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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
3
Property listings show numerous farms and orchard tracts with acres ranging from 4a to 580a and prices from 1 to 86 000 dollars. Several building lots near Handley School, homes with barns, and store properties are offered by Bailey Bros. Co. Bailey & CoO.
Stock Farm on the pike in Loudoun County Virginia near Washington and Leesburg eight miles from a power line with good fencing quality land and 20 acres of bottom land includes a farmhouse barn and outbuildings described as a stock and grain farm priced at 12 500 with favorable terms. Nearby farms command 75 to 100 per acre. Northern Virginia stock farms in a bluegrass area near Washington by A H Bull Herndon Virginia 1 31 8
An editorial tone touts Vinci cod liver and iron tonic as a quick boost for aging adults and describes Miller's Drug Store and druggists as confident sellers. It urges renewed appetite and sleep with the tonic, claiming broad support among pharmacists.
Describes 163 acres of level land with blue grass, 3 springs, a 30 by 38 barn, granary, 7 room house, cellar, 2 porches, near two railroads, a school, church, three stores, a roller mill, and woolen factory. Price 37 per acre. if not sold in 30 days it will be rented. Contact C. P. Bailey & Co. Bailey Bros. store in Winchester, Virginia.
Regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the W W and B Turnpike Co will be held at Grimes Va on December 2 1919 at 1030 a m. W A McKown treasurer is listed.
Mrs. C. H. Reid of 603 Chestnut Street Portsmouth Virginia declares she was nearly a nervous wreck for three years with indigestion headaches dizziness and loss of sleep. Since taking Tanlac she reports a 25 pound gain a restored appetite and uninterrupted sleep while attributing her improvement to the remedy.
Elizabeth Hollis of Winchester Senior High School writes about Winchester Virginia. The piece chronicles historic sites from Washingtons headquaters to Fort Loudoun and the old Red Lion Tavern and notes Civil War events including the 1862 battle and Sheridan's ride. It links the citys history to education and industry and mentions landmarks like the Moore house and Mt Hebron Cemetery.
Norfolk and Western timetable lists trains to Bristol Roanoke and Shenandoah with Pullman sleepers to Williamson Winston-Salem Philadelphia and New York. Notes connections at Roanoke Shenandoah Junction and Harrisburg with routes to Washington and the South. General agents W Saunders and W B Revillds provide details.
For sale listings include 8 room modern house with lawn and garage at 8500 7 room house with lights and water 3500 6 room house 1700 5 room house 1450 double house 3 200 7 room house 3750 8 room house water and gas 3300 30 acres with outbuildings 1700 25 acres with out buildings 700 127 acres with house barn and well 1500 283 acres with timber 7000 A J OATES Fairfax Wotel
Old time remedy revived as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound offered in drug stores. Applies with a sponge to each strand for a natural dark glossy look. not a disease cure.
Mr. Harry Harmer attends the Vircins Polytechnic Institute session in Blacksburg Virginia for the holidays with his mother Mrs. John Harmer visiting near town.
Pursuant to a 1919 chancery decree in Frederick County Virginia the trustee and special commissioners will sell Lot D in front of the Winchester courthouse on Saturday December 20 1919 at 11 oclock a m. The unimproved lot fronts Amherst Street and extends to a public alley. One third cash and the remainder in two equal annual installments bear interest secured by a deed of trust and a policy of insurance.
The sale of the property is adjourned to Saturday December 27 1919 at 11 o clock a.m. The notice postpones the original sale date and time.
An old advertisement claims Triumph Pills are safe and reliable, not sold in drug stores, urging readers to request “Relief” with free writs. It lists Milwaukee, Wis, as the address of National Medical Instedots and cautions against experimenting with other remedies.
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