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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
6
A vintage ad promotes Q Ban Liquid Shampoo by Franck Baker and Son of Winchester Virginia. It touts a coconut oil base that lathers freely dries easily and leaves hair soft fluffy radiant long and dandruff free. The copy urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle today.
Norfolk and Western schedule details trains for Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah and Philadelphia connections plus Pullman sleepers to Williamson Winston Salem and Philadelphia. Also a Frederick County Virginia court notice requires defendants to appear within days after publication for a will dispute and to post a copy at the courthouse by March 29 1920 with four weekly notices in The Evening Star.
Trustees announce a public auction of the former Mrs. A Spotts property at 523 South Main Street Winchester Virginia for May 29 1920. The lot fronts Main near Monmouth extending about 163 feet to Monmouth Street with an eight room stone residence and land. sale terms include two promissory notes due in one and two years with interest and insurance secured by a deed of trust.
A colonial estate near Berryville Virginia offers 400 acres of cultivated land with a 26 room brick dwelling finished in cherry hardwood. The property includes a new 100 by 65 foot barn and extensive Blue Ridge views. Also offered is a 280 acre farm near White Post with a seven year payment option. James A Summerville is the sole agent at White Post Clarke County VA.
A garbled excerpt references ancient Chinese timekeeping and water clocks, mentioning a ruler like King Alfred and a tale about dividing a link and elbowing six nobles. The text is too corrupted to determine clear events, places, or dates.
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