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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
6
The contest plans to continue the Sherlock Holmes question through next Saturday night as no participant has provided a correct guess. Organizers urge entrants to submit solutions before the deadline and maintain suspense.
In May at Newark New Jersey the REO triumphed in its class by a wide margin, beating the nearest rival by 19 points. The two cylinder REO was the sole chain drive car in its class and the toughest endurance test highlighted by its direct drive performance.
The Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce will host a farmers institute outing to Monticello with grounds and buildings opened by Dr. Alderman of the University of Virginia. The Virginia Berkshire Association will hold a pure bred Berkshire auction the day after adjournment, and a $1 annual membership invites farmers statewide.
The article advises careful crop maturity monitoring and timely gathering for market. It emphasizes shipping only top quality produce in clean ventilated crates, keeping produce cool, and clearly labeling packages with tower name and place. It warns against inferior fruit and suggests canning or feeding leftovers. It urges regular Bordéaux spraying for Irish potatoes to prevent blight and to spray multiple times for best results, noting yield gains. It also discusses using Paris green with Bordeaux to control potato bugs.
Instructions cover intercropping corn with tomato rows to deter worms, use tobacco dust to control melon bugs, and sow celery seed this month. The bed should be fine and rich in shade, drills four inches apart, seeds pressed in, covered lightly, damped, and mats laid to retain moisture for a week before germination.
Miss Ida Gaver of Harrisonburg visits her sister Mrs Newcome and stays with friends at Greenway. G JH Yeakley of Welltown visits sister Mrs J B Fries at Maple Shade. Bertha Fries returns to Reliance for Normal school. Katie Daisy Brewer and Floyd Brewer with Brucetown relatives visit Friday night. William Funkhouser of Harrisonburg visiting son Perry Funkhouser. Mrs Parkins improving after illness. Irwin Bierer and son John from Cedarville call on Friday.
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