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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
5
Temperature guidance for hotbeds varies by crop. Lettuce parsley and radishes require ventilation below 70 degrees F, while cucumbers eggplants and peppers tolerate 78 to 80 degrees with protection. Cloth and sash coverings reduce light and risk drawn plants. keep temps modest and protect at night and during bad weather.
Beekeeping note warns that feeding bees ten pounds of sugar when maples bloom speeds swarm timing by about two weeks. Early swarms capitalize on white clover and basswood flow. Feeding stimulates brood rearing even if honey stores are ample.
Simplicity describes a bee feeder using flour or bran near hives to boost brood rearing and pollen gathering. Bees work steadily as long as flowers are scarce, with flour becoming dry but still usable for feed after processing.
A grower details his method for a giant squash measuring about 300 pounds. He mixed wheelbarrow loads of old hen manure into the soil, planted a single hill with one plant, and let only one fruit develop on that plant.
A hive yields 150 pounds of honey per season with nectar flowers. At current prices, producing honey is profitable for a small apiary. Bees work well with alfalfa as a nectar source for honey production.
A queen bee can be ordered by mail for one to two dollars. If the current queen dies and the swarm cannot rear a replacement, a new queen may be obtained through mail order.
Working the soil while wet makes it coarse and lumpy for the entire season, affecting crop preparation and planting timelines.
Four socialist voices in Europe and America argue titled leaders cost more than they are worth, condemning high salaries and excess in governance. They urge restraint and reform amid public concern over political spending.
A Winchester resident Joseph D. Rainsberger testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured years of kidney trouble in 1902 and remains trusting today. He describes back and shoulder pain, fatigue, and improved work ability after using the remedy. Price listed as 30 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent in Buffalo New York.
Pupils and educators gathered at Kerr and Van Fossen tombs for prayers and hymns, then returned to the City Hall Auditorium for final term reports. The four year graduates Holmes Barr, Graham Rosenberger, John Brown, John Kline and others were praised as the Winchester high school leads the state in rankings and college entrance readiness. Prof. E H Russell will deliver the commencement address at eight tonight.
A sprained ankle may be buried in front three to four days by applying Chamberlaine's Liniment and observing directions with each bottle. For sale by all dealers. It is now well known that not more than one case of rheumatism in ten requires any internal treatment. All that is needed is a free application and massaging at each use. Try it and see how quickly it relieves pain. For sale by all centers.
Edward Markgraff, 30, Edison power plant employee, barely survived when the bascule bridge rose with him clinging to a slender iron rod. Harry Haff fired a pistol to warn the bridge crew as the structure lifted, saving him from a deadly fall. Markgraff later had his left leg amputated after hospital treatment for shock and leg crush injuries.
Chicago report describes a lion belonging to a circus being operated on by six physicians and about twenty veterinarians. The animal was rendered unconscious and a claw was removed from its paw.
Brief dialogue hints at a doctor asking to stick out the tongue to curb talking, suggesting a humorous or sardonic view of medical examination as a diagnostic cue.
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