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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
2
Very rough OCR fragment describes a farm near Washington and Lees highway one mile from an electric line. It notes American farmland quality, flat terrain, good outbuildings, and stock farm operation. Price $12,500 with terms $100 per acre. Advertised by A. H. Buell, Va. 1-21-tf.
Public notice from Towson Maryland seeking nurses offering private rooms and beautiful surroundings with steel advantages and access, apply to Sargent et al Superintendent for details.
Auction style listing by C. P. Bailey & Co. Bailey Bros. Store selling multiple farms from 100 to 310 acres near Winchester with orchards, running water, and improved features. Prices range from $5 000 for city properties to $65 per acre for large tracts along Apple Ridge and other sites.
A Mexican commission under President Carranza studies housing and distribution for up to one million European and Asiatic immigrants expected within a year. Colonies may be formed abroad and later settled here with undeveloped land deemed sufficient for equitable allocation. Lower California is cited as a destination for repatriated Mexican families from the United States.
London reports growing fear that higher labor and material costs will damage British trade. Sir Auckland Geddes cited coal driven price hikes and compared iron and steel costs with the United States, noting higher English steel rails and shipbuilding plates than American prices.
Scotland Yard investigates criminals who drug victims with tainted cigarettes. One case involves a man robbed after smoking a cigarette from a fellow passenger in a railway carriage. A discharged soldier was robbed of money and clothing and left naked by the roadside near a suburban village.
A playground at the corner of Wash ington and Piccadilly streets opens Wednesday morning from 9 30 to 11 30. All children under fourteen are invited to attend.
Clear Brook farmer Cobing reports 55 acres yielding 1312 1 2 bushels of wheat. Threshing by Walter Allemony took thirteen hours. Dr. C H B Channing of Washington spent the weekend in town.
Commissioners of sale announce the auction of 665.2 acres of Bolen land six miles northwest of Sperryville on the Swindler Hollow. Parcels 325.1 and 340.1 acres available separately or as a whole, with a ten room house, barn, outbuildings, three tenant houses, an apple orchard, blue grass sod, timber, and potential for fruit growing. Sale August 20 1919 at 2 PM. terms one third cash and balance in two yearly payments. Possession after December 31 1919.
Rail timetable outlines June 22 1919 routes from Berryville to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield and more. Pullman parlor car service to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Winston Salem and Philadelphia sleepers to Bluefield Winston-Salem and Philadelphia. Southbound and northbound trains from Elkton Hagerstown Shenandoah Junction Washington and New York with connections at Roanoke. General agents Saunders and Revill listed.
A fourteen year old Edinburg resident, Paul Clem, son of D. H. Clem, was killed instantly last night when struck by a Maryland tagged automobile on the Valley turnpike one mile north of Edinburg. Witnesses say he rode a bicycle from behind a garage into the road and turned to cross ahead of the car, which could not be identified.
A reflective note on love and marriage asserts that a ready young man does not claim he cannot afford to marry, implying commitment depends on readiness rather than wealth. The line frames marital readiness as intrinsic rather than financial.
The colored branch of the War Camp Community Service held a Sunday afternoon community sing at Charles Lampkins lot. The event began at 4 o clock and lasted about forty five minutes with organ benches and song sheets provided from Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Solomon Spady led the singing as a large attendance enjoyed the activity and supporters urged continued involvement in War Camp Community Service.
Mexico City reports German firms plan shipment of hardware worth millions of marks to Mexico City as soon as shipping facilities reopen. Orders placed after the blockade lift set this export in motion.
A reflection on virtue and wealth, noting that riches shame those with kin in want and urging gratitude and charity toward the needy within a noble, historical voice.
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