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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
4
A fragmentary verse by Walt Mason reflects on friendship and social perception. The speaker imagines how acquaintances would react if private truths were exposed, suggesting vulnerability and the weight of public judgment.
Aug 8 note from Star Pannery Virginia reports the FY Methodist Church event Thursday at 6 30 PM with ice cream and cake after Sunday school. The Iee Springs Brass Band will provide music for the occasion and Mrs Chawhes Tabler and Loraine Orndorff of Washington visit. Brill family members in the area.
The Levant Company proposes a 6 million dollar capital to develop commerce between Great Britain and Eastern markets, rivaling an American Far-Trade Corporation formed to push American trade in Constantinople Smyrna and the Black Sea region. The British chamber of commerce notes this could alter near eastern trade dynamics.
West Plains Missouri resident Missa Corab Hall credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with relieving monthly cramps indigestion and general fatigue after exhausting doctor visits and remedies An advocate urges others to try it and seek advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
University announces special war courses in addition to regular offerings across College Graduate Law Medical and Engineering. Ten dollars covers all costs for Virginia students in academic departments. Send for catalog. Howard Winston registrar.
A brief quotation from Terence reflecting calm acceptance of whatever fate brings. The line emphasizes bearing events with equanimity and steadiness.
The Star announces a War Camp Community Service event at Rouss Hall this Friday and Saturday with dancing starting at 9 oclock. Music provided and admission free. Former service men, their friends and the public are invited. A watermelon feast follows tomorrow evening from 8:30 to 11:30 on the Friends Meeting House lot at Piccadilly and Washington streets.
Silo sale advertised by J. D. Marker inviting readers to attend on August 12 from 7 to 1 p m. The notice is brief and contains limited readable details about the auction and location.
By virtue of authority as attorney in fact for heirs of George E. Jenkins deceased I offer for public auction in front of the Court House Winchester on August 16 1919 at 11 a m the Jenkins residence a two story brick house with back building ten rooms attic water on both floors gas electricity bath room good cellar and stable and brick smoke house on a fine lot opposite the Presbyterian Church Terms one third cash day of sale balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust interest 6 per cent semi annually insurance required Purchaser may pay all cash if desired James B Russell Attorney in Fact
A substituted trustee will sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on August 9 1919 at 12 oclock a tract of land 145 acres owned by the late E J Triplett located in Frederick County along a public road 32 miles from Gore near the Winchester and Western Railroad. The property includes timber and improvements with immediate possession. Terms: one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with two bonds and a mortgage.
In the Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia the order directs a commissioner to report on the Henshall estate including real and personal assets liens taxes and creditor accounts. A hearing date is set for August 25 1919 in Winchester with continuation if needed.
Auction style notice lists ten limestone farms with 100 to 310 acres priced from 65 to 150 per acre. Highlights include an Ap ple Ridge tract with apples, an 18 farm cluster with orchards, 150 000 feet of saw timber, and 16 city properties including a 7 room brick house near a hospital. Also notes running water on several parcels and macadamized road access in Winchester area.
1919 chancery notice from Frederick County Virginia directing Master Commissioner to report on the David F. Hott estate. Tasks include probate of will, real and personal property, debts, partition possibility, and publication notice to creditors in Winchester Evening Star. Session set for August 25, 1919 at 18 Rouss Ave Winchester.
An advertisement offers Triumph Pills as safe and dependable though not sold in drug stores. It urges women to write for more information from the National Medical Institutes in Milwaukee Wisconsin, claiming free relief details.
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