Public Sale of Winchester Real Estate in 1915 Decree
Public auction in Winchester Virginia under a Frederick County Chancery decree. Sellers offer two parcels including Shenandoah Hotel site on West Water Street and Main Street corner property with right of way. Terms require one third cash and two equal yearly installments with bonds and deed of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Water Street
Winchester
Gard Water
Amherst Street
A. G. Oerd
H. Savage
D Bear
Win
Shenandoah Hotel
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
A. G. Rutherford
H. C. Stouffer
Corporation Court of
City of
Robt. M. Ward
H. R. Kern
Jno
Robert M. Ward
J. W. Baker, Jr
Fredk. Co
Fragmented figures render unclear financial note
OCR text shows a jumble of monetary amounts and codes such as 987 9, 287, 4,549 09 45 45, 1,225. 00, 79,194 40, 10,000, 7,000, 815 SP. No coherent event or entities are identifiable.
Public rent of Middletown land set for Aug 11 1915
Pursuant to a Circuit Court decree of Frederick County Virginia I will offer for public rent at the depot in Middletown on Wednesday August 11 1915 at 2 30 p m the O QDGEN FARM land about three miles west of Middletown The seventeen acre field now in wheat will be plowed and eight acres in corn making 25 acres The lease will be for a share of the crop and not cash and is subject to Circuit Court approval The special receiver Luther Pannettt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Middletown
Circuit Court of County
Luther. Pannett
Wild Bull Interrupts Kansas Teachers’ Hike to Pueblo
Two Kansas school teachers Miss Edna R. Johnson and Miss Lillian Jaggar were chased by a red bull in a pasture near Vernon. They escaped over a fence, found protection with a farmer, and reached Dodge City to rest before continuing a 300 mile foot journey to Pueblo, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Bank statement and markets round up from 1915
A 1915 bank statement details balances, deposits, reserves, and liabilities including postal savings, federal reserves, and circulation figures. The markets section lists local prices for wheat, corn, hay, butter, eggs, poultry, and other farm goods with Baltimore market close notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Virginia
Movie Actors Blown Up In Hudson River Stunt
Betty Marshall and Frederick de Belleville, stars of a film, were thrown into the Hudson off Hastings when 200 pounds of dynamite on a barge exploded prematurely. The boat blew up first, they were lifted from the water by Betty Marshall Taggart and survived with burns and a scalp wound. Three photographers were thrown overboard but rescued, cameras disappeared with the barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Betty Marshall
Frederick de Belleville
Hudson River
Hastings
Miss Marshall
de Belleville
Marshall W. Taggart
Film
Taggart
Longest-serving inmates rewarded with prison ride
Five prisoners with life sentences for murder were taken on a 28-mile automobile trip to Laporte as a reward for good behavior. The group includes a man who has served 36 years, while another has served 86 years. the average time served is 28 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Laporte
Fogarty
Sankey Divorce Granted in Connecticut Suit
Frances W. Sankey of Greenwich obtained a divorce from Ira Allan Sankey of Bridgeport on grounds of intemperance and intolerable cruelty. She was awarded $10,500 and $40 weekly alimony. The case notes Ira Sankey, the son of the late evangelist and songwriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Frances W. Sankey
Greenwich
Ira Allan Sankey
Ira Sankey
Basket apple prices and a medicinal notice
Prices show average run basket apples at 75 cents with ranges up to 1.37 for fancy baskets and 1.12 for Tran carent varieties. An odd line mentions Chamberlain's ointment with recovery claims and widespread availability.
