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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1923
Page
2
A new Methodist parsonage foundation was laid at Summit Point on the site of the fire damaged house. Members from across the circuit helped finish the work in under a day using power concrete mixing. Walls will use brick with hollow tile backing for fire resistance.
The Summit Point fruit evaporating plant closed for the season. Over 60 tons of evaporated apples were shipped this season. Manager Hockenberger stored the peelings and cores after finding markets unsatisfactory. the waste output remains in storage awaiting a more favorable market. Peelings and cores are used in jelly making, but this year supply outstrips demand.
The Star reports today’s wholesale prices for farm stock and feed including eggs hens roosters young chickens and guineas with prices per unit. Also listed are Walnut kernels mixed feed and corn meal with butter fat noted in the market list.
A collage of farm price quotes from creamery butter to flour and hay appears beside court notices from Frederick County Virginia. The page lists products with prices and retail terms and includes legal orders and estate proceedings in Winchester with dates and commissioner notices.
Public auction in front of the Frederick County Virginia Court House in Winchester at noon on Saturday December 29 1923 offers the Isaac Whitacre farm of 438 acres two miles north of DeHaven along the Howards Chapel to Glengary road. Orchard timber land improvements and wells described with one third cash and two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance. Special commissioners M M Lynch and E M Whitacre conduct the sale with Duvall and Dunn as auctioneers and the Clerk of Court certifying bonds.
In Folkestone England magistrates refused a Sunday dancing license. Protestors including clergy and laypeople sang Praise God from whom all blessings flow in court led by a Baptist deacon. Court officials cried Order before the demonstrators were ejected.
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