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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
7
107 acre farm three miles from Winchester on Front Royal Road offered for private sale in part or whole. Easy terms. For information write Box 20 F Route 1 Winchester Va.
Dr. Cecil V. Cook of Charlottesville warns that lynching could rise if Volstead laws are not enforced. He says crime, from bootlegging to organized schemes, incites both white and black offenders and urges unified action by law‑abiding citizens to curb illegal whiskey sales.
The advertisement warns buyers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuineness. It claims aspirin benefits for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain, noting small twelve table box prices and availability from druggists.
Elizabeth Janney Darlington and Harrison P Whitacre heirs are notified of a reference in a Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court matter to a commissioner to report on estate details. The commissioner will meet creditors and settle accounts January 3, 1921 at Winchester office to execute the order of reference.
The Star publishes a corrected markets page listing wholesale quotes for butter eggs chickens turkeys bacon and grains, plus local retail prices for flour corn meal bran cracked corn and dairy products. It notes no responsibility for typographical errors in the material.
The report lists prices for farm goods and livestock at Baltimore wholesale markets with figures for Timothy hay Clover mix barley corn butter and livestock headers including hogs, sheep, calves and cattle. Prices show ranges and average figures as of the preceding day closing.
Public auction set for January 22 1921 at 11 p m in front of Winchester Court House to sell a brick dwelling on South Braddock Street occupied by the late Willie B Ford. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy. Possession March 15 1921. Special Commissioners R Gray Williams Joseph F Moore Robert T Barton. Clerk J B Beverley.
By decree of the Circuit Court of Clarke County Virginia the Beatrice Fant vs Irene Carter case the undersigned offer for sale at public auction 11 a m December 30 1920 in front of Berryville Court House a limestone farm home of Arthur Carter containing 83 34 acres with 50 acres in fine bearing apple trees and 20 acres timber improvements include residence barn silo and more possession March 1 1921. terms include two equal annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust with insurance policy.
In Oranda on December 27 the town enjoyed a merry Christmas mood with guests visiting from Winchester and Harrisombure. J H Miller is ill at home. The Stickley and Orndorff households hosted multiple local visitors, and the Sunday school Christmas program along with a public school treat marked the festive period. M M Orndorff and Roy Coffman traveled to Hagerstown for a business trip earlier in the week.
The text describes milk or Stil butter as invisible ink and explains using a clean pen on unglazed paper. It suggests heating the paper with a hot iron to reveal the writing.
An old advertisement argues kidneys have no pain nerves and backache stems from lumbago sciatica or strains. It touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick relief, applied topically to dissolve soreness and limber joints, and names sciatica rheumatism sprains as conditions it treats.
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