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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
5
The B J Johnson Soap Co of Milwaukee selects Miller’s Drug Store Winchester to advertise and distribute two popular Palm Olive products. Palm Olive Soap 15c a cake or two for 25c. Palm Olive Cream 50c a jar. Offer lasts while supplies.
The article argues using farm manure on a clover sod to prep corn fields. It advises a light stable manure dressing plus 5 to 10 loads per acre and adding phosphate and potash, preferably as sulfate forms, to boost nitrogen breakdown and yield.
The earliest pepper variety is the Neapolitan with plants set early producing yellow to scarlet fruit. Varieties include Ruby King Bull Nose and Sweet Bell, blunt nosed and 2-3 inches long, with Ruby King slightly larger and very mild. Chinese Giant is largest. peppers can be eaten raw. Requires light, well drained soil and continuous growth, with careful transplanting after frost danger passes.
A home made implement of strong No 9 wire proves handy for moving stones on a farm. It is simple to construct and effective in loosening and gathering stone piles for easier removal.
The notice details using a stone remover to rake soil from vegetables and a garden truck, with variable handle length. It also notes a method to improve lettuce Swiss chard and spinach by growing under a cheese cloth canopy five feet high, supported by stakes or a light frame.
Cabbage is highlighted as one of the easiest vegetables to start from seeds, transplant, and grow in gardens or fields. The article notes its suitability for beginners and diverse growing settings.
A brief reflection contrasts lighting a fire by others with kindling one’s own torch, urging personal initiative and self reliance rather than borrowing another’s glow. The quote from Pluterch frames a call to independent effort and continual striving.
Myrtle Cobrum of Newburg Alabama credits Cardui with curing years of back and head pains a sallow complexion and pimples after two bottles her mother and aunt also benefited. Cardui is described as a mild vegetable tonic for women promising health and strength. Local notices recount visits and illnesses around Mount Pleasant Virginia with families visiting relatives and noting asthma dropsy and recovery.
Whitacre Virginia June 15 Mr F Guirer Kerns died Thursday morning at his home near Cross Junction after a brief pneumonia illness. He was about 55, active in farming and fruit growing and a United Brethren Church member. Interment was at Mount Hebron with Rev P J Lawrence officiating. He leaves a wife and son Winton Kerns and a grandson DeHaven and a nephew Henry.
Eyewitness reports that lambs were smothered to death within moments after falling in a corner of the car. No blood was seen in or around the car. Wrecking crews cleared the track as passengers were transferred and normal schedule resumed within a few hours.
Rev Dr James Gray McAllister of Louisville Theological Seminary will occupy the pulpit at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 11 oclock Sunday morning as guest of Pastor Rev C D Taylor. Sunday school will meet at 2 15 pm and there is no evening service.
Local notes from Relief Virginia dated June 15 record visits and social activity. John Racey improves his property with a new barn. Families including Beavers Yates Glaize Robinson and Patton are mentioned with various weekend gatherings and church planning for a children's service.
The Staurston News reports a freight wreck near Raphine on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad where 85 to 90 lambs perished and several cars derailed. The field resembled a slaughter pen with agonized groans and bleating lambs, a scene described as dreadful to behold. The division superintendent in Winchester dismissed some accounts.
Mr Marshall Bakdwin departed this morning for an extended business trip after a week in town visiting relatives and friends.
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