, 1873, and survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kline and siblings Clara, Lucy, and Leslie. The funeral was held at Vaucluse with Rev. Alfred Jones officiating and interment in Middletown Cemetery.
In Winchester Virginia a reader reports suffering mumps on both sides for six to seven days. After using Amyl- Kijo they claim to be well within one day. The letter promotes Amyl-Kijo for pneumonia and all germ diseases and is signed A A Jenkins. An unrelated note mentions Mr G Graham Baker confined at home with grip.
Wm. Arnold of near Atmel died Saturday afternoon at age 69 after a long illness. A harness maker until recently he traveled countywide, served in the Twelfth Virginia Infantry in the Civil War, and was survived by Oneida, Robert Arnold of Kernstown, and two daughters, with his wife Amanda Gardner having died years earlier. Funeral held at Macedonia Church with Rev. W. B. Dorsey officiating.
Harry Campbell aged 16 son of R Campbell died near Cumberland from typhoid fever yesterday. His mother sat by his bedside and a mantel clock that had not run for two years struck two. He said mother that is for me and at 2 o clock I will be gone and just at 2 o clock he passed away.
Ashby Sprint Station Operator announces continued payment of 86 cents per pound for butter fat this week. Farmers are advised cash is paid upon delivery and it is more profitable to sell cream than to churn butter.
Annie Marie Hodgson one of Clifton M. Hodgson and wife twins died Sunday at their Lowth Market Street home two weeks after birth. Rev Dr J W Duffey to conduct funeral at 10 am Tuesday with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Mrs J Williams leaves for Chambersburg Pa to visit niece Mrs Aughbaugh. Found bunch of keys. Call at Star office.
Telegraphed dispatch from Mexico City reports President Madero and family fleeing as General Blanquet refuses to attack. Cabinet said to have resigned amid rebel advance led by Diaz and Zapata. 300 civilians and Bernardo Reyes die in street fighting. Secretary Knox leaves illness to attend cabinet session in Washington. note continues on page 3.
Station operator offers private sale of mahogany furniture each afternoon this week at 207 S&S Stewart Street. Also promotes butter fat at 86 cents a pound and cash paid on delivery of poultry and eggs by Ashby Sprint.
Unsettled weather for Virginia with likely rain or snow in the western portion late tonight into Tuesday. Forecasters warn of mixed precipitation and cooler conditions across the state as systems move in from the west.
Dr S W Fletcher of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station writes from Diacksburg Va praising the Winchester area cedar removal drive near apple orchards. He notes Middletown experiments show cedar rust damage can be reduced by timely spraying and cedar control, with the county plant pathologist advising on spray timing.
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