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Box paper sample notes claim best lot ever offered with prewar prices. The advertisement cites 20c to 30c value up to 75c per box and a Wang including item at 85 cents.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
2
Box paper sample notes claim best lot ever offered with prewar prices. The advertisement cites 20c to 30c value up to 75c per box and a Wang including item at 85 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Kesecker of Sleepy Creek West Virginia announce the marriage of their daughter Hazel May Kesecker to Mr. Arthur Gates Athey of this city. The ceremony was held yesterday at the bride’s home. The couple will reside here after July 1.
Dr. IM Brumback and Miss Brum Back of Opequon departed yesterday for Washington, heading for events or duties there.
Train service update listing routes and connections for Bristol Shenandoah and Washington. Includes Pullman parlor car to Bristol Welc an Sleepersfield Winston-Salem Shenandoah and Memphis connections. Also notes numbers and times for routes to Shenandoah Hagerstown Philadelphia New York and Washington with connecting options.
A historical notice lists numerous medical ailments including anemia appendicitis arteriosclerosis asthma biliousness bladder disorders blood disorders catarrh constipation consumption diabetes dropsy dizziness gall stones gastritis headaches heart disease indigestion nervousness neuralgia rheumatism ampo condition sciatica liver skin diseases stomach trouble tuberculosis and offers free consultation. The dense roster reflects 19th or early 20th century patent medicine advertising.
Martinsburg West Virginia June 19 a merger will unify Potomac Power Company and Northern Virginian Power Company starting July 1 The combined operation will run from the Northern Virginian offices in the Gerling building West King Street with B F Kohlhausen as commercial manager and W St C Monteith becoming plants superintendent for the river side The Virginia company offices in the Kershner buildings will close For two years the operations will use the Potomac Power name locally and Northern Virginia name outside Martinsburg A final merger may lead to dropping both old names after the absorption is complete
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show directors meet in Berryville and move dates from August 6 7 to August 8 9. A high class ring event program and a cattle show are planned with other farm animal classes. Kenneth N. Gilpin is general manager. R Powel Page is president Major Dr Lewis M Allen is vice president and John R Crown is secretary.
Word comes that Major General Fred erick Strong will present the Croix de Guerre to Major Albert Sidney Johnston Tucker, grandson of the Confederate general. Tucker earned the honor for gallantry in the Meuse Argonne and Cotigny battles, where he was wounded, after serving in the 1917 war as a captain and major. His father, Henry St. George Tucker, was a Virginian congressman and leader in the American Bar Association.
Mr. William G. Hardy, cashier of Shenandoah Valley National Bank, attends the twenty sixth annual Virginia Bankers' Association convention now in session at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.
Dr. Archibald Randolph of Upperville Virginia is recovering from serious injuries after a horse fell during a hurdle at the Leesburg horse show. The horse rose, struck him on the head, knocking him unconscious and throwing him from the saddle. He was dragged for a distance.
The Washington Star profiles Ok Read, a naval hero who first dreamt of becoming a bird man after riding a village merry-go-round as a boy. He is highlighted as the first to fly across the Atlantic, tracing his career from childhood inspiration to national achievement.
Ten farms range 100 to 220 acres with prices from 65 to 150 dollars per acre. One 100 acre tract on Apple Ridge partly set to apples with orchards and running water. Another 310 acre farm near Winchester offers 8 acre orchard and running water. 18 slate and creek farms with orchards and a 215 acre tract with 26 acres bottom land and pear orchard on a public road with saw timber totals.
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