Master Commissioner to Value Hackney Estate in Virginia
In Frederick County Virginia the Master Commissioner will appraise Mary S Hackney's real and personal property and determine shares, collect debts, and settle Maurice M Lynch executor accounts. Notice will publish weekly for four weeks in Winchester newspaper. Court sets April 2 1917 for execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Viginia
Rice M. Lynch
Mary
Hackney
B. Aiken
Alfred W. ‘Tight
Virginia
Hack
B. Hackney
Maurice M. Lynch
Winchester
Gill
Commissioner’s Office
Mary S. Hackmey
Oj. H. Lacy, SR
Chancery Circuit Court
P. A
Creditors Press Charges Against Mertens Company
Baltimore March 26 creditors press charges against G Mertens Sons of Cumberland alleging a large apple orchard scheme in Green Ridge Valley Allegany County MD involved hundreds of notes signed by firm employees 30 000 acres set aside for orchards five acre lots sold for about 2000 each with claimed profits totaling about 3 million dollars creditors seek bankruptcy adjudication and nullification of a deed of trust by the Mertens brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Green Ridge Valley
Allegany County
G. Mertens’ Sons
Cumberland
Edgar Allan Poe
Johnson L. DeHaven
Joseph M. Fields
Joseph Kienhofer
Martin Ehrbar
William EF. Brendlinger
Mr. Poe
Mertens
Poe
G. Mertens
Cedar Grove Notes: Local Play Succeeds and Community News
Cedar Grove Virginia reports a well attended performance of Tompkins Hired Man at Little Mountain School House with proceeds shared by Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid Society and Little Mountain Sunday School. Local residents note illnesses travels sermons and social visits in a community update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Tompkins
Little Mountain School
Pleasant Valley Ladies’ Aid Society
Little Mountain Sunday School
Joel DeHaven
Court to hear partition and estate claims in Haymaker case
In Winchester Virginia the court directs a special commissioner to report on real estate suitable for partition, heirs under the will, executor accounts, and any pertinent matters. Notice fixes Monday April 23 1917 at 10 am at the law office for proceedings. Master Commissioner T Russell Cather presides with R Y Conrad acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court of the City
Winchester
Virginia
W. Carson Aypeler
Iundeteen
Admr
James M. Haymaker
M. Haymaker
Jas. M. Haymaker
T. Russell Cather
R. Y. Conrad
P. Q
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Macon Resident
J L Essley of Macon Illinois touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as his sister’s favorite cold medicine for fifteen years and notes personal quick relief from lung cold symptoms. He urges druggists to stock the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Essley
Macon
Ill
Chamberlain
Local Public Notice Promotes Classified Advertising
A brief classified column promotes advertising space in the want column. The ad requests readers to place advertisements for goods services and notices. The notice emphasizes affordable rates and quick placement.
Old Time Cough Remedy: Home Made Pinex Mixture
A folk cough syrup recipe promises rapid relief by mixing 2 ounces of Pinex with plain sugar syrup to yield a pint. It claims to ease throat irritation, loosen phlegm, and help bronchial conditions. Pinex is described as a concentrated pine extract sold by The Pinex Co in Fort Wayne Indiana with a satisfaction guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne, Ind
Court case over apple orchard sales totaled by creditors
Attorney Lyman Bass of Chicago represented bank creditors near 1 million dollars in a dispute concerning a scheme to transfer all assets to a corporation. The objections centered on numerous complaints by buyers of apple orchard tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Baker
William L. Kann
Pittsburgh
Poe
Lyman Bass
Chicago
Colored Soldiers in Winchester May Form Training Company
Local leaders note several retired colored United States soldiers in Winchester who could drill a company and have expressed willingness to instruct any colored men reporting. Sufficient military age material exists in Winchester and surrounding county to form a capable unit, with recruiters to sound out interested men and organize through proper channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
United States
Arce
Humboldt as Founder of Physical Geography
The article credits Alexander von Humboldt with founding physical geography. It notes his work Cosmos, written after age seventy six, as the first scientific description of the field and describes the publication as of supreme and abiding value despite later advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Humboldt
Germans Detained Over Suspected Manganese Mine Inspection
Three Germans arrested at Crimora manganese mine in Virginia are ordered detained indefinitely by the Department of Justice. They reportedly sought the Elkton United States Manganese Company property and showed suspicious behavior while guards tighten protection of Crimora and Elkton mines integral to government armor plate orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Department of Justice
Washington Today
Crimora
United States Manganese Company
Elkton
Harrisonburg
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Shenandoah City
Shenandoah Valley
United States
America
United States Tire Co
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Winchester Carver
J H Hillyard of Winchester testifies in two notices that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his backache kidney trouble and urinary issues after damp weather worsened pain. He repeats endorsement after years and recommends the product, urging buyers to request Doan's Kidney Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. H. Hillyard
Carpenter and Builder
S. Kent St
Doan
Hillyard
Dean
Foster4Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo, N. Y
Bilious Attack Relief with Chamberlain Tablets
A reader describes a bilious attack with constipation and stomach inflammation causing nausea and vomiting. Cham ber lain s Tablets are recommended to tone the liver and cleanse the stomach, restoring health, at a quarter dollar by all druggists.
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Etta
Anna Grim
Harry Hardesty
Berryville
Thrush & Stough
Hagerstown
Shippensburg
Mertens Company
A. Z. Wiley
Indianapolis
Geo. F. Brewer
George Baker
Brower
Cedar Grove Notes
Leslie E. Fries
Fred
Tave
Lucketts
L. O. Fries
Eloise Barrett
Eva Roberts
Annie Carson
Pearl Fries
Lester DeHaven
Frank Smith
Mervil DeHaven
Clifton Pitcock
W. L. Pinder
Little Mountain
Fred and
Roy Chapman
Jennie Chapman
Jennie Fries
Bee Chamberlain
Columsa
Colored Soldier Company
Valley of
Erally
Ramsburg Auto Supply Co
Tom Barron
W.d.young
Plymouth Rocks
Zirkle
Stephens City
H.R. Willis
N. Market St
Cal-Sino
Turkeys
Brill and Ritter
Riddleberger and Pickey
Strasburg
Coiner’s Dept. Store
Welsh and Harris
Bunker Hill
Bailey, Adams and Co
Inwood
Chapmans
Main ST
Flint Hill Cooperage & Lumber Co
Blinthhill
Brilt & Ritter
ACONZ
Manchester
USA
Ely
Burpee
Franck Baker & Sor Pharmacists
U.S. Dept. Agriculture
Boone County
C. E. Koontz
Supt
Tuleyries Farm
White Post
Pigmouth Rock
Plymouth Rock
Yiuy Oya
D. J. Bush
Charles Town
W. Va
William C,.hunt
George W. Kremét
South Main ‘Street
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