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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1917
Page
3
All persons holding claims against the late Miss L K Sherrard must present them to R Gray Williams. The notice specifies claim submission details and the executor's handling of the estate.
Western and eastern apple growers pressed the food administration to permit storage in transit and federal inspection for sound fruit. They urged through rates to move apples to eastern markets, with storage at transit points to fill ships lacking cargo. They warned resale restrictions could hurt growers this season.
Readable OCR fragment mentions Winchester and capacity context but lacks full details. Summary preserves entities and hints at a capacity discussion or note without expansion, reflecting incomplete clipping from the newspaper page.
The Star lists daily market prices for farm goods including wheat flour butter potatoes corn hay and livestock. Notable figures include winter wheat flour 12.00 retail spring wheat flour 13.60 retail cracked corn 2.00 per bushal creamery butter wholesale 43 per hundredweight live poultry prices and cattle hogs lambs with various grade ranges.
Edna Myers Hutchinson became bride of Mr. Ordway Morse Wilson of Norfolk on Monday August 20, 1917 at 5 p m at Park View Portsmouth Virginia. Rev Henry W Dowding officiated. Attendant Mrs F W Brangs wore pink Georgette crepe. Best man was J H Hutchinson. Couple planned a Northern trip and will reside in Norfolk after.
Mr. and Mrs. C. EB Huntsberry and Mr. Walter EK Huntsberry with family return home after a ten day camping trip at Break Neck Spring near Forks of Capon. Visitors included L. E. Anderson H. W. MecVicar Oliver Braithwaite DeHaven William Reardon of Winchester and Oscar Dabney of Staunton.
The Navy Department acts to compel American shipowners to cooperate against U boats. The plan envisions dividing cargo holds into small compartments and enabling ships to sustain speeds of 15 to 18 knots to resist torpedo attacks. Private owners are blamed for hindering defense through vessel insurance and pursuing full value in case of loss.
Washington Aug. 22 Secretary Redfield said he had not heard of any plan by the Export Council to place an embargo on meat. He noted as a council member he would have knowledge if such a plan existed and asserted there is no present intention to impose an embargo.
Judge Thomas W Harrison of Winchester and Mrs Harrison visited their 13 year old son Burr Powell Harrison a student at Blue Ridge Camp near Try Charlottesville Progress reports they left Winchester on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at 1 o clock yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Williams wife of a Winchester attorney who recently underwent surgery at Memorial Hospital continues to improve steadily. Strength returns and it is expected she will be moved to her Amherst street home later this week.
Miss Madie Bell still ill in the Women’s Hospital Baltimore after three days, with condition serious. Her brother Stewart Bell returned from Baltimore and may visit this evening. Mrs John Deviny arrived from Washington to visit relatives and friends. Mrs Belle Noonan and daughter-in-law Mrs Mack Noonan returned from weeks away in Wilmington Delaware and also ‘’Battle City’’ trip.
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Va issues an eminent domain action by Winchester and Western Railroad Company against A. B. Pratt & Sons Inc. for a 30 foot wide land strip of 0.562 acres. The court orders publication for four weeks and posting at the court house, with Oct 1 1917 term to appoint five commissioners and determine just compensation.
Paris reports Corporal Oliver Chadwick of Lowell Massachusetts, a member of the French aerial squadron, was killed in an air fight over Belgium after being listed as missing. He is the eighth American aviator to die with the French army, while Americans have downed 58 German machines.
Local society items list residents visiting relatives in Baltimore Annapolis and Washington along with a court notice excerpt from the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia detailing Mary R Trundle deceased estate matters and master commissioner proceedings set for September 12 1917 with notice to creditors and interested parties.
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