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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
5
A quirky column sketches a near delirious chat about Diogenes style wisdom, a mythic yacht nicknamed a tub, a lingering toothache love note, and a spoof seance tale with Scatterwits. The piece closes with a pun on hash and leftovers.
The Bud notes a chorus girl changing style from long to short skirts and slowly emerging socially. She says she hopes she hasn't broken a young spendthrift's heart, but friends reveal he now takes two girls to supper every night.
A farmer asks about his son's interest in the farm after college. The son is beginning to take interest and mentions possibilities like a golf course or converting the barn into a garage.
An indignant bookmaker hurls a rebuke while appealing to his clerk for sympathy. The clerk responds with dry wit, suggesting the boss should have acted sooner, highlighting a tense moment over a failed plan and the stress of the betting game.
The piece records Sen Sorghum noting many constituents’ mail yet to be opened. It parodies social quirks with lines about Miss Catt What and Miss Wry in ushering. A PLEA IN DEFENSE and The Pessimist reflect satirical dialogue on engagement and trust in amid fake stock talk.
A humorous exchange about how a baby arrived, implying the milk man rather than a stork delivers. A couple jokes about affordability and cottage pudding amid high rents, reflecting financial strain and domestic mischief in a light tone.
Nell recalls telling Dora he was dull and Dora counters by noting Nell has been cutting him since. The dialog centers on wit and personal banter reflecting tension and sharp remarks between the speakers.
By authority of a trust deed dated December 28 1911 from Fred A Graichen to R Gray Williams Trustee and of record in Deed Book 193 page 362 in Frederick County Virginia the undersigned will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House at Winchester Virginia at twelve o clock noon on
A fifty two acre tract in Frederick County and part within Winchester limits, bounded by Southwark Street Paper Mill Road and the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. The parcel, conveyed to Fred A Gratchen in 1906, is noted as suitable for city development, apple orchards, and farming.
The Winchester and Western Railroad and the Handley Schools have increased land value. The sale is secured by two notes of five thousand dollars each dated December 28, 1911 in Winchester Virginia, endorsed by Carrie D Gratchen. Interest at six percent accrues on one note from July 10, 1920 and on the other from July 15, 1920, with a credit of 142 dollars for overdue interest.
Notice states one third cash on day of sale and two thirds secured by two bonds dated sale date payable in one and two years with six percent interest, secured by a trust deed and a fire insurance policy endorsed to secure the debt. R Gray Williams, Trustee. 8-25-4w
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia on July 25 1921 Joseph E Nesmith sues W B Nesmith et al to decree sale of 156 acre Frederick County land and to distribute proceeds while nullifying a written agreement between John A Nesmith and A E Fritts. Court orders nonresidents to appear within ten days and publication for four weeks in The Evening Star with posting by August 1 1921.
On October 3 1921 the Frederick County Circuit Court is asked to hear a petition by 51 percent of local voters to annex adjacent territory to Winchester Virginia. The description lists precise boundary lines and monuments from Berryville Turnpike Dodge Street Martinsburg Turnpike Market Street and Senseney Road with the claim signed August 4 1921 by H B Dunlap for the petitioners.
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