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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
3
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a cure of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the remedy has 35 years of use and works by cleansing the blood, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
In Frederick County Court a partition action filed April 20 1917 by Lucy B Baker plaintiff against Flora A Shane Edgar M Shane and Florence V Howard defendants seeks partition of the fealty of Jno F Shane late of Frederick County Virginia died possessed If partition in kind not possible sale of estate and distribution of proceeds The court orders Florence V Howard not a Virginia resident to appear within 15 days and publication of notice weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester and posting at court house front door by May 7 1917 J W Baker deputy clerk
In Frederick County circuit court the Union Bank of Winchester sues Clementine M. Kiger. A decree orders reference to a Master Commissioner to determine real estate, rents, debts, lien priorities, and securements, with consolidation to a chancery case and report of fees. Commissioner John M. Steck sets June 18 for appearance.
A woman from Winchester Virginia died suddenly during the first hymn at a church service on Davenport Street near 4040. She had recently lived with her cousin Rev. Charles T. Warner of St. Albins Church and will be buried in Moorefield West Virginia tomorrow after a brief service.
Rheumatic sufferers urged to try Chamberlain's Liniment now. The ad promises swift relief and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
The Star lists daily market quotations with butter live poultry hay corn sheep and lamb cattle and calves priced. Butter ranges to 40 cents per pound and live poultry at 25 to 40 cents per pound. Cattle show choice steers 12.25 dollars and calves up to 14 dollars. Quotations corrected on Tuesday.
The article notes a continued race riot with dozens of saloons wrecked in colored districts and many Africans beaten. Ne groes are shown begging for mercy and hundreds are sent across the river to St Louis for protection.
In Venice a hereditary oligarchy of powerful families held all state offices, but rigid tradition doomed them as progress displaced them. In Spain the hidalgos clung to nobility long after worthiness faded, making the aristocracy a class of self important, poor, and eccentric figures like Don Quixote.
Ammonia acts as a powerful spot remover for oils and grease. It is a gas dissolved in water from the alkali family. Bath ammonia provides a fine cleanser for stains that soap and water cannot remove.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a spring sales notice or ad. Readable tokens include basic terms but no clear event date, location, or participating entities. Further clean text needed to identify specific items or prices.
A collage of light folklore and classroom quips. A carpenter’s visit prompts a playful exchange about family. A music student misstates a measure in beats. Gold’s ancient mention ties to Genesis and Judges. Riddles compare Sisyphus and dishwashing to endless toil. An ad requests spring goods.
Westminster Gazette notes Cherrapunji in Assam as the rainiest spot, with ten weeks totaling 250 inches this year and annual rainfall about 450 inches, roughly fifteen times London's. The village sits on a plateau 4455 feet above sea level overlooking the Sylhet plain.
Rags awn Bill Brown faced unprovoked assault charges as the prosecutor cross examined him. Brown claimed he only pushed, but agreed to illustrate “how hard” he meant. He slapped, kicked, and slammed the attorney across the table, then told the court the blow was “about one tenth that bard.”
Bulk of estate provides $500 life income then at death $200 to Bessie May Cham bers of Martinsburg W V and $300 to Lottie Belle Groves children of Mrs Finfrock's daughter Edmota Groves Lottie B Groves also gets $400 and Laura Diehl daughter is bequeathed $400 with $5 to each other child of the testatrix Oliver D Finfrock C. Finfrock A. S. Finfrock and Arthur Finfrock. Grandchildren Mamie Walters Fred die Groves and William Groves get $5 each. Remainder goes to Lillie Belle Finfrock.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank and The Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester close on Wednesday May 30 for a legal holiday. All paper maturing that day can be paid on the following day Thursday May 31.
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