For Sale Privately in Winchester and Gaylord Farms
Private sale listing for a four story brick dwelling with metal roof, large porches, full utilities, and furnished option. Includes about fifteen acres, outbuildings, garage, four acres of orchards and vineyards, and a Gaylord farm four miles north of Berryville with barn and apple orchard. Tenant rights and growing crops reserved. Terms through M Lynch, Atty., Winchester, Va. A Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. P. Bailey & Co
Bailey Bros
County
Winchester
Gaylord
Berryville
Charles Town
Chamberlain's Tablets and the Unsold Goods Legend
A fragment recalls Chamberlain's Tablets and a claim that nothing surpassed Werties FP.od Presseyy Rich in sales. The text hints at a legendary or dubious commerce tale with few concrete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Werties
Presseyy & Rich
Liberty bond issue seen over subscribed amid tight demand
Washington reports suggest the Liberty bond issue of two billion dollars will be over subscribed as returns from many cities pour in. Officials forecast full subscription and possible heavy over subscription, with small investors expected to receive bonds as books for the twelve Federal Reserve banks close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpmag
Washington
Liberty Food
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banks
United States Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Flag Day Observed by Winchester Lodge Elks
Flag day exercises will be observed by Winchester Lodge No. 867 Elks at their lodge room at 8 o clock tonight. The Elks have arranged a special program for the occasion and every Elk is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks
Boy Scouts Land Bond Subscribers Drive for Liberty Loan
The Boy Scouts of Wister lead a nationwide campaign to oversubscribe the Liberty Loan bond issue. By noon the First Troop had $2,600 in subscriptions and the total was expected to rise by nightfall as Scouts in cities nationwide join the effort to support Uncle Sam against the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Wister
Uncle Sam
Kaiser
Baker Named Home Guard Captain In Local Unit
Company A of the National Defense League elected W. Alexander Baker as captain at its last meeting and he has assumed command. Baker, with only months of experience, leads like a veteran and drills are scheduled for 8 o clock tonight with all members urged to attend.
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Company A
National Defense League
W. Alexander Baker
Baker
Former Resident on Visit From Roanoke Virginia
Edward Reed of Roanoke Virginia attended the Confederate veterans reunion in Washington last week and has been visiting relatives in town. He served in the Confederate army with a Winchester company and is brother to Captain Mr. Reed of this city. Lewis Fitch of Snow Hill Alabama visits at sister Mrs. T. R. Miller’s home on East Piccadilly Street. Mrs. H Sheetz and Miss Lillian Sheetz depart this morning to visit relatives in Gaithersburg Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank of
Winchester
Joseph W. Bowles
Scott
Russell Cather
Edward Reed
Roanoke
Confederate Veterans
Washington
Reed
Mr. Reed
Lewis Fitch
Snow Hill, Ala
T. R. Miller
East Piccadilly Street
Mary Dammasn
Baltimore
Mrs. EB. V. Weems
Fairmont Avenue
Emperor Brooks Street Traffic
The imperial family's presence in Tokyo makes the city more conservative than provinces and delays occur as streets are closed for imperial processions. Tokyo waits hours for routes the emperor travels while officials ease ceremonies compared with past, though Osaka is noted as more modern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor Brooks
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Nikko
Osaka
Maynard Owen William
The
Christian Herald
High finance in Missouri eggs charged twice
A crissin woman near Hume bought a dozen eggs on her grocer’s charge account then took the eggs to a second grocer and did not pay for them. The case shows a local fraud involving two stores and a single purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Finance
Missouri
Hume
Suspected Spy Arrest Of Irish Woman In Martinsburg
A Miss Barrett representing a major California perfumery was arrested in Martinsburg West Virginia after alighting from a Baltimore and Ohio train. She was charged as a German spy though described as Irish. An inquiry about local quarries near Kearneysville triggered the arrest as a presumed spy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Barrett
California
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Kearneysville
Young Soldier Drowned Continued From Page One
continuation describes names tied to a drowning incident including Nellie Virginia Wiggington Winchester Edith Wigginton Washington and Mrs. Margaret Roberts Ohio currently in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tleman
Nellie Virginia Wigginton
Winchester
Edith Wigginton
Washington
Margaret Roberts
Ohio
Grove Recovers From Severe Illness In Winchester
O P Grove a Winchester merchant is recovering at his South Main street home after neuritis. He visited his store today for the first time in months, as friends called to express pleasure at his return. His condition had been serious but improved in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Grove
Winchester
South Main Street
Divorces Proliferate In Frederick Circuit Court
The June term of Frederick county circuit court has become a divorce term with at least six decrees already issued and several cases pending. Local norms usually favor private settlement, making this surge unprecedented for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Pingley v Pingley suit to settle estates in Frederick County
In the Frederick County Circuit Court on May 8 1917 the action of M V Pingley plaintiff against Chas Pingley et al defendants aims to settle the accounts of Fannie Orndorff admx of Elizabeth Pingley decd and to partition the realty of Elizabeth Pingley deceased. If partition cannot be made the realty may be sold and proceeds divided. An affidavit shows defendants Arian Grandstaff Permilla Shoots and Maud Y Gibbons reside outside Virginia and must appear within fifteen days after publication to protect their interest. The order requires publication in The Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the county courthouse by May 21 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
County of Frederick
M. V. Pingley
Chas. Pingley
Fannie Orndorff
Admx
Elizabeth Pingley
Virginia
Evening Star
Winchester
rTeste
J. W., Baker, SR
Ward & Larrick
New Headover Instrument Produces Chords with Buttons
Inventor unveils a head worn device for banjo or guitar that slips over the head and uses pressed buttons to mute strings and produce desired chords, enabling easier fingering and chord changes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Broideries
Tyke
Mises Etta and
Anna Grim
Kesmodel’s Kutlery
Corporation Court of Winchester
North Main Street
Franck Baker & Sor Pharmacists
H.& W. Seabright
Corporation Court
Woodward’s
Sandy Baker
Chapmans
Huntsberry
Wideawake Shoe Store
Miller’s Drug Store
Union Bank of Winchester
John M. Miller
People’s Bargain Store
Bell Phone
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Co. A. Heller & CO
Taes-Thur-Sat
Aliba
America
Lusitania
IBUY
Europe
High Seas
New World
Brill & Bitter
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Welceuli
Ki Chester
Ieee BP Rand
Sears
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