Public Sale of Middletown Real Estate in 1916
Public sale to be held in front of Winchester Court House on Saturday August 5 1916 at 11 o clock a m. The property is a house and lot in Middletown Frederick County Virginia. Terms: one third cash day of sale balance in one and two years secured by deed of trust and fire insurance or cash as directed by decree in the chancery cause Edmondson vs Edmondson et al. Special Commissioner C E Edmondson. Auctioneer Roy P Duvall. Notice further lists references to a separate chancery matter involving Fannie C Hull estate and a master commissioner report with notices to creditors and interested parties to be advertised for four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
C. E. Edmondson
Minnie Edmondson
Als
Special Commission
Court ‘House
Winchester
Middletown
Whch
Sanford R. Hdmondson
Cc. E. Edmondson
Roy P. Duvall
C. ©. Edmondson
Cook County
Illinois
Fanny C. Hull
Court House
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Tertius Cash
Maurice M. Lynch
D. Duvall & Dunn
Robert S. Smith
Tragedy, Riley, and a Clash Over Public Benches
The column reflects on Sophia Dorothea’s imprisonment and death, James Whitcomb Riley’s beloved legacy, and a Baltimore dispute over public benches at Mount Vernon Place. It condemns aristocratic insensitivity while urging humane treatment for the weary and a more welcoming city plaza.
Biliousness and Stomach Trouble Relief Claim
Miss Omma Verbryke of Lima Ohio recalls two years of stomach trouble and biliousness with poor appetite and dizziness. She says she improved rapidly after trying the advertised remedy obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omma Verbryke
Lima
Ohio
Cardui touted as tonic amid medical skepticism and war grief
A reader recounts trying Cardui the woman’s tonic with mixed results and urges others to consider it. The piece also rails against mental-deficiency hysteria and laments Europe’s war, describing civilians’ suffering, the toll on families, and calls for wiser judgment and peace.
Ex‑soldier surrenders over a deadly 1903 Manila camp killing
W A Ojeda confesses to killing tentmate George D P Miller in a Manila camp in June 1903. He says Miller was actually George Moore, enlisted from Omaha, and that he used Miller’s revolver to fake a suicide. Ojeda, now married with three children, seeks to atone and start anew, with family in Cedar Hill Texas.
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San Francisco
Manila
W. A. Ojeda
Ojeda
George Dpd. Miller
Omaha
George Moore
Miller
Cedar Hill
Tex
Hollister
Cal
Widow Hounded by Letters Sought Money in Marriage Schemes
Mrs. Thompson Nigro Bryant Isaacson Christianson admitted to using the mails for three years to wheedle thousands from men by posing as a wealthy widow seeking marriage. She confessed to defrauding businessmen in San Francisco Oakland and beyond while citing clothes and her ill son as motives and noting her former husband took all her money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San_Francisco
Thompson
Nigro Bryant Isaacson Christianson
United States
Krull
San Francisco
Joey
Isaacson
Oakland
Weds on a Death Threat in Easton Divorce Case
Rob ert W. Longe failed to obtain a divorce from Anna McFadden after alleging Mrs. McFadden threatened to kill him unless he wed. Judge Stewart upheld the master’s report denying a decree. The couple had no children and there was no maintenance. Also noted is a 71st wedding anniversary in Burkittsville and an optimistic thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Robert W. Longe
Anna McFadden
Moses McFadden
Stewart
Long
It Is Good to Labor and Rest from Labor
Fragmentary note expresses value in work and rest, seeking compensation or rest after toil. No clear names, dates, places, or organizations are readable.
Winchester Chancery notice on Glaize estate sales and audits
In The Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia Maurice M Lynch as surviving executor of David S Glaize and Elizabeth B Glaize directs a master commissioner to ascertain all real and personal property and interests, convene creditors, settle accounts, and report unpaid taxes. The commissioner will proceed August 11 1916 at his Winchester office to execute the order with notice to all interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. U Glaize
Fred. L. Glaize
J. E. Cooper
O. P. Grove
J. George Baetper
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
T. C. Williams
Hallie Bryarly
Julian Jinkins
Flora A. Hiett
Florence Miller
Kate White
Mary F. Affleck
Annie Carver
Mary Carver
Mt. Hebron Cemetery Co
David S. Glaize
Elizabeth B. Glaize
Maurice M. Lynch
David S.glaize
Winchester
Taking Big Chances with Travel and Remedies
Warning about traveling without era and a diarrhoea remedy. The text notes bowel complaints can be sudden and severe, urging readers to be prepared and to obtain remedies everywhere. Contains generic travel health advice and product mentions.
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ING Sale
C. B
Etta
Anna Grim
J. W. Baker
Corporation
City of
Decesed
Albert F. Slagle
Georgia Shoop
Pauline Shoop
Winchester Memorial Hospital Corportion
Mt. Hebron
Fannie C. Hull
Virginia
Aes
Jay
A. J. Tavenner
M .M. Lynch
Nemo
Prince of
Hanover
Count Konigsmarck
Europe
England
Sophia Dorothea
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Indiana
Tiny Tim Cratchet
Napoleon
William II
Germany
Hetty Green
Rockefeller
James Wh. Comb “Tly
Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore
Miss Welch
Baltimore Sun
Cowper
Becescertcesse
Cardui
Mae
Fident
Cardu
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Ters
The
New York Times
Supreme Court
Krohn
Chitazgo
Lange
Tentmate
L.&m
J. L. Gardner
Refuge
Ween. Co. DamMmpsell
Stephens City
Mrs. McFadden
Burkittsville
Arti
Greenberry
J. R. House
Weber Wagons
John W. Rosenberger
Wood
Wwood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Corporation Court
Mer
Corporation Court of the City of
Capitol Park
Washington
Taw Oamtel Park
Capitol
Union Station
Ww. T. Knight
MaNacs
National Bank
Exelento Medicine Co
Atlanta
Gentionen
Exelento
Sallie Keld
Notre Dame Lady’s
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