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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1927
Page
7
The Dearborn Independent reports Samuel Pepys house in Brampton Huntingdonshire is now run by the Samuel Pepys club and saved from ruin. The note praises counsel, caution, and faith as guiding forces in life.
Public sale as decreed by the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia on February 19 1927 at 11 AM front courthouse steps in Winchester. Properties include the southern portion of the Home Farm of Mary J Pierce deceased and the Amos Pierce Farm near Opequon with detailed metes and bounds and several adjacent tracts. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal notes due one and two years. Special commissioners Barton Reardon Kern Steck Auctioneers Dunn Brannon Clerk certify bond posted.
Irene Walters Miller sues Harry H. Miller for divorce on grounds of desertion. The defendant, a non resident, must appear within ten days after due publication and protect his interests. Order to publish weekly for four weeks in Evening Star and posted at courthouse front door. Clerk J Gray Beverley.
In the case Fred Potts v Eldridge Luttrell the sheriff of Fred. Co Va will sell at public auction in Stephens City on February 7 1927 at 10 A M all restaurant equipment including cooking range coal stove dishes silverware tables chairs cash register electric fixtures linoleum and other articles amounting to a cash sale. Auctioneer C I Brumback.
Local buyers quoted wholesale prices for wheat oats flour cracked corn and middlings per ton and per barrel plus prices for eggs butter and poultry items. The fragmentary list includes old gobblers young chickens leghorn hens roosters and country butter with fluctuating figures and unclear units.
Spontaneous combustion hazards are linked to wet or green hay generating heat that can start fires. The note highlights risk across barns and storage areas, urging careful monitoring and timely turning of hay to prevent outbreaks.
The Frederick County Circuit Court orders an accounting for the estate of Albert Baker deceased. Commissioner J. W. Baker will report on February 21 1927 at 45 West Boscawen Street Winchester Virginia. All interested parties and creditors are notified to appear.
By deed of trust James E. Whitlock dates January 2 1926 the Whitlock farm of about 100 acres in Frederick County Virginia is set for public auction at Winchester Court House at noon on Saturday February 2 1927. The property lies on both sides of the Northwestern Grade near the West Virginia line with a six room house and apple orchard about 10 acres. Terms call for one third cash with two annual installments secured by bonds and a trust deed plus a fire policy on buildings.
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