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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
3
A call to curb fire losses urges full realization of wartime style preventions. The author argues schools should lead a nationwide campaign to educate youth on the wealth wasted by fire and the savings from proper precautions. LOST BLACK LEATHER PURSE CONTAINING A 65 NOTE A ONE DOLLAR NOTE AND SMALL CHANGE REWARD RETURN TO STAR OFFICE. Ipti.
Berlin dispatch notes German sympathy for American lives while blaming British war ships and supplies on the Lusitania tragedy. It cites British arming of merchant ships and wartime cargo as justification for German retaliatory measures and criticizes English promises.
The admiralty warns and directs the path to take while a Board of Trade inquiry is deferred to assess the Lusitania disaster. Churchill states no plan will disclose naval dispositions for the coast and confirms resources enable destroyer escorts for mail and passenger ships.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ailments tied to female health. It claims forty years of success restoring women to normal health so they can work with renewed energy.
The text discusses how geography names are misapplied as people adapt unfamiliar terms. It mentions Halicz, the Hungarian king Rex, Asia Minor, the western corner of Spain, Callaici, and the Carpathians, noting naming confusions across regions and seas.
Extract from April Term decree shows appointment of Master Commissioner in Frederick County Virginia to report on property debts heirs and accounts of Robt B Finney dec'd. Notice directs publication in Winchester and attendance on June 1 1915 at the Commissioner’s office for executing the order. Commissioner: R Gray Williams.
Trustees offer the William Pannett Home Place near Winchester Frederick County containing 154 acres with a nine room house a large bank barn and apple orchard. Sale May 22 2015 in front of the Virginia courthouse at noon one third cash and two annual installments with bonds and deed of trust as security. Roy P Duvall auctioneer M M Lynch Warren Rich trustees.
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