Quote on knowing little despite confidence
A fragment remarks that people claim vast knowledge yet do not even grasp a billionth part of any subject, challenging certainty and suggesting humility in understanding.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
4
A fragment remarks that people claim vast knowledge yet do not even grasp a billionth part of any subject, challenging certainty and suggesting humility in understanding.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes speculation on why Secretary Root was ousted from Presidential or public life and questions what in Root’s record could have justified excluding him from the presidency or cabinet. The piece compares Root to a pinnacle figure and ponders ill health or other reasons behind the dismissal.
Notes from Armelle Virginia dated June 30 record visits by Miss May eege and Master Marion Grim of Winchester to Mr and Mrs G Haymaker. Other mentions include John Dix staying with his brother David Dix in Clarke county and Mrs James Ritter at her home near her. Rev Lafayette Fox of Front Royal preached Sunday night and Monday. G W Haymaker and Henry Glaize of Bliss visited H White Thursday, C D Price spent last week in Winchester, Mrs Walter Haymaker of White tied her parents here, and Mrs Thomas White of Saturday with heart trouble.
Mr and Mrs Louis E Armel and their young daughter visited the home of his parents Mr and Mrs G W Armel on Sunday for a family gathering.
A newspaper ad targets women citing kidney trouble as a common cause of many illnesses. It promotes Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues and offers a free sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York.
Advert says poslam has cured thousands of eczema and skin trouble cases in two weeks for chronic cases and overnight for minor issues. It notes a new 50 cent size alongside the two dollar package sold at local Winchester stores and direct from Emergency Laboratories in New York. Free samples offered by writing to the laboratories.
Joseph B McKeehan a popular Cumberland Valley Railroad brakeman was crushed between an express car and a locomotive at Harrisburg Union depot while shifting a car. He died before hospital arrival at age 38. His wife Miss Alva Miller of Dillsburg mourns at Carlisle after news reached them. The body was taken to Carlisle for interment.
In J Hayfield Var June 30 Miss Mamie Farmer guest of Mrs Ella Cornell Synday. Many locals including Laura Wisecarver and children Mrs Joseph Wisecarver and Miss Jennie Mrs Edward Cornell and children visited Mamie Windle Sunday. Jonah Parker with a broken arm from a cherry tree incident remains in pain. Rev Pilgrim to preach at Mt Olive school house next Sunday night.
A farm crate helps handle calves easier. Size depends on calf age. an eight month calf requires a 38% feet high and 18 inches wide crate. It is nailed solid with two removable front end straps adjustable to the calf’s neck. The top is open and calves are placed in from the top. A small feed box can be attached to the bottom front end if desired.
A fragment describes a hog treatment using a four foot long post four inches in diameter filled with oil soaked material. The reader is advised to rub hogs against the post to spread oil, claiming the hogs will finish the process with only a quarter of the oil used in dipping or spraying.
Skim milk helps lambs and farm made butter may fetch good prices in time. Farmers overlook value of quality cow stock and avoid loss from high priced feeds. Pigs need bone and muscle foods before and after birth. Hogs should be kept clean and not turned onto wet meadows to avoid trampling harm. cholera risk rises with mud.
The author argues against finishing hogs exclusively on corn and urges farmers to trade corn for higher protein feeds like wheat bran middlings or meal. They advocate mixing varied rations to improve growth and question the wisdom of relying on corn alone at any life stage.
Col R A Lewis of Hagerstown learns his wife is seriously ill at Pine Bluff Arkansas. His daughter Miss Anna H Lewis of Baltimore has traveled to join her mother. Mrs Lewis is daughter of Mr Beverley R Jones of Winchester.
Tests show feeding cornmeal alone produces less than half a pound per head daily on well bred stock. Researchers emphasize including other feedstuffs beside cornmeal as essential for better gains.
Mr and Mrs 8 L Hoovers of Winchester have moved into a new home on the Valley Pike just south of town, bought from C D Fletcher. They have many Rockingham friends ready to welcome them back, while Mr Fletcher has rented the Mrs Kemper property on South Main Street.
Mr. Shields Kilham son of Con ductor Kilham of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is unconscious in Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by a post on a train. His condition is reported as serious.
Magistrate Eugene W Payor has completed a two week business trip to Washington and returned to his home in Mansfield. The report notes his return to duty at the county magistrate position.
Mr J Allan Maphis has returned from Charles Town West Virginia where he has been relief work on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad telegram line. Mr and Mrs Robert Kennedy and their little daughter of Camden South Carolina arrived today and will spend the summer at Major Robert W Hunter's home on Washington street.
Mrs. Charles F Nelson and her son W H S Nelson of Capon Springs are staying several days at the Hotel Evans in this city. President S H Hansbrough of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank has returned from an important business trip to New York.
A brief item notes Miss Carri Quebed earning a distinct honor at a local event. Details are limited in the fragment, but the recognition is clear and connected to the Rar Mi and Soak communities.
George W. Taylor of Winchester Virginia describes long itching relief after five years of trying remedies. He credits a single application of Doan’s Ointment bought at Baker Son’s drug store with ending the irritation and recommends it for skin diseases. Sold by all dealers price fifty cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan’s.
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