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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
4
The notice lists edition availability for Winchester area with consolidations from Morning News and Weekly papers. It notes subscription rates by mail and by carrier and states The Associated Press rights for republication and local news.
The 1920 census indicates a 24 percent drop in apple trees since 1910, with the Middle West hardest hit and Virginia showing an increase. Virginia growers urged better spraying thinning and honest packing to retain markets and reclaim eastern dominance in apples.
A Japanese delegation is shaping up for the Washington Conference on disarmament with figures from the Seiyukai and others named. Prime Minister Hara, viewed as Japan's most experienced statesman, may lead the group, though he seeks to avoid domestic wounds.
In Hamilton Ohio Josefa Williman testifies she suffered severe back pain headaches and hemorrhages for years. She credits eight boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound four bottles of Blood Medicine and Liver Pills for improvement and endorses the remedy publicly.
Liberal talk favors Ozaki but practical voices push Admiral Yamamoto and Admiral Saito, with Okuma and Uchida or Viscount Chinda as top picks. Chinda's diplomacy and English mastery make him a strong claimant. Shidehara is expected to sit as a principal delegate.
J L Roberts of Huntington West Virginia reports spending over three thousand dollars on medical care for his wife who weighed eighty eight pounds and was bedridden with stomach trouble liver issues constipation headaches and dizziness. After starting Tanlac she recovered quickly and now weighs as much as ever and handles housework. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
A verse satire about attempting to buy poison and a gun, noting strict laws and dangers. The speaker recounts visits to a druggist and a store, where warnings and reckless buyers coexist, ending with an ironic injury from a stray shot.
Edwin F Ned Brown formerly led Jefferson Standard Life Insurance in northern Texas and now relocates to the Shenandoah Valley from Cumberland Maryland. He is a Winchester native with parents in the city. Texas faces hardship from falling prices in cattle cotton and oil tumbling from four dollars to seventy five cents per barrel.
Local notes list visits and household social events in Rosenberger and nearby areas. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Darr and Mr. Lloyd Darr of Winchester visiting J. H. Keckley, and other family and friend visits across towns including Clearbrook and Phillippi. An advertisement for NYAL Corn Remover appears.
Calvin Huyett of San Francisco toured Brucetown in a Ford chasis house car equipped with bed couch bath toilet kitchenette and 20 gallon water tank. He credits the trip for health improvement saying he started with crutches and can now walk with a cane.
Dr. John Price of Oklahoma City visits his uncle Dr. F. T. Price with niece Margaret Miller of Lebanon Church. The Boden family heads to Atlantic City. Francis Stipe visits Mary Drummond in Winchester. Swimley family members visit. Parrott sisters are visiting at the parsonage. Wadesville area teams played. Middleway won. Summit Point edged Wadesville in a close contest.
Grimes Va August 12 preaching at Galilee on Sunday August 14 in morning and night invites all. Ada Fries from Greenspring spent days with her brother C H Fries at Orchard Glenn. James A Grimes painting Mrs James T Clevenger homeplace. City Meat Market workers guests here Wednesday. John Robinson show drew locals to Winchester last Monday. Charles G Boyles and John J Jolliffe visited on business. Ida B Taylor recovering after surgery at Memorial Hospital and due to leave soon.
The reguar service will discuss "The Fickleness of Popularity" by Rev. F Byrnes Cook of Rileyville Virginia formerly of Winchester. A special musical program will precede or follow. All men are invited.
A real home should be built with quality materials and workmanship to ensure lasting value. Cheap construction leads to frequent repairs and higher overall costs, while attractive photos can mislead buyers about true quality. We offer durable materials and plans that guarantee convenience and comfort at fair prices.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction on Saturday July 23 1921 at 11 o clock a m in front of the Winchester Virginia County Court House two acres more or less in Frederick County with a two story frame dwelling and out buildings. The property includes a substantial apple orchard interplanted with peach trees and is the same parcel conveyed to George W Graves by Fannie Marie Chapman et al on February 12 1908. Terms: one third cash at sale and the balance evidenced by two notes dated sale date payable one and two years hence with 6 percent interest, secured by a trust deed and a policy of fire insurance.
Special Commissioners Herbert S. Larrick and R. Gray Williams certify a bond has been given as directed by decree in the chancery cause. C. C. Brannon, Clerk, Circuit Court, Frederick County. V 6-1-4.
Notice states sale adjourned to Saturday August 13 1921 at 11 a m. Herbert S Larrick is named in the notice. Local details are sparse but identify the adjournment and the party involved.
For sale Apple Pie Ridge farm containing 110 acres of land with an improved dwelling and barn. Includes small commercial or chard, well fenced and in good repair. Sale notice appears in a local timetable dated July 6, 1921, with travel details and rail connections listed under General Manager SENCINDIVER.
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