Ayrshire Cow Breaks World's Milk Record
Mischief a prize-winning Ayrshire cow of Percival Roberts Jr. at Penhurst farm near Narberth set a new world milk record on her final test week by averaging six pounds more per day than the prior record holder. Her yearly total reached 24,328 pounds, about 69 percent daily average, with notable four hour spurt delivering quart gains.
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Philadelphia
Dew
Lauth
Mischief
Percival Roberts, Jr
Penhurst Farm
Narberth
Faisen
Miss Mischief
Laughter and Tablets Promote Digestive Health
A historic advertisement highlights laughter as healthful and urges using Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion. The snippet notes laughter aids digestion and promotes the tablets as an effective remedy.
Public sale of Clarke County farm in Virginia
A special commissioner will sell at public auction in Berryville Clarke County Virginia on January 8 1916 at 2 oclock pm a farm of 171 12 acres part of the Joseph Hout estate near Stone s Chapel on the Winchester and Summit Point road The property may be sold in three parcels or as a whole with possession April 1 1916 One third cash and balance in two equal notes due in one and two years or all cash option A plat will be available at sale and the sale is conducted under a decree in the Hout suit in Clarke County Circuit Court Geo W Hout et al vs C Edward Hout et al Glass clerk certifies bond of special commissioner has been given
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Circuit Rt
Clarke County
Virginia
Geo. W. Hout Et Als
C. Edwant Hout Et Als
Berryville
Said County
Joseph Hout
Winchester and
Summ Point
Stone's Chapel
Wm. F. Cutterer
F. H. Pierce
Chas. Plotner
A. G. Weaver
Front
Royal
Geo
M. Beltzhoever, Jr
Charles Town
W. Va
W. Hout
Als
C. Edward Hout
Geo. Glass
Decrer
Glass Clerk
Miss Gretta Wyndham Returns Home for Holidays
Miss Gretta Wyndham comes home to Boyce Virginia for the holidays from Brandon Institute. She travels with Miss Mary Kline of Bunker Hill and is joined by Victor Denny Jr and Mrs A B Wyndham with daughter Frances for a holiday visit with relatives.
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Boyce
Gretta Wyndham
Brandon Institute
Mary Kline
Bunker Bill
Victor Denny, Jr
University of Virginia
Victor Denny
Susan Dunlap
Culpeper
A. B. Wyndham
Cozy Byrd Wyndham
Frances
Rhe
Ieee Garvin
Mall subscriptions drop to $2 per year in January
Reduced renewal rate applies to mall subscriptions. Readers are urged to pay now to continue service.
Rosenberger Items from a Virginia Weekend
The note lists residents and visitors in the Rosenberger area. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Good with their young son visited relatives in Winchester. Mrs. G. I. Frye and Mrs. H. Snapp spent weekends with kin in Winchester. T. M. Good with his mother visited Arthur Miller. Lelia Ludwig holidaying with Cherry Grove parents. Dr. D. T. Williams of Martinsburg stayed with Williams family. Carson and Howard Allman visited relatives near Winchester.
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P. W. Good
Little Son
Winchester
G. I. Frye
Fawcett Gap
H. Snapp
T. M. Good
Arthur Miller
Lelia Ludwig
Cherry Grove School
Middletown
Visitors and locals flock to area hotels for holidays
A parade of travelers and residents visit Hagerstown and nearby towns. Col and Mrs William P Lane host a New Year dance for their daughter Miss Virginia Lane at the Hotel Hamilton ballroom. Notable arrivals include John Keating Cumberland Md and Arthur Knouse Gettysburg Pa while Parson Carter travels to New York to preach a New Year ser pen in a colored church.
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Robert T. Barton, Jr
Donald Weems
Jack Johnson
White Post
Clarke County
Hagerstown
Hotel
Hamilton
William P. Lane
Virginia Lane
John Keating
Cumberland
Jack
Arthur Knouse
Gettysburg
George A Henning
Stephens City
Carter
Robinson Ice and Cold Storage
North Market Street
New York
Charles Thomas
Star Want Ade pring reslies, Star Want Ada
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled item with unclear names and actions. The legible parts show two star references and a possible request but no definite event or entities to confirm.
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Ada
The Love Triangle and the Daring Rescue
Lord Archibald Gray saves Lady Geraldine Stanhope and Amy Cuthbert from quicksand after a riding accident during autumn hunting. He first reaches Lady Geraldine with a branch while Amy is saved by a roped rescue from shore, leaving Lord Archibald to wed Geraldine.
