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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1912
Page
4
The narrator recounts Carlo the dog as mankind’s steadfast friend performing noble feats. When idle, he scatters bones. when people disappear he retrieves them. He rescues a pilgrim in Alpine snows yet hunts the chicken yard when danger is absent, leaving the speaker torn between admiration and fear of a looming betrayal by the dog.
A fierce June storm plowed through Clarke County tearing beehives and fruit trees, blowing down barns and silos, toppling trees on farms including Schlack and Izell, and blocking roads with fallen timber. In Winchester and nearby towns the wind damaged homes, utilities, and lawns, with reports of extensive tree loss and scattered wreckage across streets.
A violent electrical storm swept Baltimore on June 17 causing thousands of dollars in damage and injuring scores. Lightning struck multiple sites, trees were uprooted, branches shattered, and streets flooded. Wires were down, fires feared but none reported, and telephone service was disrupted after a 1.32 inch rainfall.
A Martinsburg report claimed a large woolen mill burned and another spoke of a Security Cement and Lime plant fire. The Star learned that only a minor blaze, an abandoned slaughter house owned by Walter Ettinger, burned Saturday evening, with no serious fires in the city lately.
A box 16 inches deep 24 inches wide and 30 inches long forms a self feeding hopper. The bottom serves as the hopper with a slanted inward top to leave a narrow mash outlet. Hinges attach a lid and the ends are cut to fit the slanting board. Inch edging nails hold mash for chickens to eat, aiding the laying season.
Census data show turkey herds shrinking from 6,954,695 on farms in 1900 to 2,668,708 in 1910. Ducks and geese also decline, while chickens rise from 233,966,021 to 280,345,133, indicating turkeys may vanish as a common center piece by 1920.
Oklahoma inventor G Dever describes a movable wheel rooster roost anchored by a ground post for easy cleaning and catching chickens. He also advises low windows in poultry houses to ensure hens benefit from light. A simple soda water tonic and quinine cure is suggested for sick fowls. Mr and Mrs L A Cover and Mrs H R Kern join a motoring trip to Baltimore.
Mrs. Frank Fouch of Garrett Indiana is expected this evening to spend a week with her parents Mr and Mrs William C Phillips at Fairmont Avenue. She will be accompanied by her young nephew Richard Carton.
Mr and Mrs Howard Sheely visited Mr and Mrs William Grove on South Main Street. Misses Yost of North Kent Street returned to Baltimore. Mr and Mrs John and son left to visit Mrs Katers brother in Newark. Miss Margaret Shugert visits Capt and Mrs Lewis Barley on North Braddock Street. Lula Brooks returns home from Woodstock after attending the Southern Methodist School convention.
Mrs. William E. Reed returned to Charlestown after visiting her brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Luther McKinster on North Main. Dr P X Fauntieroy spent the weekend with relatives in town and went back to Washington this morning. Mrs. L R Markwood left this morning to visit friends in Washington. Miss Jacquélin Smitheft will visit West River Maryland. Mr. W Marshall Jr left this morning to spend time in Washington Alexandria.
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