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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
4
A state corporation commission report notes a large increase in bank deposits in Virginia and assets totaling nearly 70 million dollars. Cash in vaults has grown by about 445 thousand dollars since last February.
Cowpeas enrich soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen and drawing minerals from the subsoil. They provide green manure and forage, suit light sandy soils, and aid young orchards. For green manuring sow broadcast late June or early July. for fodder sow early July in drills.
An advertisement promotes cleansing the body like machinery. It markets Gans CARTOR-L 4X Castor Oil in powder as a tasteless safe laxative. Sold by Reliable Druggists in 10c 26c and $1.00 sizes. Prescribed by leading physicians.
Tips on treating grubs under hides with carbolic lard and pinching out pests. Emphasizes clean water for calves, noting a Kansas trial where calves drank nearly ten pounds of water daily. Advice on simple work harnesses, avoiding blinders, and using a light back strap. Methods for scours in Jersey calves using wheat flour and careful feeding. Tar and turpentine mixed with salt suggested to deter parasites in sheep.
The census cannot capture sheep value beyond meat and wool. Sheep improve land, control briars, and enrich pastures. Trials show rotted manure in spring outperforms winter spread. spring plowing with fertilizers yields better crops. Bokhara sheep and astrakhan fur are mentioned along with rye meal for dairy cows. About 30,000 workers in beekeeping amid interest in Bokhara sheep.
Macedonia Virginia June 29 Hiram McDonald 36 laid to rest last Thursday Rev Cline officiating He leaves a widow and an adopted daughter He was a good neighbor and friend with many mourners noting the orphan girl he aided Mrs Jennie O Leary visited Mrs Allie McDonald Bertha Fries returned from Reliance normal school Mrs George Crisman ill but improving Leslie Knolls and Kenneth Petrie visited Hiram Craig s home Alice Shryock of Winchester stayed a few days Master Parkins Bailey Crisman narrowly escaped drowning after a trap door incident at a well end of report.
A man heard screams and rushed to a well to rescue a boy. He was exhausted but succeeded as the boy’s mother was ill and his father, a mail carrier, was away from home.
Washington reports seventy babies dead in six days amid extreme heat many adults also die or suffer heat prostration Coroner Nevitt links fatalities to poverty crowded alleyways and lack of air Rembrandt painting rumor surfaces of a 500000 sale in London and cooler conditions follow a violent weather spell in New York with a lightning strike at the Polo Grounds.
Taken Sudenly continues with burial plans in a Columbus cemetery. Born in Winchester about 59 years ago, he moved to Columbus 20 years ago and worked with the Columbus Carriage Company until his death. He was in robust health and died after an apparent heart trouble worsened by intense heat. Survived by widow Margar et Beck and four Columbus children, plus father Capt. Robert Breckenridge, two brothers A.R. and D.W. Breckenridge, and sister Mrs J W Barringer of Berryville Va.
Warning about eye strain signs such as irritability to light eyelid twitching or blinking and reddened eyelids which may foretell trouble before age sixty if not treated, stressing early attention and care.
An offer invites readers to send name and address to receive a free package of Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf a herbal remedy claimed to regulate female health and relieve back urinary bladder and kidney pains. The notice notes druggists sell it for 50 cents and provides The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York as address.
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