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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
2
The clipping lists dairy products, animal feeds, and wholesale market figures including butter creamery and timothy hay. It also mentions a remedy claimed to treat dysentery and bowel complaints with directions for preparation and use.
An 80 acre bearing orchard with careful cultivation and excellent varieties is offered at a bargain for a quick buyer. Also available is an 815 acre farm on a good road with fine buildings and about 200 000 feet of saw timber.
A long list of visitors from Virginia and nearby states registered at Winchester hotels during a Shenandoah Valley tour. Names include Dr. and Mrs E E Montgomery Roanoke Va. Mr and Mrs Irvin Hardy Mor. Mr and Mrs W M Drinkard Lynchburg Va. Mr and Mrs J Ho Smith Moore Pa. and many others from Baltimore Philadelphia Norfolk Richmond and beyond.
The undersigned offers for sale on August 21 1920 in front of the Court House Winchester Va a 56 acre tract near Nain with 75000 feet of saw timbers stave material firewood and cleared land. Terms 1 2 cash balance in one year secured by deed of trust sale begins 11 A M A J Tavener attorney for owners Duvall Dunn auctioneers.
A Department of Labor price survey shows nickel news still two cents, sausages, suits, dining checks up sharply since 1914. Cars and tires buck trend with smaller gains, while tariffs and war conditions push some goods higher yet others stay affordable. Natural question: how are prices held down?
Norfolk and Western timetable in effect May 30 1920 lists WV Berryville trains 13 9 07 am to Bristol with a Pullman parlor car, 1 2 30 am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers to Williamson and Winston Salem, cafe car Shenandoah and Roanoke connect at Roanoke with Memphis special, and train 27 5 30 pm to Elkton and intermediate stations.
Public auction set for September 11 1920 at Winchester Virginia. The property lies on Leicester Street between Annie Quiett Brooks east and an alley on the west. A frame dwelling is on the north side with sixty four feet depth. One third cash, two bonds for the remainder due one and two years after sale at six percent interest.
The notice lists No 28 at 8:39 am to Hagerstown and midstations with a Shenandoah Junction link to Washington. No 14 at 7:36 pm offers a parlor car to Hagerstown and a Hagerstown to Philadelphia sleeper. No 2 at 12:50 am provides a Pullman sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. Contact W C Saunders and W W B Revili for details.
Job ad seeks carpenters and pipe fitters for a new cold storage plant. William Beverley invites applicants and endorses Chamberlain's Tablets from D F Parmeter Cridersville Ohio, claiming long use for stomach trouble biliousness and constipation with no equal.
A heading proclaims the merit of proprietary medicines and notes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has long fulfilled a real human need. The text credits its forty year history and argues it improves women’s health using roots and herbs.
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