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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
2
A. D. Henkel special commissioner announces a public sale of the Stony Meade limestone farm and a 27 acre wood lot in Frederick County near Opequon. Sale held at Winchester courthouse at 11 am with parcels offered separately or together. Terms require one third cash, balance in two yearly installments with bonds and deed of trust.
C H Boxwell Jr of Winchester reports years of severe kidney and back pain with unnatural urine and poor rest. He began taking Dans Kidney Pills after a friend recommended them and claims his condition improved. The statement supports the product’s perceived benefits.
Dodson's Liver Tone advertised as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel for sluggish livers. The ad asserts calomel harms the liver, weakens bones, and salivation risk, while promising a fifty cent bottle will restore health, with a guarantee and family use.
Mount Williams Virginia reports a series of Sunday social visits. Among those mentioned are Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brewer visiting Mrs. EF Clowser, and Henry Clowser with Tucker Fauver visiting Miss Maris Orndorff.
A store clerk offers Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a promise to refund if it fails. The customer uses it and returns satisfied. Also listed are horse show dates for Berryville Charlestown and Warrenton in August and an ad about advertising spring goods.
Mrs. Martha Kiler and her son in law Clarence G Burkhart and his daughter Alcesta of Chambersburg Pa spent several days last week visiting relatives in Mount Williams Va Aug 5. Miss Eula and Bertha Moore of the same region also noted in the fragment.
Middletown notes record a string of visitors and hosts. Anna Bellet of Philadelphia stayed with the Huntsberry family in Winchester while the Lineweavers hosted relatives in Harrisonburg. Edna Ogden of Brunswick and Stella Hansell hosted gatherings, with several other relatives visiting from Cumberland, Baltimore, New York, Pittsburgh, and Bristol.
Reports from Iceland indicate a decisive battle near Warsaw with Bavarian Crown Prince troops driving Russians from Blonie to the city outskirts. Attacks reach Lomza Ostrolenka and Ivangorod as Austrians claim part of Ivangorod. Berlin reports an encirclement effort. Riga evacuations and a Baltic seizure accompany the sinking of the Belgian steamer Koophandel by a German submarine.
Public auction to sell a house and lot at 110 Leicester Street in Winchester on September 2, 1915, due to default on multiple trust deeds. Terms require one-third cash and two promissory bonds for the balance, with a trust deed on the property and fire insurance. Master Commissioner T. Russell Cather will oversee notices and claims.
Ed win Raines of Lynchburg visits Whitacre host W. C. Whitacre. Emory Dailey returns from a trip to his son W. D. Dailey in Pittsburgh. Edith Wheironimus stays with Naomi Brarmnon from Saturday evening to Sunday evening.
Miss Nettie Long of Romney WV visited sister Mrs Yeakle last week. John Knox and Misses Virginia Eva Knox of Shepherdstown WV stayed several days with friends. Randolph Ridgeway, long in New York City, visits his parents here. Althea Steele, visiting Leitersburg MD, has returned home. Mr and Mrs Cronk of Mount Etna WV with family.
Sol Williams, merchant in Jesse Tennessee, endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he never hesitates to recommend it and sells more of it than any other patent brace remedy. He notes steady demand from customers seeking relief from stomach upsets.
Pursuant to a Frederick County Circuit Court decree Luther Pannet Special Receiver will publicly rent at Middletown depot on August 11 1915 at 2 30 p m the Odgen Farm land about three miles west of town. Seventeen acres in wheat to be plowed and eight acres in corn total 25 acres offered as a crop share not cash rent. Lease subject to court approval.
The case seeks to validate certain sales and a deed of trust by Gilber H. Noakes and others, to set aside decree recognizing heirs of S. G. Noakes, and to compel payment of specific sums to the complainant, with interest, costs, and expenses. Non residents must appear within 15 days after publication in The Evening Star. The order runs in the Corporation Court with Beverley as Clerk.
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