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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
2
Advertises women’s knit drawers priced at 25 cents with a highlight item costing 9 cents or 6 cents, indicating a sale or bargain feature for undergarments. Details are limited but emphasize low pricing and a hosiery or undergarment product line.
At an adjourned stockholders meeting on May 23 the Cuatotolapam Sugar Company was dissolved. All property and debts transfer to Cuatotolapam Sugar Corporation with stock exchanges for each share and stock certificates canceled. Publication in The Winchester Star for four weeks is ordered per West Virginia statute 6-7-4.
Public auction of three contiguous farm tracts totaling about 28 acres in Stephens City area Frederick County Virginia. Sale date July 8 1916 at 11 AM in Winchester at the County Court House. Tracts include orchard and barn with crops reserved and payment terms of one third cash and two equal annual installments with bonds and six percent interest.
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. The copy claims it cleanses the liver, steadies bowels, and improves energy by morning, with a money back guarantee. It also mentions W. S. Dix and several social notices about residents traveling or visiting in New York, Alexandria, and Baltimore.
Bunker Hill West Virginia on July 6 reports Mr J W Huffman and family and Mr W W Welch of Middleburg Virginia spent Sunday with Mr L E Harris.
Berryville Virginia July 6 Guest lists include Mr and Mrs W R Gregg of Washington visiting Rev and Mrs Edward Wall and Miss Rebecca Chamberlayne of Richmond. Mrs Mollie Schley and Miss Anne Schley of Frederick are with Mrs H W Baker. Miss M W Blackburn of Alexandria and Mr John Stribling and family of Norfolk visit Mrs E M Stribling. Miss Ethel Stillcocks and Mrs George Spalding of Newark and Mrs A B Ruff of Washington stay with Mrs R B Perrine. Miss Mollie Dix of Sweetbriar visits brother Mr S Forbes Dix.
The Star reports Rev. R D Chambers of Christ Church Millwood remains in charge. A Baltimore paper had claimed he left for the Mexican border with the First Maryland Regiment and was appointed chaplain by Governor Harrington, which was incorrect.
Frostburg Maryland July 6 Mrs Mary J Dufty of Bealls Lane announced the marriage of her daughter Miss Helen Dufty to William Stair Huntington pitcher on the Frostburg baseball team. The ceremony occurred Monday evening. The bride is a graduate of Fort Loudoun Seminary Winchester Virginia. Mr and Mrs L C Bromley and Mrs Rodey and Mr Paul Bromley motored to Kearneysville West Virginia to visit friends.
Farmers should cut clover at full bloom and follow with a tedder to air and cure evenly. Do not let hay burn in sun. rake up promptly. Cure in windrow or pile, turning over after dew dries if overnight windrows occur. Two to three men can turn a field quickly, with time depending on season and moisture.
Charles F. Seabrook’s Bridgeton New Jersey farm near Cumberland County is hailed as an international model of intensive farming. Overhead irrigation and heavy fertilizing boost yields to 625 bushels per acre of potatoes and gross earnings about thirty times typical farms, with crops including lettuce strawberries and tomatoes.
A damaged foundation on the first silo contrasts with a near correct second. Leave a shoulder for wall support to avoid spoiled silage. Foundations and walls should be smooth, vertical, and flush doors preferred. Inclined outward walls risk air pockets and settling. tapered inner walls should be vertical.
In The Clerk's Office Of The Corporation Court For The City Of Winchester Virginia on May 15 1916 Gussie Hartford Buckey Complainant v Guy Elmer Buckey Defendant suit seeks actio mensa et thero and general relief with affidavit stating the defendant is not Virginia. Clerk Beverley notes order for appearance and publication of notice of suit.
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