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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
3
A vintage advisory discusses cleaning gold jewelry with warm suds of yellow soap and warm water with ten drops of sal volatile to boost brilliance. The text then shifts to a university critique of business declines and common causes such as poor capital use, hiring relatives, and bad locations.
A reflective excerpt underscores that the best results come from simple means and steady effort. It emphasizes two common sense traits perseverance and steadfastness as keys to achievement. The quote attributes these ideas to Seltham and frames them as universal life lessons.
A playful family exchange highlights competitive talents with fencing and temper as each daughter showcases prowess. The mother notes her daughter's fencing feints while Brad counters by bragging about his daughter’s dramatic reactions.
A fragment notes men in Avddla showing ease in earning money and holding onto it, yet they also borrow money and keep debt. The text contrasts earning discipline with borrowing behavior.
A fragmentary line reads A had ending follows a had begin sing with the attribution Pi frveles. The text appears as a puzzle-like quote from an unfamiliar source, inviting interpretation or discovery of its meaning.
Catherine Chapman's heirs apply at the September term of the Corporation Court in Winchester Virginia for a deed to a parcel on the west side of North Market Street, sold for delinquent taxes. The motion is filed by WM. M. Lupton.
Captain P. M. Walker retired Army officer returns from Saratoga where he sold nine colts bred at Pagebrook Stock Farm Boyce for 26700. Sales included Princesson's filly 800 Match Light's filly 700 Fanchett's bolt 1000 Mamie K's colt 1000 Lady Fern's filly 1600 Baily Girl's filly 6100 Diminution's filly 6100 Banarella's filly 8200 and a colt 1700. He notes Shenandoah Valley bluegrass as ideal for racing stock.
Fragmentary text mentions names and plans with unclear meaning. The passage hints at error or satire about being a good fellow and planning a foolish FJournal, but exact events or entities remain indeterminate.
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