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Archlard Gray
Duke of
Pordham
Geraldine Stanhope
Dulke
Archibald
Geraldine
Amy Cuthbert
Lord Archibald
Amy
Cuthberts
Lady Geralding
Cuthbert
Lady Geraldine
Miss Cuthbert
Mor
Gray
Archihald
Martinsburg Doctor Visits Friends in West Virginia
Dr. David T. Williams of Martinsburg West Virginia spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs J F Williams.
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David T. Williams
Martinsburg
W. Va
Iie
J. F. Wiliams
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Scrofula
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifying remedy for scrofula and other humors. It claims forty years of testing and urges readers to take the medicine today.
Winchester Va Public Auction of Valley Avenue Property
Under a 1915 court decree in Union Bank of Winchester v Alice M Hill yard et als in Frederick County Va the Trustees and Special Commissioners will sell at public auction in front of Winchester City Court at 12 oclock noon on Thursday May 1916 the property 26 Valley Avenue fronting 39 ft on Valley Avenue and 41 ft 4 in on Braddock Street with dwelling stable outbuildings and garden adjoining Charles Patton Rosser Hillyard and others Offered in parcels or as a whole Terms: one third cash at sale balance secured by two bonds due one and two years after date bearing interest with a deed of trust and insurance on buildings Bond of 5000 provided by Jas P Reardon as Special Commissioner.
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Union Bank of Winchester
Alice M. Hillyard
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Winchester
Valley Avenue
Said Avenue
Braddock Street
Charles Patton
Rosser Hillyard
R. Gray Williams
M. M. Lynch
T. R. Cather
J. P. Reardon
H.H. Lynch
Warren Rice
Jas. P. Reardon
W. Baker, JR
A. Dep
Winchester Station Daily Notices Schedule Fragment
Fragmentary readout notes a daily schedule for Winchester station with times 9 145 am 12am and 722 D daily except Sunday. Mentions Gen P A in garbled form and describes a ripper label.
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Winchester
P. A
Norfolk and Western Timetable Notices From Old Schedule
The snippet lists train services including No 13 918 a.m. to Bristol and intermediate stations with a Pullman car to Roanoke and Bristol and Roanoke parlor and sleeper services. It also mentions No 1 2 27 a.m. to Roanoke Bristol and Bluefield with Pullman sleeper cars to Gary and Winchester, and No 27 6 38 p.m. to Shenandoah and intermediate stations.
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Bristol
Intermed
Pullman
Roanoke
Gary
Wionsman
Shenandoah Ideah
Vonuts South
Shenandoah
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C. M. Solenberger
C. R. Grubbs
Chichester
the Valley Hotel
H. Echindlet
Hess’ Stock Food
Pruggists
Good & Co
Ayrshire
Chamberlain
Special Commissioner's
Clarke County Farm
American National Bank
Richmond
Rosenberger
Ome Moone
Val
D. T. Williams
Mrs
J. H. Williams
Messrs
Carson and
Howard Allamong
Julius A. Bantz
Baltimore
R. E. Green
Hotel Evans
William D. Spurr
Washington
A. L. Spurr
South Kent Street
E. B. Spitzer
Quicksburg, Va
Thomas B. Byrd
Richmond, Va
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Angherst Street
Charles Delamanter Vail
Geneva
N.Y
Palm Beach
Fla
Connie Elwell
Wadesville,Va
William Elliott
Cumberland Valley
Chamberaburg
Mechanicsburg
Norfolk & Western
Ge” Eye
Muereoanes Fallonsieiane
Southern Railway
Alexandria
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Stranburg
Harrison
Sonburg
Ee A
M. Se
Aen Tia
Alexandrind
Eeensburn
Strada
H. K. Green & Bro
Moling & Seal
R. M. Swimley
Morris
Cement &Berkeley
Acme Ad
Aa Haat & Lin Glaize & Bro
Son Ware Pont
Kase
Chicken Houses
Therena Saasne Co
J. W Rosenberged
County of
Frederick
Mary E. Yoeey
Joseph Shambaugh
Dee
Jacob Rhodes
Jacob Shemahedae
Mula Real Realty
Jacob Ra
Ward & Larrick
Star Offics
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Whitlock Herb Medicine ‘Company, Inc
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