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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1934

Page

6

Strong Demand For Scythia Apples At Liverpool Auction

Apples from the Scythia drew strong demand at Liverpool weekly apple auction. U S No 1 Yorks sold 27 to 30 shillings and Utility Works 24 to 26 shillings. Week ending January 13 shipments to British ports totaled 16 785 barrels 12 825 boxes 3 091 baskets with breakdowns for Liverpool London Glasgow and Southampton. Tariffs freight and charges sized to about 3 1 2 dollars per barrel for a 7 sale plus commissions and landing fees.

Scythia Liverpool Eng G. R. Cooper, Harden and Company U. S Yorks New York London Glasgow Southampton

Siting Pretty Opens At Capitol Theatre

Capitol Theatre presents the musical comedy Sitting Pretty featuring songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. An all star cast led by Jack Oakie Jack Haley Ginger Rogers Thelma Todd and Gregory Rat off headlines the fast moving screen musical comedy.

Mack Gordon Harry Revel America Jack Oakie Jack Haley Ginger Rogers Thelma Todd Gregory Ratoff Capitol Theatre

Lilian Harvey Shines at Hables Palace Winchester Crowd

Lilian Harvey sings and dances to delighted Winchester audiences in I Am Suzanne a Fox film praised for versatility. The show blends romance and spectacle with a music hall backdrop and a famed Piccoli puppet troupe featuring 800 marionettes and 1,200 costumes.

Lilian Harvey Winchester Hable’s Palace Suzane Fox Piccoli

Wife Preservers Card Table Aid for Bedridden

A folding card table assists an invalid by placing two legs under the bed and the other two on the floor. This arrangement provides a practical surface for meals or activities while the person is confined to bed.

Merchants Licenses Due as January Deadline Approaches

Charles P. McVicar, commissioner of revenue for the city, announces all business licenses are due now with a 10 percent penalty if unpaid before February 1. An April 1 due date applies only to automobile licenses. all others fall due January 1 and must be paid by month end to avoid penalties.

Charles P. McVicar

City Collects $900 From Those Dispensing Beer

Winchester city earned 900 from beer sellers in the year ended. McVicar reports wholesale licenses cost 50 and retailers 15, plus state fees of 50 for wholesalers and 5 for retailers. Renewal deadlines require licenses by January 31.

Winchester Commissioner of Revenue Charles P. McVicar

George W Bowly Apple Orchard for Sale Auction

Under a deed of trust dated April 24 1928 by George W Bowly and Nannie Wood Bowly and others to R Gray Williams trustee the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Va breaches default. The 98 acre tract known as Hill Crest Orchards six miles north of Winchester offers 74 acres in bearing orchard with 3 000 trees Yorks Ben Davis Staymans and Jonathans. The sale is Saturday Feb 17 1934 at 11 am in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Va. includes a six room frame house bank barn outbuildings wells two cisterns. Terms: one third cash day of sale and two thirds by two notes dated sale date due one and two years after with 6 percent interest.

George W. Bowly Nannie Wood Bowly J. Frank Beck Vera Beck R. Gray Williams Shenandoah Valley National Bank Winchester County Court Yorks Ben Davis Staymans Jonathans

Exercise not a cure for constipation says Dr Clendening

Studies show exercise alone does not ensure regular evacuations. Dr Clendening notes that active gym work correlates with high constipation rates among Columbia University students, while sedentary individuals may be free of constipation. He emphasizes abdominal exercises and cautious bowel cleaning.

Logan Clendening Columbia University

Trustee Sale of Capon District Real Estate in 1934

On Saturday at 11 o'clock February 10 1934 the undersigned will sell to the highest bidder a tract in Capon District Hampshire County West Virginia along the Great Cacapon River. The land traces to John A. Smeltzer and wife by Elizabeth M. Eichelberger will dated March 1 1911 and recorded in Will Book 23 page 73, and to Luther F. Sutton by deed dated April 1 1929. The sale is under a Deed of Trust dated April 9 1929 securing a 5000 note to Pon Valley Bank. Substitute Trustee John W. Pease will conduct sale with cash price and two deferred payments bearing interest and secured by Deed of Trust and insurance.

Capon District Hampshire County West Virginia Great Cacapon River John A. Smeltzer Elizabeth M. Eichelberger Luther F. Sutton Clellie L. Sutton Herbert S. Larrick Capon Valley Bank

Giving False Information to Land Jobs

The article states some job seekers at the local reemployment bureau gave wrong dependent counts. False statements at registration will bar employment and may lead to criminal prosecution. Walter M. Shade, head of the local office, urges applicants to be accurate when registering.

Walter M. Shade

Small Parcel for Sale Land in Frederick County

By authority of a deed of trust dated July 21, 1931 by John H. Newcome and wife the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia at noon on Saturday February 17 1934. The land lies in Stonewall District Frederick County on the Martinsburg Pike near Stephenson s Depot about one and one half acres improved by a small dwelling. The debt secured is 1800 overdue with balance in two annual installments evidenced by two bonds and interest.

John H. Newcome Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia Winchester Stonewall Martinsburg Pike Stephenson T. Russell Cather R. Gray Williams Oaw

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Warner Bros. Capitol Suzanne Clendening John W. Pease Leicester St Cameron St North Cameron Greystone Terrace West Cork Kuhn Apply Winchester Credit Corp Amherst Noudoun St S. Braddock Kernstown On Pike S. Kent St Hunter M. Stine Robinson Apartments N. Braddock B. M. Sullivan General Electric Refrigerator Black Giant Ballets E. W. Collis Millwood Ave Charles St E. G. Gilmer S. S Care Star N. C Mitchell’s General Health Center George Washingington Hotel E. Piccadilly St R. C Geo. W. Kurtz Hamburger’s North Main Street National Sales Co
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