Chamois Leather Lore and Leather Goods
A leather expert recalls the popularity of chamois leather in England and Switzerland. A London Mail writer notes chamois fur and underclothing. The discussion extends to sheep hides and the distinction between inner chamois and outer leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Switzerland
London Mail
Winchester man's kidney remedy ad and court notice
A Winchester man endorses Dean's kidney Pills citing relief from back and kidney pain. The article also covers a Frederick County Virginia circuit court notice ordering an inquiry into Lula May Anderson's real estate liens, with publication requirements in The Winchester Evening Star beginning August 30, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhat
Dean
Frederick County
Virginia
Farmers & Merchants
National Bank of
Winchester
Lula May Anderson
Winchester Evening Star
Baseball Game Postponed At Reservoir Park
The Winchester Inn team and Berryville game at Reservoir Park was called off at Berryville’s request and will be played Friday afternoon on the local grounds at 23 oclock. The article also notes a digression about coal charms in old England and their supposed protective powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reservoir Park
Winchester Inn
Berryville
Drawback of Idleness in Business Cravings and Vacancy
Quotation notes the perils of idleness comparing the burdens of business to the unceasing cravings of vacancy. It warns that softness and luxury in management pale beside restless want and ineffective idle acts, per Dr. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Johnson
Bank Statement Fragment Records Loans and Liabilities
The excerpt lists resources including loans discounts overdrafts unsecured banking house and fixtures. It shows amounts from deposits cash balances and liabilities such as capital stock paid in profits and interest accruals with cashier's checks outstanding and accrued interest figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Chicago
St. Lowis
Hanks and Pankers
Aurse jChes
Keen Hanke
Federal Reserve
U.S
Sarpins
Electric blasting in mines proves greater explosive effect
The article notes that electricity is widely used in blasting operations in mines and misfires are rare. It states electric blasting ignites the entire charge at once using an exploder, firing cable, detonator, wires, and the explosive in the bore hole. A light humorous interlude follows about a “Cheerful Idiot” pursuing a get rich quick scheme involving a queen bee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vore
Cincinnati Enquirer
Captain Conrad Tere Visits Home in Summer Stay
Captain Bryan Conrad of the Fifteenth Infantry United States Army arrived in town and will stay with his parents Major and Mrs Holmes Conrad for several weeks. Mrs Conrad and their young daughter are here for the summer. He has been stationed with his regiment at Eagle Pass Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Conrad
Fifteenth Infantry
United States Army
Holmes Conrad
Conrad
Eagle Pass
Texas
Larrick v Barr et al Court order in 1915 Maryland case
In Frederick County circuit court a 1915 case involves Herbert S. Larrick as trustee and T M Barr and others to construe and enforce an assignment and determine creditor priorities. The order requires publication in the Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse, with action to protect interests within fifteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick
Herbert S. Larrick
Trusteg
T. M. Barr
Ae Barr
Adme Sud
Imade
Oftreptentes Saiperiere & Co
Way, Lutz
Sourenyer Nt Co
Corp
R. L. Gerhart , Biscuit Co
Witewa Gas Co
Ne Tobacco Co
A Corp
O. Ferrari
Eving Star
City of Winchester
W. Baker, JR
Arl
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M. P. Ebert CO
Rutherford
Als
A. Rutherford
M. A. Huffman
Jal
the Peoples’ Bank, Inc
Stephens City
State Corporation Commission
RAK
Eugene E. Chiles
Peoples Bank, Inc
State of
Eugene
Chiles
Geo. A. Samsell
N. P
Wild Bull
There
Twos Young School
Shenandoah Valley Nat.Bank
Virgina
U. S
Roe IY
Ital
United States
s.Wings
State of Virginia
John W. Rice
MO. W. Rice
W. H Baker
R. Gray Williams
William S. Hiett
R. Grim
Stephenson
Rios
The
Star
Ira A. Sankey
Socrates
Union Bank
Vis
Lee R. Grim
Union Bank of Winchester
Lee, Rk
Grim
Cashier
Hugh S. Lupton
B.C. Shull
J. F W. Kremer
Kathryn A. McFadden
Miller
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
Manhattan
Ryan & Orndow
Harry L. Livick
Ph. G
Livick
N. Main St
Chamberlain
Experi
Ence
Ant
N. Braddock St
Puon
Mr. Boxwell
Foster-Mw- Burn Co., Prop
Buffalo, N. Y
John M. Steck
Barton & Barton
R_ Gray Williams
Attys
Middletown State Bank, Inc
Posits
ORL
W. KB. Coffman
Middletown State Bank
W. 1. Corp
HO. Larrick
M. JH
Rhodes
H.R. Sperry
Dhapantera
Weegimia
Prederick
W. H. Coffman
Wo Ridings
N.P
Polng
George Hon
Macedon
N. Y
Conrad Tere
HOTEL
Richmond
Miller's Drug Store
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