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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1915
Page
3
Local market buyers posted today’s prices for commodities and livestock. Corn varieties listed include white and yellow corn with a per bushel retail crack. Hay prices show No 1 timothy baled and mixed baled. Livestock quotes include rabbits and young chickens live per pound along with butter and flour retail prices.
Misses Hattie Dor Eva Fries and Luda Smith withMr and Mrs Dory Miller spent Sunday at Cherry Lane. Mrs H C Clayton and son and the former’s mother visited friends at Nain on Sunday.
Nurse M. K. Strickler records November activity. Total visits 299 to Metropolitan Policy holders and families. Eighteen patients dismissed or improved. nineteen remained under care at month end. Cases reported by physicians families and others are noted.
Market notes correct as of the day before publication show corn at 3.25 for new crop, butter at 35, eggs down 35, live poultry with varied weights, hay prices around 18 to 20 dollars, and sheep lambs calves with wide per head and per pound ranges. The report lists Virginia and nearby regions with regional price differentials and category notes for multiple commodities.
Prices for grade A apples listed per barrel include Jonathan firsts 4.25 and seconds 3. Baldwin firsts 3.50 seconds 2.76. Winesap firsts 5 seconds 3. Ben Davis firsts 2.50 seconds 2. Greening firsts 4 seconds 3. Yor Imperial firsts 8.75 seconds 3. Gano firsts 2.75 seconds 2.25.
Cedar Grove Virginia reports visitors and family updates as Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Luttrell of Fauquier county, once of Cedar Grove, visited Mr. and B. John Lewis. Isaac Miller returned from Whitacre and Gainesboro after a visit. Lile Fries and children of Glengarry West Virginia spent time with the Fries family. L. P. Boyd visited his sister Mrs. Bert Kitchen at Tablers.
The funeral for Mrs. Margaret Fahnestock Miller wife of G Washington Miller was held at 10 30 this morning from the United Brethren Church on North Braddock street. Rev N D Cool Rev L R Dettra of the Church of the Brethren assisted by Rev George W Stover conducted the services. Buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Mr. W. R. Lucas of Hotel Evans announces the Southern Hotel Association convention will be December 13 and 14 at the Zinzendorf Hotel in Winston Salem North Carolina with addresses by hotel leaders. Lucas will speak on Discount and Rebate Schemes and will travel with A. T. Moore and T. R. Bland for a pre con vention motor tour.
President Wilson delivered a far reaching message to Congress urging Western Hemisphere preparedness as a moral partnership. He tied national defense to Pan American cooperation and redefined the Monroe doctrine as a duty of liberty and mutual service. He condemned hyphenated Americans and urged action against attempts to undermine American authority, industry, and politics.
In the Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court a master commissioner is ordered to appraise the Hyde realty with liens and taxes, settle sheriff and administrator accounts, identify heirs, and report. Notice is published weekly for four weeks in Winchester. The commissioner's office announces hearings on December 30, 1915 at 18 Rougs Avenue Winchester.
London reports the destruction of the Turkish destroyer Yar Hissar by a British submarine along with several other vessels. Russia orders the 1917 class into service a year early by ukase in Petrograd. Serbians arriving at Gievgeli join French troops under Sarrail. Albert Thomas urges restoration of Alsace Lorraine and withdrawal of German forces from Belgium and Serbia as peace prerequisites. Von Hindenburg calls for renewed pressure on foes. Russians claim October captures of 674 German officers and 49,200 Austro German soldiers with ordnance.
Painter Hill Va December 7. Mrs H B Dean visits friends in Washington. James Riker of Wakeeney Kansas helps his brother Jy D Rinker. Miss Lottie Grove and Mr Isaac Ebert of Welltown visit Ben Massia. Mr H B Dean returns from a week in Washington. Miss Ida Singhass of Opequon visits Miss Bessie Affleck.
Norfolk and Western timetable dated October 20 1915 lists departures from Berryville to Roanoke and intermedate stations. No. 12 runs 12:27 p.m. toward Roanoke via Pocahontas Norton and Bristol with special joints South. No. 27 directs connections to Shebandoah and intermediate stations at 638 p.m. No. 28 at 9:32 a.m. toward New York via Washington with further notes. No. 147 at 4:04 p.m. to Hagerstown connects to New York, sleeper No. 2 at 12:64 a.m. to New York and Philadelphia.
Special Commissioner to sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on December 11 1915 a two acre three rood and fifteen pole lot with a residence. Sale requires one third cash and two deferred payments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Bond with security given by John M Fishpaw. Court decree Edward Sy vs Lucy Smallwood et al.
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