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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
3
Special Commissioner announces a public sale of the Stony Meade limestone farm and 27 acres of woodland in Frederick County near Opequon, with three parcels offered separately or together. Terms require one-third cash and two annual installments with bonds, deed of trust, and insured buildings, sale to Johns Steck and A D Henkel.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Copen haver receive congratulations on the birth of a son at their National avenue home last night. Mrs. Tat Lines test visits Woodstock Va. Mr and Mrs Milton Blair Stowe and Mr and Mrs Ernest Blair Stowe with daughter Josephine Stowe motored to Winchester for the weekend and visited Mr and Mrs W W Tanquary at Amherst street. they have returned to Washington.
A neighbor confronts a boy with an air rifle about a broken window. He denies the damage, saying he did not see himself break it. The judge notes there is no direct evidence linking him to the incident.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt quotes a conversation where one person says they lent Green five with expectations of repayment tomorrow, but now doubts they will see him for a month or two.
The remark that Jobson is a shoe clerk cited as a romantic temperament. A counterpoint notes much poetry is inspired by kneeling before women who care little for the poet, likening the situation to a fashion of customer interest.
Daily price list shows local grains hay and feed retail and wholesale values, with corn and butter and egg quotes from Baltimore markets. Included are camelot figures for cracked corn hay flour millfeed and live poultry, along with sheep lambs and cattle valuations and a note on market accuracy.
Huyett returns from Amherst street visit to Washington. Mrs. Alexander Boxwell hosts in Franklin Ohio. Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson head to Gore Virginia to see Mrs Jennie Rogers. Mrs Garvin and Mrs Horsey return from Hampshire county West Virginia trip. Garvin visits Chambersville. Miss Amna Smith leaves Opequon for Lynchburg. Allen T Boyd of Baltimore stays with parents on East German street. Robert Boxwell visits Boxwell home on North Braddock street. Sam Feinberg returns from Baltimore. Laura Spurgeon visits cousin Miss Julia Taylor on South Market street before Buena Vista. Herbert S Larrick spots in Middletown on business.
Clarke County residents learn Charles E. Hughes reports that John Garland Pollard Virginia attorney general cannot visit Berryville to lecture at the Berryville chautauqua on Thursday due to official duties. Pollard’s topic The Insanities of the Lane was expected to draw local interest across Clarke county. The event runs Wednesday Thursday and Friday as planned.
The passage describes coal as a charm in historic England not limited to thieves. Belief held a certain coal found under the plantar root on midsummer eve could grant immunity from plague carbuncle and burning and even reveal a maiden’s future husband. Believers doubted the coal’s origin, suspecting old discolored roots rather than magical material.
A reflective passage contemplates fate and peril on sea voyages with imagery of rocking waves and sunken ships. It asserts that all lives, though filled with love and joy, end in tragedy shaped by mystery and death as seen in the narrative tone surrounding Mr. Walters and Huntsberry's return from a business trip to eastern cities.
Special commissioners announce a public auction of city real estate in Frederick County court proceedings M P Ebert versus A G Rutherford et al and A G Rutherford versus M A Huffman et al. The sale will be held in front of the Court House as directed by the decree.
Saturday September 4 1915 at 11 o clock a m sale of two properties in Winchester Va one a brick dwelling on West Water Street fronting 133 feet and back to Amherst Street the other The Shenandoah Hotel on North Main Street with a 3 feet 8 inch wide passageway between buildings Terms require one third cash at sale and two equal installments in one and two years secured by bonds and deed of trust with insurance and bonds noted.
A special commissioner under Lula V. Elliott et al v Jas W Elliott’s Heirs in Frederick County Circuit Court will offer a public auction at 11 a.m. in front of Winchester Court House to settle the decree.
Trustees Herbert S. Larrick and I Brumback offer at public auction in Winchester Virginia on Saturday September 11 1915 three parcels of limestone land in Frederick County adjoining Stephens City about 3 12 miles west. Parcel 1 contains 14 acres with a dwelling and outbuildings. Parcel 2 contains 7 acres with apple area. Parcel 3 contains 3 4 acre with a dwelling. Terms: one third cash sale day, balance in two equal yearly installments with 6 percent interest, bonds secured by deed of trust and insurance. crops reserved. possession October 1 1916 with seed-on-before access.
A Salt Creek Virginia store advertises a clerk promising a free charge if Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy does not cure a customer’s illness. The customer reportedly bought the remedy, used it, and returned cured. Ad copy notes availability everywhere.
In vacation on July 20 1916 the Circuit Court of fal County Virginia ordered a public sale of a valuable farm in a bill in chancery brought by Milton A Shienker. The order specifies sale proceedings under the court and related chancery actions.
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