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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1918
Page
5
A public sale of city real estate is authorized under the order of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia. The sale, conducted by a Special Commissioner, will be held at the County Court House in Winchester, offering the undersigned property at auction as part of the chancery cause Harris et al. pending in the court.
The trustee will offer for sale at public auction on Saturday July 20 at 11 oclock A.M. in front of the Winchester County Court House the unimproved tract of 55 acres located two miles west of Gore Frederick County Virginia adjoining Ashby Frank William J Muse Upton J Pugh and others. Sale terms require one third cash with the balance in two equal annual installments with six percent interest secured by a deed of trust. Trustee Herbert B Larrick. June 21, 4k.
A bank statement shows deposits totaling 1,660,053.03 with itemized balances for circulating notes, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and various liabilities. The document includes entries for dividends unpaid, cashiers checks outstanding, and a sworn declaration by cashier L. D. Fuller asserting accuracy.
A fragmented ledger lists assets including loans and discounts, overdrafts, bonds and securities, bank premises, and various currencies. It details liabilities such as capital stock, surplus, and undivided profits, plus deposits from individuals and institutions and payments on Liberty bonds.
The writer recounts a travel by staff car to Crepy en Valois, meeting French officers, and delaying due to weather. He describes Senlis and Bauvais areas, wartime life in small towns, graffiti on shops, Catholic churches, and an arena with lions. He mentions shooting down a Hun monoplane at Rheims but misses decoration due to timing. He notes bunking in a village, writing under an apple tree, and a quiet day in the Club of Cigognes with only distant artillery reminders.
The report lists prices for wheat flour butter live poultry corn barley hay and potatoes with retail wholesale and on site figures. It notes the prices are corrected as of the preceding day's close and cites ranges for butter hay and corn with specific figures for timothy hay and other feeds.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a liver cleansing purgative. One Tab at bedtime with water, claimed to cause no nausea and a refreshed morning after. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a money back guarantee. Also notes J. C. Recher leaving for Wilmington after a stay on West Clifford street.
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