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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
3
A list of properties offered for sale including numerous orchard tracts from 14 to 340 acres with prices from 500 to 32 000. Also available are homes, office lots, store properties and Bailey Bros. storefront listings near Handley School with prices ranging up to 95 000 and 12 000 for various dwellings.
A vintage notice promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easy at home hair darkener. It claims the mix restores natural color and shine, hides gray in days, and uses a small strand application for gradual thickening and gloss without obvious dyeing.
A real estate notice offers 600 acres in Virginia with arable and timber portions. The property includes a comfortable dwelling, tenant house, barns, good orchard, fencing and water, near a station, with stock and farming equipment. Price listed at 50.00 per acre and free catalogues available from H W Hilebary, president, Real Estate Investment Co.
Trustees announce a public auction under a 1919 chancery decree in the Geo W Randolph estate. At the courthouse stairs in Winchester at 12 noon on Friday December 20 1919 selling three parcels including 1024 and 1020 South Main Street and two corner lots at South Market and Bond Streets with single and combined offerings near Handley Schools.
Court order specifies one third cash on day of sale and the balance in two equal annual installments. Purchaser to provide two bonds with interest from sale date, secured by a deed of trust on the property and a policy of building insurance. Trustees are M. M. Lynch, R. Gray Williams. Clerk J. B. Beverley certifies approval and security.
In the Western District of Virginia the trustee in the Clinton E. Chrismore bankruptcy will offer for sale at public auction at the Winchester Court House on Saturday December 20, 1919 at 10 a.m. The Wisecarver property at 532 Highland Avenue, 50 by 190 feet, fronting the avenue. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal yearly payments with 6 percent interest. bonds, deed of trust, and insurance policy required. sale subject to court confirmation. Warren Rice, Trustee.
Muskrats fetch 4 50 each and skunks 10 in a county with many fur bearing animals. Trappers flock to marsh areas near Frederick County streams as fines for marsh rabbit traps rise. Rabbits and other hides, including fox, raccoon, opossum and mink, contribute to county prosperity as muskrats sell widely in eastern markets under the name marsh rabbits.
The Rev. William H. Woods will address the Open Door Bible Class next Sunday morning December 21 at 9 45 about The Empty Tomb and With the Risen Lord. Members are urged to attend and bring a guest. all welcome.
A reader expresses appreciation for a year subscription to The Max, noting the gift was well received and valued as a thoughtful present. The message highlights lasting enjoyment of the program lineup and monthly access.
The notice lists train numbers and routes including No. 1 2.30 a m from Roanoke to Bristol and intermediate stops, No. 27 5.53 p m northbound to Shenandoah Junction, and No. 288 30 rt to Hagerstown Philadelphia and New York with Pullman sleeper services. It directs passengers to contact W W Saunders, General Passenger Agent, and W B Revill, Passenger Traffic Manager for information.
Mr. David Valtervean Santis co arrives this year to celebrate the Christus holidays at his grandmother Mary A. Zirkle's home on South Main Street in Staunton.
The Rev. Charles Adey will preach at the First Baptist Church this Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning subject is A Christmas Song of Redemption and the Evening topic is The Mission of a Star. Sunday school and Men's Bible class meet at 9:30 a.m. and the Young People's Union at 6:30 p.m.
Porter House former manager of the Martinsburg Fruit Exchange departs for Fort Lauderdale Florida with his wife to reopen the office and handle supplies from that region this winter. He will lead the Martinsburg Fruit Exchange next year after unanimous support from the board.
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