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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
5
The section details prescriptions for pure alcohol and wine, including who may buy, affidavit content, record-keeping, and inspection rights. It covers penalties for improper sales, license revocation, and exceptions for dentists, physicians, and veterinary surgeons purchasing for professional use.
A historical notice outlines that a physician must personally examine the patient before issuing a prescription for restricted alcohol. It limits each sale to one pint of whiskey or brandy or one quart of pure alcohol and requires the druggist to keep a filed, inspectable record for each prescription.
Funeral services for John Smoke were held at the family residence near Mount Williams Virginia with Rev. E W Brubaker and Rev G W Stover officiating. He lived in the county most of his life and served in the Confederate army Thirteenth Virginia Regiment. He is survived by multiple children and a brother with burial at Mount Olive cemetery.
Trustees and special commissioners by decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court will publicly sell four tracts of land at the county courthouse in Winchester Va at 11 oclock a m on sale day. Tracts range from 2 to 130 acres with improvements, crops on the tracts reserved, terms require one third cash and two equal annual installments secured by bonds and a trust deed.
Notice declares a stockholders meeting in Winchester Virginia on October 17 1916 at 10 am to consider and authorize a mortgage bond issue of 350000 and execute the mortgage. Secretary Woolford signs for the board of directors.
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