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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
6
Winchester baseball team lists league games here and away against Mt. Jackson Front Royal New Market Strasburg and others with dates Aug. 22 Aug. 31 Sept. 9. Six players from Shenandoah Valley are noted.
Trustee E D Newman will auction the Seven Fountains Farm in Shenandoah County Virginia on site at 11 o clock A M Wednesday August 21 1922. The property covers about 445 acres with 125 acres of bottom and upland grazing land near the spring resort area. Terms: one third cash, balance in three equal annual installments with bonds secured by a deed of trust. interest payable annually from date. Auctioneer Tapley.
Attorney for the owners offers a 60 acre limestone farm four miles west of Middletown near Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley. Features include a frame dwelling, bank barn, corn crib, hog house, wells and cisterns, orchard bearing. purchaser to get landlord’s wheat share this fall. Possession Dec 1, 1922. Sale by auction at county courthouse in Winchester with two annual installments and trust deed security. Examine farm before bidding. contact Hubert Larrick, attorney.
Jimmy Seymour learns Kitty never loved him and must choose between her promise and a life with Madge Hilton. He weighs family legacy, ambition, and the offer of a city legal career, then proposes to Madge after Kitty reveals a true love elsewhere.
The article cites Le Petit Patisien and Saint Peter Damian claiming a Venetian princess using a fork in 1050 Constantinople caused a divine reaction and plague. It cites rumors of pious indignation and a tale where the Almighty punished vanity by rot, then notes the 1050 plague killed many finger-eaters. It includes humorous vignettes from Kansas City Star readers about tea and local mischief.
The undersigned offers for sale at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester VA on Saturday Sept 2 1922 at 12 oclock the home of the late Mrs Harriett G Shepherd No 29 Cork Street south side between Main and Braddock streets desirable seven room residence in center city Immediate possession Terms one third cash on day of sale balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust on the property policy of insurance on buildings and bonds of purchase payable from sale proceeds.
Testimonials from women in Cortland Brooklyn and St. Louis describe using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to overcome weakness and infertility. Mrs Canfield reports a healthy 15 month boy after treatment. Mrs Marano attributes successful motherhood to the remedy. Mrs Naumann recalls multiple pregnancies after using the product. Mrs Julius shares regaining strength and three daughters after treatment.
Property listing for a house and lot owned by Miss Nan Forsythe located at 409 South Braddock Street.
Train times and routes listed for Berryville Roanoke Shenandoah and Philadelphia with Pullman sleeper services. Travelers directed to contact H. H. Burks Berryville agent or W. C. Saunders Roanoke general passenger agent for fares schedules and reservations.
The Fort Loudoun Seminary announces the 18th session starting September 2 with courses in commercial studies piano voice art and physical culture. Faculty include Miss Sarah DuBose native French teacher and Miss Louise Savage dean with Miss Katharine Glass Green as president.
An old classified style ad promotes Imperial Asbestos Fibre Liquid Cement. It urges readers to stop leaks and join satisfied users, citing a distributor B. F. Arthur Jr. in Wahichester Virginia with a Bell phone number for contact.
Italy hosts five large scale factories turning wood cellulose into artificial silk. The raw material is imported from Norway to feed this extensive production network.
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