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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1912
Page
3
Practical notes on turkey rearing emphasize strong hen care in the first ten to fourteen days, including warmth, dry conditions, and generous feeding with boiled eggs peppered water, cornmeal loaf, sour milk with ginger, and curds. Also mentions gradual introduction of small grains, egg shells mixed with charcoal, and regular feeding every two hours initially to prevent chill and disease.
Misses Mattie and Page Hale left Canterbury for Philadelphia to stay a month with Mrs Esther Hale and to visit Atlantic City before returning home. Local residents Mr and Mrs B C Painter and family spent Sunday with the Dav id Flemings near Stephens City.
Nineveh notes memorial exercises in Front Royal and Winchester attendance by J M Jett and others. Death announced of Mrs Virginia Mey formerly of Nineveh, burial in Front Royal. Visits to relatives include Mdon Brown and Mildale, Miss Sarah Bell and Miss Margie Jacobs as guests. Mrs Bacod F McKay recovering, infant child of Mr and Mrs William Walsh buried in Nineveh cemetery.
Greenspring Virginia reports the Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs John Bailey home with routine business. Miss Bessie Barter visited sister Mrs Edith Horner while Dr Smoke not attending. A yard party is planned at Steenspon Church June 14. Born to Mr and Mrs Vol Hart y a son weighing nine pounds. Mr Mrs George Woodw2c and Miss a Mrs Conner plan an automobile trip Staunton Charlottesville and Natural Bridge. Mr Stanley Summers of Washington visited yesterday with his parents in this city.
The article argues chicks must be born with constitutional vigor to push them toward growth from shell to maturity. It suggests using eggs from hens with vitality to produce robust stock and maximize pay from a large chick batch.
A farmer’s note emphasizes ventilation over heat in poultry houses and urges up-to-date incubators and brooders. Advice covers resting eggs 24 hours before use, placing newspaper in incubators, and using coal oil for cold symptoms. Also recommends exercising breeding pens and considering ducks for weight efficiency.
In vacation May 1 192 . Jas B Russell and others trustees of the Pretorian Church sue heirs of Robt Mackey and others buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery Winchester Virginia. The court orders heirs to appear within days and to publish notice weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star. The action seeks removal of graves to Mt Hebron Cemetery and directs front door posting before the rule day. Clerk Richard L Gray.
Clarke Virginia June notes report a linen shower for Miss Bessie Tay at "Ndywood" with pink roses and a pink theme. Guests included Mrs Reynolds and Mrs McCormick, plus Catherine and Master Matthew Pulliam visiting Middleburg and Leesburg residents visiting Charlestown and Nicolls.
The manager sketched a testimony before Congress on the so called New Trust. Shearer admitted the House is non incorporated and discussed figures about funds and membership. Other local mentions include Miss Minta Howell of Washington and Emma Howell relatives visiting in Clarksburg and New York society circles. Archibald Cummins returned from a western trip as Emma Van Devatter visits Miss Crow in New York. Elizabeth Moore returns from Hollins College with guests Elma Rosser, Constance Rusby and Dorothy Judkins, Rosser singing a solo in Grace Church.
Mt Pleasant Va June reports show Pat Lockhart and his mother from Mountain Falls visiting Mrs Theodore Gough. E Allamong and family visited J H Perry. Rev J W Maiden preached to a large congregation. Isaac Orondoff and family from Winchester visited Thurston Renner. John Shiley visited Harry Lamp. Sunday School enrollment exceeds 40 with S M Orondoff of Star Tannery among гости.
Mrs. David Pifer remains ill at home near Relief. Visitors include Joe Kronse of Newark and Mrs. Henry Snider near Winchester. Entries note several local visits, social calls, and family movements among the Snapps, Pifers, Crals, and Browns in the Relief area.
Mrs Julius Landau, formerly of Philadelphia, has been visiting relatives in this city and departed yesterday for Washington. She travels to visit relatives and resume her journey.
A fragment notes someone visiting friends prior to returning home. The text is incomplete, with unclear names or places.
R G Weatherstone warns against selecting a tree for rapid growth or showy appearance. He advises picking species suited to purpose, water needs, and local conditions to avoid excessive pruning and a short life. He notes drought sensitive and water loving trees and lists oak maple walnut and other genera as examples.
Instructions on top working worthless fruit trees to value by grafting. Details cover stock selection, timing of partial top removal, scion preparation, insertion near the trunk, securing scions, waxing with homemade grafting wax, and stock shaping for successful grafts.
Instructions cover pruning roses for bloom, thinning tree tops, and keeping orchard soil healthy. Set trees after leaf fall, deepen plantings, and apply manure water in summer. Use tobacco stems to deter pests and plant nasturtiums and morning glories on supports. Prepare strawberry beds after frost, avoid crowding trees, and grow cover crops like rye and oats. Trim, spray, and cultivate for better yields.
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