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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
2
Our Annual Harvest Sale prices many items across the store to attract shoppers. Highlights include soap three cents, paper goods, damaged stock, lace curtains, children's and ladies garments, palm beach suits, and other remaining stock offered at deep discounts with limited quantities.
Public sale ordered by the Frederick county Virginia Circuit Court in the Chancery case C E Edmondson vs Minnie Edmondson et al. In Middletown the house and lot formerly owned by Sanford R Edmondson will be sold at the Winchester Court House on Saturday August 5 1916 at 11 o clock a m Terms: one third cash on sale day and balance in one or two years secured by bond deed of trust and insurance policy or cash to suit purchaser. Special Commissioner EB Edmondson. Auctioneer Roy P Duval. Probate note records bond posted July 3 1916 by C E Edmondson with security.
A testimonial from Mrs. Wm. Leonard of Ville, Pa., claims Foley's Honey and Tar is a reliable family cough remedy with no opiate and gave quick relief for her baby’s bad cough. Sold everywhere.
Dr Walters formerly resided in Rockingham county and pastored several Christian Churches. He arrived in Harrisonburg yesterday and was met at the station by J C Bradford of Tenth Legion. He is on the program at the Sunday School Convention opening last night at Lacey Spring. The Boy Scout field day has been postponed to Friday the 28th.
Representative and Mrs. Flood depart Winchester with Mrs Hildegards Portner and young Bolling Byrd Flood for Appomattox Virginia. Mrs. Flood's stay included many entertainments. A party of Winchester motorists heads to Natural Bridge, planning a return tomorrow. Local travelers, including Mrs. James P. Reardon and son, visit Frostburg and Washington. Others, Mr. Lewis Brady and Frank B Supemer, register at local hotels during Virginia Valley trips.
The Civic League will meet at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Council Chamber at City Hall.
Be ee te te he Advertise im Tha BSta. This fragmentary item notes a local notice or classified teaser with unclear names and places. The readable text provides no clear individuals, organizations, dates, or events to summarize beyond a generic ad tease.
John Burton, a steel mill worker in 1914, unexpectedly inherits an English title and a fortune. He seeks the meaning of humanity’s grip on evil as each episode presents a self contained tale of his search for truth.
John Burton, tenth marquis of Castleton, seeks guidance from Rev. Branton after a sensational newspaper expose. He meets Mr. Howell, a railroad executive, at a society dance where Marjorie Howell captures his attention. Burton joins Howell’s circle as a potential investor and observer of wealth and power in a new social order.
A reader questions a July 22 Star report claiming sharks caught near the Shenandoah river. The note argues the story contains improbabilities and suggests censorship before publication in the paper’s family section.
Readers question a Stephens City yarn about notary sworn statements and a city sergeant aiding a neighbor. The tale twists with references to Perfectos and sharks, while locals doubt the men’s prowess in piscatorial lines and denounce the piece as fishy journalism.
Mrs William Mayo Atkinson returns to Clarke County home from Winchester Memorial Hospital where she has been for three weeks. She is greatly improved and plans to join her daughter in New York in the coming days likely to stay there briefly.
Joseph G. Wolf of Green Bay Wisconsin reports kidney trouble caused a backache and insurance denial. He says Foley Kidney Pills relieved his backache after months of suffering. The advertisement urges Foley Kidney Pills for weak backs and sleepless nights.
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